Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, Sorry to hear of your loss. Gene -------------- Original message from Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>: -------------- > FYI > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > Date: 2 September 2006 6:13:48pm -0400 > From: Kaaran Ursery > To: reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Leica International Founder > > > I thought the Leica people might like to know that my father, Gerald > Leeson, > died on Tuesday August 29th at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. > He > was 87. He founded the Leica International Club in the 60's and had a very > extensive collection of Leica cameras, some quite rare. As he began to get > older, he dismantled his collection and sold the cameras and other related > items > to various other collectors. He has been in declining health for a number > of > years and his actual cause of > death was renal failure. There will be no obituary published and no > service due > to the wishes of his current wife. My mother, Dorothy Leeson, preceded him > in > death in 1976. I thought some of the > original people who knew him, would want to know. > > Kaaran Leeson Ursery > > ---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information