Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for posting this. I appreciate knowing about Mr. Leeson and his devotion to Leica. Robert Clark Lancaster, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> To: <LUG@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 8:50 PM Subject: [Leica] Death of Gerald Leeson > FYI > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > Date: 2 September 2006 6:13:48pm -0400 > From: Kaaran Ursery <kursery@bellsouth.net> > 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