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WALTER LEIDENS DEATH
Fruit farmer Passes at 80
[Welland Tribune December 2, 1943]
Fenwick, Dec 2-A wide circle of friends throughout the district will learn with regret of the passing of Walter Leidens, who passed away at his home in Vineland on the morning of Monday, Nov, 29th, 1943, after an illness of a month’s duration.
Deceased who was in his 80th year was one of the most successful fruit farmers in the Vineland district, where he had resided for the past 44 years.
He served for a number of years on the Louth township council and was relief officer for Louth township. He was a valued member of the Jordan Station United church and a member of the session board of that church. Mr Leidens was a resident of Pelham township for many years previous to moving to Vineland.
His wife, Sarah Margaret Lane, predeceased him in July 1934. He is survived by one son, Frank of Vineland; one daughter, Mrs Edith Duncan, of St Catharines; one granddaughter, Donna Leidens of Vineland; three sisters, Mrs J. Hoffman, Mrs M. Fisher and Miss Elizabeth Leidens, all of Fenwick, and one brother, John Leidens of Grimsby.
The funeral was held from the family home at 2.30 on Wednesday afternoon with interment in Oaklawn cemetery, Jordan Station.
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