Lloyd S. Leadbetter
Age 87 of Canton died Saturday evening (Feb. 12, 2011) in Aultman Hospital. Born in Thorburn, Nova Scotia to the late John H. and Margaret C. (Chambers) Leadbetter.
Lloyd was a veteran, having served with the Royal Canadian Army during World War II. He
came to the United States in 1957 when he accepted a job with the Canton Repository, and retired in 1986 from the Akron Beacon Journal.He also was a driver with Davis Tours. Lloyd was a member of Christ Presbyterian Church where he had been active with the food bank for over 30 years; he was also a founding member and a member of Canton-Akron Scottish Association.
Survivors include his wife, Harriet (Swartz) Leadbetter, to whom he would have been married 51 years; two daughters, Heather Leadbetter of the residence and Karin and her husband, Jason Swick of Minnesota; three grandchildren, Camille, Lily and Hawthorne; brothers and sisters-in-law, Charlie and Jeanne Swartz, and Tom and Ellie Jackson; numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Christ Presbyterian Church with Rev. David deVries officiating. A private interment will be in St. Jacob's Cemetery. Friends may call on Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Spiker-Foster- Shriver Funeral Home, 710 Tuscarawas St. W. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Memorial Fund of Christ Presbyterian Church, 530 Tuscarawas St. W., Canton, OH 44702. You may sign our guestbook at:
www.shriverfuneralhomes.com
Spiker-Foster-Shriver Funeral Homes & Cremation Service
330-455-0349 www.shriverfuneralhomes.com
[Published in The Canton Repository from February 14 to February 15, 2011]
Lloyd was a legend for loading BJ folks onto a bus and driving them to sites that were a reasonable distance from Akron.
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