Leonard

John E. “Dutch” Leonard, 73, of 15 Catlin Ave., James-town, N.Y., died Wednesday in the WCA Hospital, James-town.

He was a loving husband, father, Pap, Papa and friend to so many.

He was born July 29, 1937, in Sharon, a son of the late Earl and Mary Bray Leonard.

He was a graduate of Butler High School and Grove City College. Dutch was the first 1,000 point scorer in basketball and set the standards for those who followed.

Before his retirement in 1997, he was employed for more than 37 years by the Jamestown Board of Education. He truly touched so many lives as a high school math teacher and also as the “Coach” of the boys high school basketball team for 18 years.

A gifted athlete, he was inducted in to the Butler Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Grove City College Hall of Fame in 2009. He was a member of the Lakewood Rod and Gun Club and the American Red Cross Century Club. He was an ever present fixture at The Pub in downtown Jamestown, which he enjoyed weekly.

He was an avid sports fan especially, of the Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox and the Jamestown High School Red Raider boys basketball team.

Surviving are four children, Susan Lewellen (Dave Johnson) of Jamestown, John (Kim) Leonard of Coconut Creek, Fla., Kimberly (James) Fletcher of Canandaigua, N.Y., and Amy (Michael) Cole of Houston, Texas; seven granddaughters, Brittany Lewellen of Jamestown, Alexandra Senglaub of Canandaigua, Taylor Leonard of Knoxville, Tenn., Marissa Cole of Houston, Katie Leonard of Knoxville, Grace Fletcher of Canandaigua and Brooke Kneer of Coconut Creek; and a brother, Richard Leonard of Butler.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, the former Chervyl Cavalero, who he married Aug. 1, 1959, and who died Dec. 19, 1996.

<B>LEONARD </B>— The funeral for John E. “Dutch” Leonard, who died Wednesday, May 4, 2011, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the <B>Lind Funeral Home</B>, 805 W. Third St., Jamestown, N.Y. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.Memorials may be made to American Red Cross, Chautauqua County Chapter, 325 E. Fourth St., Jamestown, NY 14702-0099 or to the American Cancer Society, Memorial Processing Center, 6725 Lyons St., P.O. Box 7, East Syracuse, NY 13057.You may light a candle in remembrance of Dutch at www.lindfuneralhome.com