Leasure

Grace Naomi Leasure, 87, of the Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center died there at 7:15 p.m. Saturday.

Born March 17, 1923, in Edinburg, Lawrence County, she was the daughter of the late Leroy Parish and Marie Myers Parish.

Mrs. Leasure was a member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church.

She retired in June 1985 from Penn Champ, where she worked on the assembly line.

She was active in the Duffy Road Card Club for more than 50 years. In addition to cards, she was an avid bingo player and bowler.

Mrs. Leasure is survived by two sons, Paul W. Leasure and Lawrence R. Leasure, both of Butler; three daughters, Mrs. David (Kathleen) Haunty and Sandra Burke, both of Butler, and Mrs. John (Joanne) Sullivan of Lexington, S.C.; one brother, Richard Parish of Las Cruces, N.M.; 19 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Leasure was preceded in death by her husband, Paul W. Leasure Sr., who she married Jan. 15, 1942, and who passed away April 1, 2005; one son, three brothers, two sisters, two granddaughters and one great-grandson.

<B>LEASURE</B> — Friends of Grace Naomi Leasure, who died Saturday, April 10, 2010, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St., Butler. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Presbyterian Church with Pastor Jeff Harris of Trinity Presbyterian Church officiating. Cremation and burial will follow in Arlington National Cemetery.Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Foundation, Western Region, 300 Penn Center Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15235.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.