Submitted by: Dan Rich

Leon O. Marchand

Sept. 29, 1919 - June 6, 2006

South Bend Tribune 6/8/2006

Leon O. Marchand, 86, of Donald Street in South Bend, passed away of natural causes at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in Countryside Place Nursing Home. Leon was born September 29, 1919, to Charles and Esel (Roby) Marchand in Rensselaer, Indiana.

On February 3, 1945, Leon married Ms. Rosina Rhodes. Rosina preceded him in death. Surviving are his brother, Gene Lewis Marchand of Delphi, Indiana; and sisters, Violet Shamass of Winamac, Indiana, and Bea Sheets of Rossville, Indiana. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Preceding Leon in death were his brothers, Fred, Russell, Don, Bob, Bill and James Marchand; and sisters, Evelyn Kish and Ruth Ann Pass.

Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, June 9, 2006, in the Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 10776 McKinley Highway, Osceola, IN 46561. Services will be at noon in the Chapel Hill Funeral Home, and interment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, where military rites will be performed by VFW Post #360 of Mishawaka. Contributions in his name may be made to the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, South Bend, Indiana.

Leon was a veteran of WWII, and was honorably discharged in 1946. He was employed at various manufactured housing factories in Elkhart and Michigan prior to his retirement.