St. Clair County Obits

NELLIE MCKENZIE LEETCH

Clinton Daily Democrat
8 June 2001

Nellie Leetch was born May 28, 1918, and died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at the Westwood Nursing Home in Clinton. She was born in Milboro, South Dakota, to Charles and Mona Schwab McKenzie. On July 7, 1937, she married Evan R. Leetch. They lived near Mills, Nebraska, until October 1952, moving near Fair Play. After retirement they moved near Osceola. She was preceded in death by her husband on November 6, 1978; her parents and several brothers and sisters. She is survived by her children, Donovon Leetch and wife, Norma, Wichita, Kansas, Veronica "Ronnie" Snyder and husband, Dale, Clinton, and Joyce Short and husband, Ray, Lincoln; five grandchildren, Pamela Snyder Christensen, Mike Leetch, Mark Leetch, Phillip Short and Lynn Short Ordal, and four great-grandchildren, Danielle Christensen, Summer and Taylor Leetch and Meghan Leetch; one brother, Lyle McKenzie, and one sister, Betty Kleiter, numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services were Friday at 10 a.m. at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Aldridge, with Rev. Tom Willoughby officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, Osceola.