10/04/05, Obituaries - Almanac, Vol. 52, No. 6

Death

Mr. Leonard, Library

William Matthew Leonard, retired delivery assistant at the University Library, died September 6 at the age of 82.

Mr. Leonard was a graduate of Overbrook High School. He enlisted in the Navy during the end of WWII and in 1946 was honorably discharged as Navy Steward’s Mate First Class.

He retired from Supplee Dairy after working there for 32 years. In 1986, he came to Penn as a part-time delivery assistant at the University Library, where he delivered special editions and requested research data to various academic units around the campus community. He held this position until 2001.

Mr. Leonard is survived by his wife, Emily; son, William; daughters, Irene Jones and Gerri; brothers, Harold and Curt; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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