Crawfordsville Journal Review 4-6-1967 -- Veedersburg - Leo R. Irwin, 56, a
25-year-employee of RR Donnelley & Sons Co, Inc of Crawfordsville, died at 7 pm.
Thursday in St. Elizabeth Hospital at Danville, Ill where he had been a patient five
weeks. He had been seriously ill six months. Mr. Irwin was a warehouse foreman at
Donnelley's. A native of Clark County, he was a son of John and Cordelia Pruitt Irwin
and was born Oct 18, 1910. He had lived in Veedersburg since early childhood. He was
married April 22, 1931 to Thelma Boord, who survives with three daughters, Mrs. Rita
Hoskins, Mrs. Alice Stonecipher and Mariam; a son, James of Kingman; six grandchildren, a
brother, Ransom of Chicago Heights, Ill and sister, Mrs. Violet Olds of Veedersburg. A
brother, John, preceded Mr. Irwin in death. He was a member of Sterling Christian Church
and the Crawfordsville Elks Lodge. Funeral rites are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Sterlin
Church with Rev. Bill Wilhite officiating and burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Hillsboro.
Friends may call afternoon Saturday at Parham Funeral Home in Veedersburg.