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- [[Palladium-Times, The (2/29/2004)
Harold F. Leal
OSWEGO -- Harold F. Leal, 87, a resident of 37 Erie St., Oswego, died Feb. 27, 2004 at Oswego Hospital.
Born in Oswego, he was the son of the late Ernest and Ella (Horr) Leal.
He was a graduate of local schools.
He entered the U.S. Army in the first draft in 1940, arriving at the Hawaiian Islands two weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and serving there until 1945.
Harold was employed for 22 years with Raby's Construction until they went out of the construction business. He then was self-employed.
He was an artist, a master of his craft whatever medium he was working with, be it metal, cement, wood, etc.
He was a kind and gentle man with a great love for his family, his church, people, and children.
He enjoyed fishing at his camp on the St. Lawrence River. He loved his garden of roses and peonies. He supplied his neighbors with rhubarb every season.
Surviving are his wife, Ethel (Collins) Leal; two brothers, Ernest (Elizabeth) Leal of Camillus and Edward Leal of Oswego and Florida; four sisters, Beatrice (Leroy) Dodson and Mary (William) McMahon of Oswego, Thelma (Robert) Crawford of Florida, and Margaret (Lyle) Meisner of Denver, Colo.; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church.
Calling hours will be from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at the Nelson Funeral Home, 124 W. Fifth St., Oswego.
Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.
Donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 7111 State Route 104, Oswego, NY 13126.
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