Leitzel, Henry C.
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ORRVILLE -- Henry C. Leitzel, 83, of Jerome Drive, died Tuesday morning, Feb. 18, 2003, at Wooster Community Hospital, following a ten-day illness.
Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Orrville with the Rev. Dennis Rinehart officiating.
Friends may call tonight (Thursday) from 6-8 at Auble Funeral Home in Orrville.
Online registry and expressions of condolence may be made at the funeral home's web site at www.aublefuneralhome.com.
Memorials may be made to the Trinity United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 1556 Rex Drive, Orrville 44667.
He was born on Jan. 1, 1920 in China to Henry Samuel Howard Leitzel and Ruth (Rossiter) Leitzel Firestone. He married Charlotte Zema on June 26, 1943 in Boulder, Colo. She survives.
He lived in China until the age of 19, graduated from Allegheny College and served in the US Navy during World War II.
He worked for the Westinghouse Electrical Corporation in Pittsburgh and Orrville for 41 years, retiring in 1985 as an electrical engineer.
He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Cedar Lodge No. 430 F&AM, Exchange Club and the Zoning Board, all in Orrville. He was also a member of the Al Koran Shrine and the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, H. Calvin (Diane) Leitzel Jr. of Middleburg Heights; a daughter, Cynthia (David) Withrow of North Lawrence, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
A brother, Richard Leitzel, died previously.
[Source: The Daily Record (Wooster) Obituaries, February 20, 2003]