The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., October 17, 1991, page 16

AUDREY T. LEACH

     Underwood resident Audrey T. Leach died Oct. 7 at Hood River. She was 78.
     Mrs. Leach was born to Katherine (Burns) and Gerard Goerger in Leavenworth, Wash;on Jan. 7, 1913. She moved to Bremerton in 1928 and attended Catholic school in Chehalis. On Aug.13, 1938, she married Glenn Leach in Seattle and lived most of her life in Washington.
     Between 1966-82, she and her husband housed 16 high school boys, in Kodiak, Alaska, because the dormitory was not finished and many of the guests kept in touch even after the family moved to Underwood in 1984.
     Mrs. Leach was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. She liked to sew and take care of kids.
     She is survived by her husband Glenn of Underwood; children, Sharon Florence of Nespelem, Wash., Cathryrn Sikorski of Underwood, Sandra Kavanaugh of Kodiak, Ala., Geraldine DeBoer of Anchorage, Ala., Patrick Leach of Hoquiam, Wash., and Wilfred Leach of Nespelem. Wash.; sister, Katherine Calabrese of Kent, Wash.; 18 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
     Services were held Thursday, Oct. 10 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, followed by burial at White Salmon Cemetery.

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