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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., September 19, 1963, page 1

FRANK LEATON SERVICE HELD WEDNESDAY

Funeral services for Frank Leaton, resident of Glenwood, Washington were held September 18th. Services were at the Glenwood Community Church at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Roger Clevenger of White Salmon officiating. Interment was in the Mt. Adams Cemetery at Glenwood.
Mr. Leaton was born February 3rd, 1898 at Lyle, Washington, the son of Addie and William Leaton. At the age of five his family moved to Camas Prairie and the remainder of his life was spent in Glenwood.
He was married to Dorothy Anrig in 1948 and to this union were born a daughter and a son, Faye and Clavin Leaton. He is also survived by two step-children; Mrs. Sylvia Holly and Phillip Anrig. There are five sisters: Ethel Jensen of Bickleton, Washington, Orpha Duus of White Salmon; Cassie Bertschi of B.Z. Corners; Hazel McCredy of Bickleton; and Winnie McCredy of Yakima. Also a nephew, Bill Leaton with whom he was a partner in farming and cattle business.
Mr. Leaton worked through the years on many community affairs and was a member of the Glenwood Rodeo, the Camas Prairie Pioneer Association, the Cattlemen's Association, the Glenwood Grange and the BPOE Mt. Adams Elks Lodge No. 1868.
Active Casket bearers were: Rosco Emery, Ollie Kreps, Howard Murray, Merle Akerill, Ernest Childs, Fred Steinbach.
Honorary casket bearers were: Russell Kreps, Osmar Kuhnhausen, Frank Lyle, Herman Kuhnhausen, Art Ladiges, Albin Bergland.

The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., September 19, 1963, page 5

FRANK LEATON DIES IN SADDLE

Funeral services for Frank Leaton, 65, well-known Glenwood cattleman, were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 in the Pioneer Memorial Community Church of Glenwood. Burial was in the Mt. Adams Cemetery at Glenwood.
Gardners Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements. The Rev. Roger Clevenger of White Salmon and the Rev. T.E. Ratcliff of Glenwood officiated.
Bearers were: (active) Roscoe Emery, O.P. Kreps, Howard Murray, Merle Akerill, Ernest Childs, Fred Steinbach Jr.; (honorary) Russell Kreps, Osmar Kuhnhausen, Frank Lyle, Herman Kuhnhausen, Art Ladiges and Albin Bergland.
Frank died as he lived, in the saddle. Cattlemen say: "A better man never rode the high country. He rode straight up to the end of the trail."
With him when death occurred at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, were O.P. (Cap) Kreps and Danny Ohnemus of Laurel. The three were inspecting the range at the head of Dry Creek east of Snowplow mountain, miles southeast of Mirror Lake.
Kreps and his son-in-law, Ohnemus, were riding about 50 feet ahead of Leaton when they noticed he horse with an empty saddle. they looked back and saw Frank on the ground where he had fallen, apparently from a heart attack.
Ernie Childs of Trout Lake recruited a Forest Service crew of eight men to bring Leaton's body back to Mirror Lake where Gardner's ambulance and a doctor from white Salmon were waiting.
Frank was born Feb. 3rd, 1898 at Lyle and moved to Camas Prairie with his family when he was five years old. He spent the rest of his life in Glenwood Valley farming and raising cattle.
He was married to the late Dorothy Nickols Anrig in 1948. She died on August 26, 1961, leaving him with four children: two stepchildren, Phillip Anrig and Mrs. Daniel (Sylvia) Holly; a daughter, Faye Leaton, now 14; and son, F. Calvin Leaton, 9.
Frank is also survived by five sisters: Ethel Jensen of Bickleton and Sunnyside; Orpha Duus and Cassie Bertschi, White Salmon, Winifred McCredy, Yakima and Hazel McCredy of Bickleton. Also a nephew, Bill Leaton, Frank's partner in the cattle business.
Frank was a member of the Glenwood Rodeo Assn., Camas Prairie Pioneer Assn, Washington State Cattlemen's Assn, Mt. Adams Elks Lodge, Glenwood Grange, trustee of the Pioneer Memorial Community Church of Glenwood, the Klickitat County Livestock's Assn. and president of the Mt. Adams Cattle Assn.