LEO EDWARD MCELRATH JR.

FREDERICKTOWN -- Leo Edward McElrath Jr., 71, died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Fredericktown.

He was born Oct. 23, 1923, in Flat River, the son of Edith Hardt and Leo E. McElrath Sr. He married Anna Marie Meyer March 24, 1946, in St. Louis.

He was a retired maintenance worker from the Fredericktown School District. A WWII veteran, he was a member of VFW Post 8888 in St. Louis and Higdon Christian Church at Higdon.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Leo E. McElrath III of Jackson and Leroy McElrath of Pensacola, Fla.; a daughter, Linda Marie James of Cape Girardeau; two sisters, Louis Poe and Marie Ele, both of the Lake of the Ozarks; five grandsons; and a great-grandson.

He was preceded in death by a brother and a grandson.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Wilson Funeral Home in Fredericktown.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. The Revs. Gary Jones and Dan Bowling will officiate, with burial in the Higdon Christian Cemetery at Higdon.