Leon Fassel

Leon B. Fassel, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 17, 2003, at the Lutheran Home.

He was born Jan. 16, 1926, in Cape Girardeau, son of Edgar Alfred August and Marie Magdalene Mueller Fassel. He and Peggy J. Hayden were married Sept. 6, 1952, in Piggott, Ark.

Fassel was a 1944 graduate of Central High School. He was a parts salesman at Rueseler Chevrolet from 1944 to 1970, and then worked at Ford Groves from 1970 until retiring in 1988.

He served in the U.S. Air Force from Nov. 30, 1945, to June 17, 1947.

Survivors include his wife.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

A service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum. The Rev. Rocky Tallent will officiate.