Roy Leasure Jr

Roy Edgar Leasure Jr., 74, of Huntsville, passed away at 10:47 AM on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at his residence. He was born on May 1, 1942 in Quincy, Ohio the son of the late Roy and Mildred (Burton) Leasure. On July 17, 1965 he married Brenda K. Fansler and they were married for 50 years.

Roy is survived by two children; Todd Leasure and his wife Tara of Sandy Springs, GA, Megan and her husband Jason Lindholm of New Albany. There are two grandsons that complete his family, Rory and Wyatt Lindholm. Roy found that the saddest thing about being ill was not being able to do things and teach the boys. The grandsons referred to Roy as Grandpa Boy. Roy also has three siblings; Roger Leasure and his wife Peg of West Liberty, Diantha and her husband Fred Colwell of DeBarry, FL, and Cheryl and her husband Gabe Segura of Costa Rica.

Roy graduated from The Ohio State University with an accounting degree and he also played on the freshman football team under Woody Hayes. Roy was a former U.S. Marine and a member of the National Sporting Clays Association and Ducks Unlimited.

Mr. Leasure first worked for a Big 8 accounting firm in Dayton. Later he owned his own CPA business in Indian Lake and then worked at Holloway Sportswear as President. When Roy retired from Holloway Sportswear his gift to himself was a hunting trip to Africa.

There was a family farm in DeGraff with 211 acres in which Roy and his dog, Hobbs visited frequently taking long walks. Many hours were spent walking the plowed fields with Bob Maier and Roy's son Todd searching for arrowheads. They all have quite the collection.

Roy was an outdoorsman and he loved nature. He enjoyed Sporting Clays shoots. In 1994 he was the top shooter in Ohio. He also loved hunting, fishing, and boating. For years he and his family went to Catawba Island, Lake Erie every weekend to enjoy these sports. Recently Roy and Brenda spent winters at Long Boat Key, Florida after being encouraged by Wayne and Sue Kimmel. They really looked forward to times spent there with friends.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, June 7, 2016 from 4 until 7 PM at Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home 321 N. Main Street Bellefontaine.

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