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Birth:          10 Mar 1917 Winona, Winona Co., Minn.
Death:          18 Aug 2011 Anderson Island, Pierce Co., Wash.
Burial:         Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.

Notes
1920 in Winona, Winona Co., Minn.
1930 in Seattle, Wash.
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Herbert Arthur Leland was born in Winona, Minnesota on March 10, 1917 and passed 
peacefully into the loving arms of the Lord on October 18, 2011. He was preceded in 
death by wife Dorothy and sister Florence; also sister-in-laws Jane and Donna. 

 He is survived by his three daughters, Illana, Melody and Janell, and their husbands 
and families; also by his brother-in-law Victor, and foster daughters Dawn and Wendy. 
Herbert leaves behind 9 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great 
grandchild and many nieces and nephews. 

 The Leland family left Minnesota in 1923 to move to Tacoma, Washington. Herbert's 
mother and sister traveled by train and he and his father drove to Washington in a 
Model T Ford. He often commented about the great and sometimes scary adventure he 
and his dad had. Their trip was 10 days long and 2000 miles of mostly dirt roads. After 
a short stay in Tacoma they moved to Seattle where Herbert attended school and 
graduated from West Seattle High School. Herbert loved music, choir, and dancing, 
but his greatest love of his life was a young woman he met in Seattle, Dorothy Elma 
Huff. They were married on September 15, 1940 and had a very wonderful life 
together for 69 years. 

 Herbert entered the Army during WWII and served in the occupation forces in Japan 
at Kobe and at bases on Okinawa and in Germany. Stateside he was stationed at the 
Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama and at various bases before retiring from the 
Army at Fort-Sill, Oklahoma in 1965. He enjoyed his time in the service of his country 
and the opportunity it provided his family to see and experience the wonders of the 
world. 

 After retiring from the Army he worked for the Boeing company and in land 
investment. After his final retirement Herbert and Dorothy volunteered in various 
groups throughout the Seattle area and they had the opportunity to travel with friends 
and family and thoroughly enjoyed their time together. 

 Herbert will be dearly missed by family and friends and any tears shed will not be 
tears of sadness but will be tears of joy and celebration, because he will be home with 
his Lord and his family members who have gone before. 
Seattle Times, The (WA) — Sunday, September 4, 2011 

Parents
LELAND Arthur Jay (22 Apr 1885 - 12 Feb 1951)
STRONG Helen G. (Jan 1890 - 1962)

Siblings
LELAND Herbert Arthur (10 Mar 1917 - 18 Aug 2011)
LELAND Florence Loraine (13 Mar 1923 - 29 Dec 2009)

Marriage To HUFF Dorothy Elma ()

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Children by HUFF Dorothy Elma
LELAND Illana M. ()
LELAND Melody Jane ()
LELAND Janell Donna ()

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