[Leica] Death of Gerald Leeson

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Brian,

Sorry to hear of your loss.

Gene

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> FYI 
> 
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> Date: 2 September 2006 6:13:48pm -0400 
> From: Kaaran Ursery 
> To: reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us 
> Subject: Leica International Founder 
> 
> 
> I thought the Leica people might like to know that my father, Gerald 
> Leeson, 
> died on Tuesday August 29th at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. 
> He 
> was 87. He founded the Leica International Club in the 60's and had a very 
> extensive collection of Leica cameras, some quite rare. As he began to get 
> older, he dismantled his collection and sold the cameras and other related 
> items 
> to various other collectors. He has been in declining health for a number 
> of 
> years and his actual cause of 
> death was renal failure. There will be no obituary published and no 
> service due 
> to the wishes of his current wife. My mother, Dorothy Leeson, preceded him 
> in 
> death in 1976. I thought some of the 
> original people who knew him, would want to know. 
> 
> Kaaran Leeson Ursery 
> 
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