Leonard Leroy HUNSLEY

1940 - 2009  (68 years)

• Name	Leonard Leroy HUNSLEY
  Birth	26 Dec 1940	Denver, Adams County, Colorado, USA
  Gender	Male
  _UID	8684028BC64A46AD9E6A4A886D5E1E409D12
  Death	27 Oct 2009	South Dakota, USA
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA
  Notes	From www.feigumfh.com, Jan 2014: Leonard L. Hunsley, 68, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Leonard was the second child of Gilbert and Eleanor (Anderson) Hunsley, born on December 26, 1940 in Denver, Colorado. He attended first grade at St. Patrick's School in Denver until the Hunsleys' moved their family back to South Dakota in 1947. He had one sister, Lilla May, and six brothers: Duane, Don, Lavern, Raymond, Dale and Mark. After graduating in 1958 from T.F. Riggs, he attended SDSU in Brookings for one year. He returned home to Pierre and worked for many area businesses which included Don's Sinclair and Anderson Tire. In 1964 he joined into a partnership with his brother Duane doing custom farming and operating rented land and one farm that they owned together until 1991. He drove truck for Jim Hoffman until his first bout with cancer. After recovering, he worked on the Beastrom Ranch until the late 1990's. He went back to trucking for Dean Newman for a few years. He spent the remaining years working for Haskins Farms. On January 14, 1967 he was married to Cora Gourneau and to that union were born two sons, Jeff and Scott. Leonard is survived by his son, Jeff, his mother, Eleanor, sister, Lilla May, and brothers; Duane (Diana), Lavern (Georgia), Raymond (Lynne), Dale (Kathy) and Mark (Betty), sister-in-law, Nancy, and numerous nieces, nephews, grand nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his son Scott, his father, Gilbert, brother, Don, maternal and paternal grandparents, one infant nephew, one infant great niece and special friend, Deb Norton.
  Person ID	I1015	Hunsley
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Gilbert J HUNSLEY,   b. 2 Feb 1911, South Dakota, USA d. 18 Aug 1998, Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Eleanor M ANDERSON,   b. 10 Dec 1914, Montrose, South Dakota, USA d. 17 Jul 2011, Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1938	Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cora GOURNEAU
  Children	1. Jeffrey HUNSLEY,   b. 11 Nov 1967, Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA d. 30 Apr 2018, Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA (Age 50 years)   2. Scott Lee HUNSLEY,   b. 20 Aug 1970, South Dakota, USA d. 29 Nov 1985, South Dakota, USA (Age 15 years)
  Family ID	F346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2014

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Serr Family Tree at Ancestry.com, Jan 2014.