Leanna Samantha Wyant

Mrs. Leanna S. Wyant, a former Kittanning resident, died at 1:20 a. m. Monday, May 19, 1952 in the Adrian hospital, Punxsutawney. She had suffered a fall a week ago and fractured her hip. Her husband, Harvey J. Wyant, preceded her in death in 1948. Mrs. Wyant was born in Armstrong County Dec. 15, 1868, a daughter of Daniel Lasher and Catherine (Frick) Lasher. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. L. J. Claypoole, Dayton; Mrs. W. A. Schreckengost, Kittanning; two sons, Ira B. Wyant, Chicago; Samuel D. Wyant, Jonesville, Mich.; 14 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the First Baptist church, Kittanning. Friends will be received in the Rhodes funeral home. Services will be held at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Wednesday in charge of Mrs. Wyant's pastor, Rev. Wesley Dixon. Interment will be in Kittanning Cemetery.

From: The Simpson's Leader-Times, Kittanning, Pennsylvania, on Monday May 19, 1952, Page 7

Married: James Harvey Wyant, March 4, 1886, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

She was his 2nd wife and she is the sister of his first wife Rebecca.

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