Obituary - Leo D. McRae

Leo D. McRae

Leo D. McRae, age 84, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2016. He was born at Centerville, Kansas on May 14, 1932 the son of Carl and Glenna Driskill McRae. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School and attended Artificial Insemination School at Kansas State University. He married Margaret Hatch on February 25, 1951 at Drexel, Missouri. Leo was a hard worker. His occupations included: bus driver, ice delivery, ambulance driver, butcher, grocery store owner and funeral director. 

He was a partner in both the Mangold and Runyan Funeral Homes, retiring in May of 1997. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Roy McRae, and a sister Wanda Kirk. He is survived by his wife Margaret, a son, Ricky McRae and wife Norma Sue, a daughter, Vicky Fleming, and husband Joe, a sister, Hilma Brasfield, two grandsons, Eric and John Fleming, five great grandchildren: Paige and Cale Fleming and Bryan, Meghan and Allison Butler, and one great great grandchild, Brynnley Bauer.

Funeral service will be held 10 am Friday, August 26, 2106 at the Calvary Baptist Church, La Cygne, Kansas. Burial in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 pm Thursday at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. On line condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel.