Leonard Acton, Veteran and Former Choteau Man, Passes at Veterans Hospital
Funeral services conducted under the auspices of the C. James Smith Post of the American Legion and the Choteau Methodist church, were held here last Thursday for Leonard Acton, 49, who passed away Feb. 11 at the U.S. Veterans hospital, Fort Harrison.
Leonard, a veteran of World War I, was accorded full military honors by his former comrades in arms. The pallbearers were I.G. Lestrud, Bret Reed, Ab Moore, Bob Miller, Clint Stillman, and J.R. Collins, all friends from boyhood of the deceased. Rev. Bert A. Powell conducted the services at the church.
Leonard, son of Schuyler "Pud" Acton and his former wife, now Mrs. Vick (Erma) Vlinker, was born in Choteau, May 31, 1895. His boyhood days were spent here. Later he went to Harlem, Havre, Shelby and other cities on the High Line. When he was taken suddenly ill he was a watchman at the big Texaco refinery at Sunburst.
He served on the battleship Arkansas during the first World war, and later served an enlistment as postmaster and storekeeper on the same ship.
He is survived by both his parents, his wife, his sister, and other relatives.
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Married Phoebe Prose, 11 Nov 1928, Cut Bank, Mont.
Leonard Acton, Veteran and Former Choteau Man, Passes at Veterans Hospital
Funeral services conducted under the auspices of the C. James Smith Post of the American Legion and the Choteau Methodist church, were held here last Thursday for Leonard Acton, 49, who passed away Feb. 11 at the U.S. Veterans hospital, Fort Harrison.
Leonard, a veteran of World War I, was accorded full military honors by his former comrades in arms. The pallbearers were I.G. Lestrud, Bret Reed, Ab Moore, Bob Miller, Clint Stillman, and J.R. Collins, all friends from boyhood of the deceased. Rev. Bert A. Powell conducted the services at the church.
Leonard, son of Schuyler "Pud" Acton and his former wife, now Mrs. Vick (Erma) Vlinker, was born in Choteau, May 31, 1895. His boyhood days were spent here. Later he went to Harlem, Havre, Shelby and other cities on the High Line. When he was taken suddenly ill he was a watchman at the big Texaco refinery at Sunburst.
He served on the battleship Arkansas during the first World war, and later served an enlistment as postmaster and storekeeper on the same ship.
He is survived by both his parents, his wife, his sister, and other relatives.
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Married Phoebe Prose, 11 Nov 1928, Cut Bank, Mont.
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