General Notes:

Conflicting date of birth. May have been 1888. Buried La Salle Township Cem, Louie Pierce lot. there is a marker.

1920 census says Vern was a blacksmith and lived on S. Dixie.

The Monroe Evening News
1 September 1935

Accident Kills Driver

Vern Leonard of LaSalle was killed yesterday morning at Stein and Telegraph roads. Mr. Leonard died in the Monroe hospital two hours after his car had collided with a truck driven by Ronald Dean of Cleveland. Dean was questioned by the coroner and the prosecutor here yesterday and released. Funeral services for Mr. Leonard will be held in the Rupp funeral home on Sauturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev Frederick Hehner of the First Presbyterian Church offication, Burial will be in LaSalle cemetery.