Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, February 21, 1991                   TAG: 9102200630
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CLIFTON FORGE                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT DEVENNY, L.

Leonard (Leo) W. DeVenny, Sr., age 91, died Tuesday, February 19, 1991, in a local nursing home. He was a retired machinist for the C and O Railroad Co. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie H. DeVenny, Clifton Forge; six daughters, Mrs. Ann D. Jabbour, Roanoke; Mrs. Barbara Wilkinson, Yucaipa, Calif.; Mrs. Gladys D. Jeffries; Mrs. Jean D. Buchanan; Mrs. Martha D. Boucher, all of Clifton Forge; and Ina Cales, Covington; one son, Leonard W. DeVenny, Jr.; Leavenworth, Kan.; 28 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Inez DeVenny, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Gladys DeVenny, Clifton Forge. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 23, 1991, 11:00 a.m at the St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Stanislasus Chmura officiating. Interment to follow in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Low Moor, Va. A prayer service will be held Friday evening 7:00 p.m. Nicely Funeral Home, after which the family will receive friends. Memorial gifts maybe made to the St. Joseph Catholic Church or the Clifton Forge Recue Squad. Arrangements by Nicely Funeral Home.