THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 18, 1994 TAG: 9409180002
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: WILLIAMSBURG LENGTH: Short : 37 lines
Edwin Morse Leach, M.D., (Capt. U.S.N.M.C., Retired), 79, died July 23, 1994, at his summer home in Blue Hill, Maine. He was born May 31, 1915, in Blue Hill, the son of Irving and Ida (Morse) Leach.
Edwin grew up in Blue Hill and graduated from George Stevens Academy. He went on to earn a degree from Colby College, Waterville, Maine, and Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, Pa. He completed his medical internship at Cooper Hospital in Camden, N.J., and a residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Chicago.
Dr. Leach joined the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving five years on board ship in the Pacific Theater. His Naval career spanned 35 years, including assignments in the United States and overseas, ending as head of the medical department at the Naval Weapons Station in Yorktown. Edwin is survived by his beloved wife of 48 years, the former Patricia Harris of New Florence, Pa. He is also survived by one son, Edwin Leach and his wife, Caren of Berryville, Va.; two daughters, Susan Madison and her husband, Bob of Raleigh, N.C., and Amy Swisher and her husband, Larry of Fairfield, Va., seven grandchildren, Bobby and Jennifer Madison, Andrew and Caitlin Leach and Ida, Anna and Sarah Swisher; a brother, Roger Leach of Orono, Maine, a sister, Elizabeth Hudson of Centerville, Mass.
He was predeceased by a son, Danny; and brother, Lawrence.
A graveside service will be held September 24, 1994, at 1 p.m. in Williamsburg Memorial Park with Chaplain Julian Moorman officiating. Memorial contributions may be sent to St. Francis By The Sea Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 76, Blue Hill, Maine 04614. Arrangements by Williamsburg Funeral Home.
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