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Thank you, Rebecca,  for providing further remembrances of your Dad and the memorial service in which God's presence was so clearly felt.  And Mikaela has such a wonderful God-given talent!   If permissible,  I would appreciate your email address.  
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Graveside service- after main memorial service. 
Ombra Mai Fu by George Fredrich Handel sung by Mikaela Jaquette- run through day before service. 
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Please consider a gift to The John and Ruth Leedy Centennial Class of 1960 Endowed Scholarship Fund at Wheaton College., Friends of Historic Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago or General Society of Mayflower Descendants.
$500.00
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Give me Jesus sung by Mikaela Jaquette- one of Don’s granddaughters- this is a practice run through the day before the service with views of beautiful church the service was held in. 
2023, 2nd Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL
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2023, Chapel Hill Gardens West Funeral Home & Cremation Services, East Roosevelt Road, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA
2023, Chapel Hill Gardens West Funeral Home & Cremation Services, East Roosevelt Road, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA
At internment
2023, Chapel Hill Gardens West Funeral Home & Cremation Services, East Roosevelt Road, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA
At internment — with Family and Reverand
At the Internment
2023, Chapel Hill Gardens West Funeral Home & Cremation Services, East Roosevelt Road, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA
At the Internment
2023, 2nd Presbyterian Church Chicago
From memorial service
2023, 2nd Presbyterian Church, Chicago
From memorial service

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Don was my friend for more than seventy years. We were business associates for fifteen years. His commitment to Christ never wavered. His family was very important to him!

Don’s death reminds me that no matter the length of our (human) days, those days are a mere blip on the timeline of eternity.  I look forward to fellowship in heaven with this very special child of God.

I regret not being with those who celebrate Don’s life tomorrow.  

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Don & Bonnie dancing at B…
Don & Bonnie dancing at Bob & Kathryn A's wedding
Back L/R - Zan White, Seppo R…
1960, Frontier Ranch, Colorado
Back L/R - Zan White, Seppo Rappo, Nancy Renfer Sturges, Bo Sims Front L/R - Bill Gosling, Betsy MacFadyen, Don West, Priscilla Felisky Whitehead, Pat Scheele Broderson
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