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Leon Dexter Lilley

Leon Dexter Lilley

Male 1898 - 1994  (96 years)


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  • Name Leon Dexter Lilley  [1] 
    Birth 26 May 1898  Richland township, new york Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aug 1994 
    Person ID I47273  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Dexter Munger Lilley,   b. 28 Sep 1865, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1944 (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Adeline Lane,   b. 26 Jan 1874, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1957 (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 10 Oct 1894 
    Family ID F11611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Class of 1917 PACS
      LEON D. LILLEY, NATIVE OF PULASKI, DIES AT 96
      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - August 9, 1994
      Leon D. Lilley, 96, Los Osos, Calif., retired school principal and a native of Pulaski, died Thursday in a hospital in San Luis Obispo, Calif., where he had been a patient for a month.

      Services will be private.

      Surviving are a daughter, Barbara Jean, Simi Valley, Calif.; a sister, Dorothy Hastings, and two brothers, Otto R. and Erwin, all of Pulaski.

      Born in 1898 in Pulaski, a son of Dexter M. and Elizabeth L. Lilley, he graduated from Pulaski Academy in 1917, attended Alfred University and graduated from Syracuse University.

      He married Margaret Scott of Oswego in 1925. She died before him.

      Mr. Lilley taught school in Ohio for a time, later moving to California, where he was a teacher and supervising principal of schools in Gonzalez, Calif.

      Before his retirement, Mr. Lilley built an oceanside home at Morro Bay, Calif., and has been a resident of a retirees' park in Los Osos, near San Luis Obispo, for the past several years.

      LEON D. LILLEY
      Syracuse Herald-Journal (NY) - August 11, 1994Browse Issues
      Former Pulaski resident Leon D. Lilley, 96, died Aug. 4 in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

      Mr. Lilley was a native of Pulaski. He retired as supervising principal of schools in Gonzales, Calif. Mr. Lilley was a 1917 graduate of Pulaski Academy and attended Alfred University and Syracuse University. After graduation from SU, he taught school in Ohio before moving to California. His wife, the former Margaret Scott, died before him.

      Surviving are a daughter, Barbara Jean Lilley of Simi Valley, Calif.; a sister, Dorothy Hastings of Pulaski; and two brothers, Otto R. and Erwin, both of Pulaski.

      Services were private.

  • Sources 
    1. [S374] Ancestry.com, New York, State Census, 1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 01; Assembly District: 01; City: Richland; County: Oswego; Page: 26.