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Leon Accorne Obituary
Long time resident
of San Jose
Feb. 3, 1920 - Dec. 5, 2010
Leon Accorne, went home to be the Lord on December 5, 2010. Born in Modesto, CA, Leon grew up in nearby Oakdale and graduated from Oakdale High School. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad and married Evajean Brennan in 1942. In 1943 the young couple moved to San Jose and Leon enlisted in the Army.
Upon his discharge, he went to work for Fletcher Buick Motors. When family friends opened up Evergreen Dairy, they asked him to become a milkman and salesman. It was a job he enjoyed very much.
After a while a friend suggested that he go into real estate sales. He got his real estate license and, a short time later, opened Acorn Realty, serving the Willow Glen area for 20 years.
In 1987, his dear wife died from cancer. In 1988 he married Evelyn Detleffs Holtman and they were married for 14 years until alzheimers and pneumonia took her life.
In 2009 he moved to San Juan Capistrano in Orange County to be closer to family. Leon is survived by his daughter, Jean Ellen Brown, and his son-in-law, Bill Brown. He is also survived by his stepson, Gary Detleffs, and two grandsons, Rob and Peter Detleffs.
A celebration of his life will be held on Friday, December 17, 2010, at Oak Hill Memorial Park at 11:00 am. Contributions can be made, in lieu of flowers, to Mount Hermon Association, P. O. Box 413, Mount Hermon, CA 95051.
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Newton -|-
December 12, 2010
To the Accorne family, sorry for your loss, may GOD give you his LOVE, PEACE, and STRENGTH in this time of sorrow. He is with GOD now and living in HEAVEN with all the other ANGELS JESUS has with him up there. I want to thank him for serving his country to keep us FREE & SAFE, he will always be a HERO to all. He is RESTING IN PEACE with our LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST -|-
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