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LEONARD BERKLEY
MILFORD — Leonard Berkley, 89, of Milford, a former Portsmouth resident, passed away Friday Mar. 29, 2019 at Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash. He was born in Portsmouth Dec. 8, 1929, a son of the late Katheryn L.Berkley.
Leonard was retired from the Scioto County Legal Aid Society and he was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Ohio. He graduated from PHS in 1947, received a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University in Washington DC, a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Ohio University and a Juris Doctor Degree from The Ohio State University in 1961. Leonard was a Korean War Naval Officer where he received the National Defense Service Medal and the European Occupation Service Medal. He was also the Commanding Officer of the former Naval Reserve Center in Portsmouth for many years. Leonard also a member of James Dickey Post 23 American Legion and a life member of the Portsmouth Motorcycle Club.
He is survived by his son, David Berkley of Columbus; his daughters, Lisa (Kreg) Jones of Pensacola, FL and Laura (Tony) Glockner of Milford; and four grandchildren, Kreg Michael Jones, Katheryn Jones, Sam Glockner and Billy (Megan) Glockner. Also preceding him death were his grandparents, Leonard and Carrrie L. Burns Berkley.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 P.M. at the RALPH F. SCOTT FUNERAL HOME in Portsmouth where the family will receive friends from 11 A.M. until the funeral hour. The Rev. John Gowdy will officiate the service followed by interment in Memorial Burial Park.
Military graveside services will be conducted by the James Dickey Post 23 Honors Detail. The flag of the U.S Navy will be flown at the funeral home Monday in honor of Mr. Berkley's service to our nation.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to Hospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 633597, Cincinnati, OH 45263.
Online condolences may be shared at RalphFScott. com.
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Lou and Carl
Robin Bozian
March 29, 2019
Here is another picture of Lou at the legal services office with a former colleague, the late Carl Kleeman
Lou at the legal services office
Robin Bozian
March 29, 2019
Your father was very special to me. I thought I would share what I wrote to my colleagues at Southeastern Ohio Legal Services upon learning of his death:
Lou was my first managing attorney and he instilled in me the courage to be myself and do what was right, even if it wasn't popular. He allowed me and the other younger attorneys in the office to challenge the institutions in Portsmouth in ways they had never been challenged before. He backed us up all the way and never tried to stifle our creativity and or initiative.
I know I have told many attorneys this but he will forever live on in my advice to many people who ask me when filing something that is not standard, what should I call this motion I give them the Lou Berkley response he gave me 41 years ago just label it Motion for what you want, that will get you in. He was right, I have always gotten in.
In addition to being my first managing attorney in 1977, he was one of the first, if not the first, legal aid attorneys in Southeastern Ohio because he was the founding attorney at Scioto County legal aid funded under OEO prior to the establishment of LSC.
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Ralph F. Scott Funeral Home, Inc. - Portsmouth1422 Lincoln Street, Portsmouth, OH 45662
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