RICHARD "PAPA" LEAHY

Dear Ann,
I am so sorry to learn of Dick's passing. I remember with great pleasure the time I was able to spend with both of you.

So sorry for your loss...you are all in my thoughts and prayers.

May Dick rest in peace. i was a H. S. classmate of his & well remember his sense of humor and energy.

I was one of Dick's classmates at dear old Cretin High & well remember his sense of humor. After he left the seminary, he moved to Chicago where Bob Lodge & his wife & Marlene & I resided. He invited us to an open house at his Apt. As I recall, parties had to end at midnight in that building. When we arrived the Apt. was full & I mean packed body to body, talking & drinking & in no mood to quit at midnight. Poor Dick could not get any of his fun loving friends to go home. So he climbed...

In our Freshman year in the seminary I was his room mate.
We became lifelong friends. I think everybody who ever knew him became his friend. I will just say this: He was one of the greatest, kindest, most generous man I have ever known. Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon hm.

Dear Ann, Molly, Tony, Kate and Mark, and all those lucky grand kids, I too remember fondly those dinner conversations where I honed my argumentative tools as a lawyer with Dick and all he gathered around the table. In the end though, the twinkle in his eye gave it all away -- he was mostly only half serious! His love of gathering family around was deep. All who felt that love have a lifetime ahead of cherishing it. I know I do. Much Love, Sue