Patricia Leach

MARSEILLES -- Patricia L. Leach, 77, of Marseilles died Sunday Dec. 23, at Community Hospital of Ottawa. Funeral services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Ottawa Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Dodd of St. Columba Church officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from two hours prior to services Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Leach was born Aug. 14, 1930, in Marseilles, to Francis and Margaret (Koenig) Hollenbeck. She married John Leach Oct. 14, 1961, at St. Patrick's Church. She retired from the United States Department of Commerce and worked for Illinois Bell Telephone Co. She is survived by her husband; two daughters Lisa (Randy) Bond of Ottawa, and Lauren (Richard) Leach-Steffens of Maryville, Mo.; two granddaughters, Robyn and Rachel Bond; four sisters, Marie (Wilfred) Newcomer of Peru, Peg (Dean) Reynolds and Judy (David) Meling, both of Ottawa, and Sherrill Bennett of Bourbonnais. Memorials may be directed to the family.