Jan 21, 2007 2 min read

Jesse L. Leasher, age 89, of Republic, Pa., and formerly of Clairton, Pa., passed away Thursday, January 18, 2007, in the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Pa. He was born July 21, 1917, in Brier Hill, Pa., the son of John Leasher and Ada Moss Leasher.

Jesse was a retired foreman from United States Steel’s Clairton Works and a member of the National Steelworkers Old-Timers Foundation and the United Steel Workers of America.

He was predeceased by a grandson, Kenneth Leasher, six sisters, two brothers and his parents.

Surviving are his children: Shirley Hartman and her husband, Wilbur, of Vienna, Va., Jesse Leasher and his wife, Beth, of Jacksonville, Florida, Kenneth Leasher of Cleveland, Ohio, Beverly Battaglini of Republic, Pa., Terry Leasher of Oklahoma, Audrey Genest of Woodbridge, Virginia, and Nancy Bogol and her husband, Ron, of East Millsboro, Pa.; 14 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sisters: Dorothy Paes and Marion Childs; and a brother, Leroy Leasher and his wife, Mary.

Friends will be received in the ROBERT T. KISH FUNERAL HOME INC., ONE LEGION STREET, REPUBLIC, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Monday, January 22, until 11 a.m., the hour of Service with Pastor H. David McElroy officiating.

Entombment will follow in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa.