LeRoy John Spahr, Jr.

LeRoy John Spahr Jr., 94, passed away on September 5, 2016 in Midwest City, OK. He was born on January 17, 1922 in Middletown, PA to LeRoy John Sr. and Laura Mildred (Yeater) Spahr. LeRoy loved to play the guitar, and when he was 12 he sang on a public radio station in Harrisburg. He also went through the ranks of Boy  Scouting, becoming an Eagle scout. In 1939, Leroy graduated from Middletown High School in Middletown, PA. He joined the Army Air Corp, graduating the Academy in Florida. Leroy married Shirley Kehres in 1944 and together they had one daughter, Sharon. In 1956, he and Shirley built a house in Elizabethtown, PA and lived there until moving to Midwest City, OK in 1966. Upon retiring, LeRoy was an avid golfer, enjoyed wood working, spending time with his family at his lake house in Eufaula, fishing, and traveling in his motor home. He even drove the motorhome to Alaska. He was very involved in his only grandson’s, Zachary’s, life. LeRoy was a member of the Legion of Honor unit of the Shriner’s and was a 32nd degree Mason. He was involved with driving the children in need to the Shriner’s hospital in Shreeveport, LA, and flying the urgent cases to Philadelphia, PA. He was preceded in death by his parents; loving wife, Shirley Spahr; and life partner, Dorothy Walter; son-in-law, Charles (Chuck) Blankenship.

Survivors include his daughter, Sharon Blankenship; grandson, Zachary Blankenship and wife Melissa and their children, Vincent and Erin; daughter of life partner, Dorothy, Sarah Mayko and husband Glenn and their children Tina Sneeden, John Sneeden, and Joey Amico; and many other friends and family members who will miss him dearly.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September14, 2016 at 10 AM at Fager-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 208 N. Union St., Middletown 17057.  Burial will follow in the Middletown Cemetery with military honors.

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