Leroy
Leroy A. Demar
LeRoy passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at Allegan County Medical Care Community after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis.
He was born October 20, 1950 in Berwyn, Illinois, the son of LeRoy and Ruth (Gannon) DeMar. LeRoy was a 1968 Otsego High School graduate. He loved antique cars, collecting sports cards and loved his pets. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and as a young man had tried out for the team. He especially liked following Ryan Sandburg.
Surviving are his sisters, Blanche (Stephen) Thorson and Rose Marie Price; nieces Elyse Rodrigues, Shanna McConnell and Sandra Price; nephews, Phillip Bartholomew and Henry Bartholomew; great-niece, Libby Rodrigues and great-nephews, Jack Bartholomew and Jacob Bartholomew.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Jeannine Bartholomew.
A private funeral service will be held on Friday, May 1, 2020 with Rev. Fr. Simon Manjooran officiating.
Burial will follow at Hillside Cemetery in Plainwell.
To view the funeral service please follow this link:
https://youtu.be/myck0wXgZv8
Contributions in memory of LeRoy may be made to the
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.
Messages of condolence may be posted at
www.WinkelFuneralHome.com.
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Pat Pressley
April 29, 2020 at 8:07 am
So sorry for the loss of your brother. Prayers for you and your family.
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Blanche A Thorson
April 29, 2020 at 7:07 pm
Thank you, he was ill a long long time. MS is a isidious desease.
He is safe and at peace now.
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Judith Hiemstra-Bronson
April 29, 2020 at 8:19 am
Blanch, so sorry for your loss.
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Blanche A Thorson
April 29, 2020 at 7:07 pm
Thank you, he was ill a long long time. MS is a isidious desease.
He is safe and at peace now.
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Sharon bolen
April 29, 2020 at 1:03 pm
Sorry for your loss,. I knew your family growing up as teenagers. My mom was good friends with your mom. Your mom made delicious home made bread.
Blanche would be the only one I would know.
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Blanche
April 30, 2020 at 5:47 pm
Yes I know who you are . Yes are mothers were good friends. Thank you
for your kind words.
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ROSE MARIE PRICE
April 29, 2020 at 1:17 pm
WE WILL ALL MISS HIM…NOW WE HAVE OUR SWEET MEMORIES OF HIM…FROM LITTLE ON
PRICE FAMILY
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Blanche
May 2, 2020 at 2:31 pm
Yup our Little Brother 4 older sisters. He was such a sweet little boy.
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Melva Maniatis
April 29, 2020 at 2:21 pm
I’m so sorry that Leroy is not with us anymore, however, I know he’s on a journey to whatever our Creator has planned for him. He will be missed, as all of our years as cousins, I knew him to always be kind and smiling.
Hope to meet up with him again when It’s my turn to make that journey.
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Blanche
April 30, 2020 at 5:48 pm
Melva. He was sick a long time, and he is now at peace. Thank you for your kind words
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Jackie Loosier / schroeder
April 29, 2020 at 6:54 pm
So sorry for the family.prayers for all.
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Randy and Mary Lober
April 29, 2020 at 7:01 pm
Randy first met LeRoy in high school on the baseball team. He was a good friend and we are sorry for your loss.
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Blanche
April 30, 2020 at 5:49 pm
Thank you for your kind words. You both were there for him often. He appreciated that.
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John W. Hart
April 29, 2020 at 9:03 pm
We were classmates and good friends. He was well liked
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Paula Beard
April 30, 2020 at 9:39 am
I was a classmate of Leroy in high school. He was well liked and always kind. I’m so sorry for your family’s lose
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Dennis Hiemstra
April 30, 2020 at 1:39 pm
Friend and classmate RIP Leroy .
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Blanche
April 30, 2020 at 5:51 pm
Thank you to everyone who has left a kind message. It is comforting to know
that people knew and liked him and that he will be remembered
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Jean Blanchard Buchin
May 1, 2020 at 8:32 am
Am so sorry. Always thought he was very nice.
Sympathies.
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Al
May 1, 2020 at 8:51 am
Sorry for your loss. Leroy and I and my wife are all classmates, had a lot of good times and Leroy through the years. He will be missed very much. With respect Al and Betty lacoss.
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Roger and Sandra Bloom
May 1, 2020 at 2:13 pm
Blanche and family,
As you know Leroy and I were friends for many, many years. We shared many fun and crazy times. I typically talked with him every week on the phone, which now seems like a big hole. Although we grieve for his loss we know that he is not suffering anymore and is at peace. He will be missed and not forgotten. Peace to all of you and all of your family.
Roger Bloom
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Lynne Wood Cook
May 1, 2020 at 7:14 pm
My brothers and I all worked with Leroy at the satellite burgerteria on m-89 in Plainwell. He was always fun to work with. So sorry to hear of his suffering and death.
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M and L Phillips
May 3, 2020 at 9:09 am
Always sad when you lose a friend but LeRoy was special ,kind and thoughtful, he will be missed.
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Jim Winkel
May 12, 2020 at 7:31 am
Lee was a good friend to me and to many classmates at Otsego schools. He was on the basketball team from 7th grade through his sophomore year and was on the baseball team all four years in high school. When his friends came through his line at The Satellite, they seemed to get an extra patty on their burger. Lee was easy to spot on the road with his bright orange 442 that he had bought from Roger Bloom. Lee was always happy and joked a lot, even into his years with MS, which he contracted at age 43. As an avid Cubs fan, his baseball card collection numbered in the thousands, and he amassed over two thousand cards of just Ryne Sandberg, his favorite player,. My sympathies to his sister Blanche and the rest of Lee’s family & friends.
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Tom and Susan (Jerrett) Sawasky
May 22, 2020 at 9:18 pm
I was a classmate of LeRoy’s. He was a very friendly person. I am so sorry to hear of his passing. He will no longer struggle with MS. RIP LeRoy!!
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Marilyn Abernathy
September 9, 2020 at 7:28 pm
I don’t know if it is too late to leave a message but i used to work with Leroy at Essex back in the early 70’s and I knew that he left due to medical reasons but at that time I didn’t really know why or anything about MS and I can’t remember what year he left but I always thought Leroy was such a nice guy who always had the coolest cars but it seems like the ones I remember is the car Jim mentioned above and the convertible corvette he drove with pride. I never saw Leroy again after he left Essex but have thought of him off and on thru the years and wondered whatever happened to him. So over these last few months for some reason Leroy has run across my mind but I couldn’t remember his last name. So I had saw his obituary in the Shoppers Guide but didn’t recognize his last name so did not think that that was him so fast forward to today, I was going through newspapers that people have saved for me so before I use them for the wood stove i always go through the obituaries, so today I ran across Leroy’s obituary and his last name rang a bell so I reached out to a former coworker to see if this was the same Leroy we used to work with and she confirmed this sad news but they didn’t know either until this obituary so we are saddened by this news. I feel sad that we had lost touch with Leroy but back in that day we didn’t really have a good way but I will never forget Leroy and pray for his peace now. R.I.P. Leroy I know your journey was not an easy one! Marilyn Abernathy
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He was born October 20, 1950 in Berwyn, Illinois, the son of LeRoy and Ruth (Gannon) DeMar. LeRoy was a 1968 Otsego High School graduate. He loved antique cars, collecting sports cards and loved his pets. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and as a young man had tried out for the team. He especially liked following Ryan Sandburg.
Surviving are his sisters, Blanche (Stephen) Thorson and Rose Marie Price; nieces Elyse Rodrigues, Shanna McConnell and Sandra Price; nephews, Phillip Bartholomew and Henry Bartholomew; great-niece, Libby Rodrigues and great-nephews, Jack Bartholomew and Jacob Bartholomew.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Jeannine Bartholomew.
A private funeral service will be held on Friday, May 1, 2020 with Rev. Fr. Simon Manjooran officiating.
Burial will follow at Hillside Cemetery in Plainwell.
To view the funeral service please follow this link:
https://youtu.be/myck0wXgZv8
Contributions in memory of LeRoy may be made to the
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.
Messages of condolence may be posted at
www.WinkelFuneralHome.com.
Offer Condolence for the family of LeRoy A. DeMar
Condolence Messages
Pat Pressley
April 29, 2020 at 8:07 am
So sorry for the loss of your brother. Prayers for you and your family.
Reply
Blanche A Thorson
April 29, 2020 at 7:07 pm
Thank you, he was ill a long long time. MS is a isidious desease.
He is safe and at peace now.
Reply
Judith Hiemstra-Bronson
April 29, 2020 at 8:19 am
Blanch, so sorry for your loss.
Reply
Blanche A Thorson
April 29, 2020 at 7:07 pm
Thank you, he was ill a long long time. MS is a isidious desease.
He is safe and at peace now.
Reply
Sharon bolen
April 29, 2020 at 1:03 pm
Sorry for your loss,. I knew your family growing up as teenagers. My mom was good friends with your mom. Your mom made delicious home made bread.
Blanche would be the only one I would know.
Reply
Blanche
April 30, 2020 at 5:47 pm
Yes I know who you are . Yes are mothers were good friends. Thank you
for your kind words.
Reply
ROSE MARIE PRICE
April 29, 2020 at 1:17 pm
WE WILL ALL MISS HIM…NOW WE HAVE OUR SWEET MEMORIES OF HIM…FROM LITTLE ON
PRICE FAMILY
Reply
Blanche
May 2, 2020 at 2:31 pm
Yup our Little Brother 4 older sisters. He was such a sweet little boy.
Reply
Melva Maniatis
April 29, 2020 at 2:21 pm
I’m so sorry that Leroy is not with us anymore, however, I know he’s on a journey to whatever our Creator has planned for him. He will be missed, as all of our years as cousins, I knew him to always be kind and smiling.
Hope to meet up with him again when It’s my turn to make that journey.
Reply
Blanche
April 30, 2020 at 5:48 pm
Melva. He was sick a long time, and he is now at peace. Thank you for your kind words
Reply
Jackie Loosier / schroeder
April 29, 2020 at 6:54 pm
So sorry for the family.prayers for all.
Reply
Randy and Mary Lober
April 29, 2020 at 7:01 pm
Randy first met LeRoy in high school on the baseball team. He was a good friend and we are sorry for your loss.
Reply
Blanche
April 30, 2020 at 5:49 pm
Thank you for your kind words. You both were there for him often. He appreciated that.
Reply
John W. Hart
April 29, 2020 at 9:03 pm
We were classmates and good friends. He was well liked
Reply
Paula Beard
April 30, 2020 at 9:39 am
I was a classmate of Leroy in high school. He was well liked and always kind. I’m so sorry for your family’s lose
Reply
Dennis Hiemstra
April 30, 2020 at 1:39 pm
Friend and classmate RIP Leroy .
Reply
Blanche
April 30, 2020 at 5:51 pm
Thank you to everyone who has left a kind message. It is comforting to know
that people knew and liked him and that he will be remembered
Reply
Jean Blanchard Buchin
May 1, 2020 at 8:32 am
Am so sorry. Always thought he was very nice.
Sympathies.
Reply
Al
May 1, 2020 at 8:51 am
Sorry for your loss. Leroy and I and my wife are all classmates, had a lot of good times and Leroy through the years. He will be missed very much. With respect Al and Betty lacoss.
Reply
Roger and Sandra Bloom
May 1, 2020 at 2:13 pm
Blanche and family,
As you know Leroy and I were friends for many, many years. We shared many fun and crazy times. I typically talked with him every week on the phone, which now seems like a big hole. Although we grieve for his loss we know that he is not suffering anymore and is at peace. He will be missed and not forgotten. Peace to all of you and all of your family.
Roger Bloom
Reply
Lynne Wood Cook
May 1, 2020 at 7:14 pm
My brothers and I all worked with Leroy at the satellite burgerteria on m-89 in Plainwell. He was always fun to work with. So sorry to hear of his suffering and death.
Reply
M and L Phillips
May 3, 2020 at 9:09 am
Always sad when you lose a friend but LeRoy was special ,kind and thoughtful, he will be missed.
Reply
Jim Winkel
May 12, 2020 at 7:31 am
Lee was a good friend to me and to many classmates at Otsego schools. He was on the basketball team from 7th grade through his sophomore year and was on the baseball team all four years in high school. When his friends came through his line at The Satellite, they seemed to get an extra patty on their burger. Lee was easy to spot on the road with his bright orange 442 that he had bought from Roger Bloom. Lee was always happy and joked a lot, even into his years with MS, which he contracted at age 43. As an avid Cubs fan, his baseball card collection numbered in the thousands, and he amassed over two thousand cards of just Ryne Sandberg, his favorite player,. My sympathies to his sister Blanche and the rest of Lee’s family & friends.
Reply
Tom and Susan (Jerrett) Sawasky
May 22, 2020 at 9:18 pm
I was a classmate of LeRoy’s. He was a very friendly person. I am so sorry to hear of his passing. He will no longer struggle with MS. RIP LeRoy!!
Reply
Marilyn Abernathy
September 9, 2020 at 7:28 pm
I don’t know if it is too late to leave a message but i used to work with Leroy at Essex back in the early 70’s and I knew that he left due to medical reasons but at that time I didn’t really know why or anything about MS and I can’t remember what year he left but I always thought Leroy was such a nice guy who always had the coolest cars but it seems like the ones I remember is the car Jim mentioned above and the convertible corvette he drove with pride. I never saw Leroy again after he left Essex but have thought of him off and on thru the years and wondered whatever happened to him. So over these last few months for some reason Leroy has run across my mind but I couldn’t remember his last name. So I had saw his obituary in the Shoppers Guide but didn’t recognize his last name so did not think that that was him so fast forward to today, I was going through newspapers that people have saved for me so before I use them for the wood stove i always go through the obituaries, so today I ran across Leroy’s obituary and his last name rang a bell so I reached out to a former coworker to see if this was the same Leroy we used to work with and she confirmed this sad news but they didn’t know either until this obituary so we are saddened by this news. I feel sad that we had lost touch with Leroy but back in that day we didn’t really have a good way but I will never forget Leroy and pray for his peace now. R.I.P. Leroy I know your journey was not an easy one! Marilyn Abernathy
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