Extracted from The Alamogordo Daily News (Alamogordo, NM)
Friday, April 12, 1968

West Rites At Chapel Saturday

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. for Leonard R. West, 49-year-old Alamogordo insurance representative, who died Thursday at his home.

The Rev. Tommy G. Crider will officiate for services at the Mullins-Hamilton chapel, with interment following in Monte Vista cemetery.

Pallbearers are Jimmie Pace, Bill Stackhouse, Marlyn Musch, Denny O'Hara, R. H. Hutchinson and Bill Jones.

Honorary pallbearers include Don Hensley, Joe Jund, Elvin Forrest, Walt Whitbread and Dr. Nielson Smith.

Surviving the 13-year Alamogordo resident are his widow, Mrs. Polly West, of Alamogordo; a son, Larry, Washington, D.C., and a daughter, Paula Lynne, of Alamogordo; his mother, Mrs. Pearl Cushman, and a brother, Lee West, both of Roswell.

Friends may call at the funeral home until 5 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until service time Saturday.