James Leo Gannon Jr.

A Funeral Liturgy for James Leo Gannon, Jr., of Easton, will be celebrated at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Easton, on Wednesday, January 17th, at 10 A. M. Mr. Gannon died at The Memorial Hospital at Easton on Saturday, January 13, 2001. He was 78. Born near Cordova, April 22, 1922, he was one of thirteen children of the late James Leo, Sr. and Ethel Rhodes Gannon. After graduating from Easton High School in 1941, he was employed by The Preston Motor Company in Preston. In December of 1942, he was drafted into the U. S. Army and he served in the European Theatre of Operations during World War II. Following his release from active duty in 1945, he returned to the Preston Motor Company where he worked in sales and accounting until 1975. He then farmed in the Cordova area until retiring in 1994. He was also a corporate officer in Gannon''s Refrigeration from 1981 until his death. A resident of Preston until moving to Easton in 1973, he was a member of Sts Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Easton, Talbot Farm Bureau, Talbot Post #70, American Legion and a former member of the Preston Lions Club. In his spare time, he enjoyed playing bridge and attending any activities that his grandchildren were involved in including ball games, concerts and plays. His wife, the former Eloise Wood whom he married on January 17, 1953 in Centreville, died on March 3, 1992. Mr. Gannon is survived by two daughters, Ann G. Siegfried of Crofton and Maria G. Nimmo of Cordova; two sons, James L. Gannon III of Cordova and Patrick R. Gannon of Easton; ten brothers and sisters, Anna Mae Rash, Franklin Gannon, Robert Gannon and Mary Jo Jump, all of Easton, Clara Herzog of Lutherville, Marie Dudley of Wye Mills, Regina Russ of Cordova, Holton Gannon and Edwin Gannon, both of Church Hill and Vincent Gannon of Cambridge and nine grandchildren. Two brothers, Eugene Gannon and William Gannon, are deceased. Burial will be at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Easton. Friends may call at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, Easton, on Tuesday, Jan. 16th, from 7 - P.M. Memorial donations may be made to the National Marfan Foundation, 382 Main St., Port Washington, N.Y. 1 1050.