Leonard Cole

The Payette Independent
Thursday, January 24, 1929

FORMER PAYETTE MAN KILLED

Leonard Cole, of Long Beach, California, Victim of an Automobile Wreck

Leonard Cole, 70 years old, who was killed yesterday in an automobile accident when he was forced to swerve the machine he was driving to avoid collision with another car, had been an active realtor in Long Beach for the last nine years. He was driving to Bakersfield to transact business when the accident occurred.

Mr. Cole is survived by the widow, Mrs. Ella Cole, 1865 Lemon Avenue; his father, Joshua L. Cole ?7 years old; a brother, Emery L. Cole, Oregon, now visiting here; a sister, Mrs. Eldora Moudry, and two daughters, Mrs. Bernice Capon and Mrs. Nellie L. Wilks, both of this city.

The deceased was a member of Long Beach Lodge of Odd Fellows, of the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World.

Following as inquest, which will be held at the Blaynes and Son Funeral Parlors at Bakersfield this afternoon, the body will be brought here for interment at Sunnyside Mausoleum.

Arrangements are being made by Holton & Son - Long Beach Press Telegram.

Leonard Cole was a former resident of Payette and was engaged in the meat market business here. Former friends in the city and community will regret to learn of his untimely death.