Leon Kingman

Born: May 21, 1898

Died: June 14, 1990

Married: Carrie Brown

Children: Lyle Kingman

Leon Kingman was a caretaker and guide, and an owner of Saranac Lake Electric Company.

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Lake Placid News, 25 April 1941

SARANAC LAKE — Leon H. Kingman, 92, formerly of, 16 Ampersand Ave., died Thursday evening, June 14, 1990 at the General Hospital of Saranac Lake.

He was born May 21, 1898, in Saranac Lake, the son of Henry and Gertrude (Surprise) Kingman.

He was married in 1921 to the former Carrie Brown. She died in 1986.

He was a lifelong resident of Saranac Lake and had been a caretaker of a private camp on Upper St. Regis Lake from 1935 to 1942. Several years later he became the co-owner of Saranac Lake Electric Co. until, after 30 years, he retired.

He was a member of the Saranac Lake Golf Club. He was a life member of the Elks Lodge 1508 and the Masonic Lodge No. 789 F.N.A.M.

Survivors include one son, Lyle, of Deland; Fla.; two grandsons, Alan, of Baltimore, Md. and Geof|rey, of North Hampton, Mass. and one granddaughter, Abigail Kingman of Goshen; Mass.

Friends may call at the Fortune Funeral Home 1 to 3 p.m. Monday. A funeral service will follow at 3 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Robert Lowenthal, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Pine Ridge Cemetery.