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'''Born:''' April 30, 1922

'''Died:''' January 28, 1987

'''Married:''' Waneta Reid, Bertha Patterson

'''Children:''' Buddy Gadwaw, Barry Gadwaw, Benjie Gadwaw, Mrs. Lorrie Hunt
----''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', January 29, 1987

'''Leonard L. Gadwaw'''

LAKE PLACID - Leonard L. Gadwaw, 64, of Cascade Acres, died Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Placid Memorial Hospital.

He was born in [[Vermontville]] on April 30, 1922, the son of [[Roy Gadwaw|LeRoy]] and Carrie (Kent) Gadwaw.

The World War II veteran, a member of American Legion Post 326, was a painting contractor in Lake Placid for many years. More.recently, he worked for the North Elba Park District as a maintenance man in the Olympic Arena.

His first wife, the former Waneta Reid of Lake Placid, died April 30, 1985.

Mr. Gadwaw is survived by his second wife, the former Bertha Patterson, Lake Placid; three sons, Buddy of Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., Barry of Lake Placid and Benjie of Coral Springs, Fla., and a daughter, Mrs. Lorrie Hunt of Virginia Beach, Va.

Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Agnes Moody and Mrs. Marjorie Amo, both of Lake Placid, Mrs. Martha Helke of Boynton Beach, Fla. And Mrs. Eunice Helms of Miami, Fla.; four stepchildren, five grandchildren; six step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

Calling hours will be at the Clark Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. A Bible vigil service will take place at 8 p.m.

Funeral services will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Agnes Church, with the Rev. Robert Lamatie officiating.

Burial will be in North Elba Cemetery in May.

Donations in Mr. Gadwaw's memory may be made to the Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service. 

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