Lionel Roger Leon

Funeral service for Mr. Lionel Roger Leon, 85, of Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, February 24, 2014, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe with Rev. James Dominic Thekkemury officiating. Interment will follow at Kilpatrick Serenity Gardens.
 
Mr. Leon passed away on February 20, 2014, in Monroe.  He was an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Leon was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roger Jean Leon and Evangeline Pecot Zito; and a grandson, Robert Leon, Jr.
 
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Achsah Tidwell Leon; children, Kathryn Leon Phillips and husband Curtis of Bossier City, LA; Steven Roger Leon and wife Ruthie of Memphis, TN; David Glenn Leon of Downsville, LA; Robert John Leon and wife Judy of Frederick, MD; Linda Leon Littleton and husband Bobby of Downsville, LA; and Betty Leon Robinson and husband Bob of Oxford, MS; grandchildren, Elizabeth Phillips, Mary Phillips Dinkins and husband Shane, Karen Phillips Smith and husband Jason; Brian Anthony Leon, Aimee Littleton Allen and husband Joey, Emily Leon, Mackenzie Robinson; and great grandchildren, Hailey Dinkins, Khloe Dinkins, Aiden Smith, Gage Smith, and Tate Allen; and brother, Richard Zito and wife Rainell of Chalmette, LA.
 
Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM.

Visitation will be held Monday, February 24, 2014 at 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM
Funeral Service will follow the visitation at 2:00 PM February 24, 2014