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Leon St. Pierre Bailey, Jr. Usaf Msgt (Ret)

September 10, 1937 — November 21, 2020

Bailey, Leon St. Pierre, Jr. Died November 21. 2020. Preceded in death by parents Leon St. Pierre Bailey, Sr. (1951), Cornelia (Bell) Bailey (1964), infant sister (1938) and brother, John (1951), nephew David Jerome Ruff (2020). Leon was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, September 10, 1937. He graduated from Ashley High School, enlisted in the USAF and had a career as an Air Force Photographer retired in 1979. Worked for Jensen Maytag Company in Omaha for 19 years, and several years at Harrah’s in Council Bluffs. Survived by wife of 51 of years, Ella Jane (Dougherty) Bailey, daughter, Cornelia Ann Bailey, Chicago, sister, Jeanie Ruff, Gastonia, N.C., numerous cousins in North and South Carolina.

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Visitation

Sunday, November 29, 2020

2:00 - 4:00 pm (Central time)

John A. Gentleman Mortuaries - 72nd Street Chapel

1010 North 72nd Street, Omaha, NE 68114

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Wake Service

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Starts at 4:00 pm (Central time)

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1010 North 72nd Street, Omaha, NE 68114

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Funeral Service

Monday, November 30, 2020

Starts at 10:30 am (Central time)

St. Bernard Catholic Church

3601 North 65th Street, Omaha, NE 68104

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Interment

Monday, November 30, 2020

Starts at 1:00 pm (Central time)

Omaha National Cemetery

14250 Schram Road, Omaha, NE 68138

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Omaha National Cemetery

14250 Schram Road, Omaha, NE 68138

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