LEONHARD, MORSE

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Marin Independent Journal
Tuesday, March 13, 1990
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ANNA M. LEONHARD
Operated retirement home

Anna Meta Leonhard, a longtime San Rafael resident, died Friday, March 9, 1990, at the Rafael Convalescent Hospital. She was 86.

Mrs. Leonhard was born in Flensburg, Germany, and came to the United States in 1921.

She married Arnold Leonhard in 1922. They lived in Oakland until 1932, when they moved to San Rafael.

Mrs. Leonhard and her husband operated a retirement home on the former Sloss estate, which became part of Gerstle Park. They later purchased the property and it was operated as housing for military families during World War II. She was affectionately known to many of the residents as “Mom.”

She retired at the age of 65 and the property was leased to an agency offering treatment for substance abuse.

Her husband died in 1978.

Mrs. Leonhard moved to a retirement community in Petaluma in 1984 and returned to San Rafael in 1988 when she entered the convalescent hospital.

She is survived by two sons, Arnold Leonhard of Rough and Ready and Lloyd Leonhard of San Rafael; a daughter, Claire Morse of San Rafael; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the United Church of Christ, 825 Middlefield Drive, Petaluma.