John L. “Jack” Leech

John L. “Jack” Leech, 83, of Chicora, Oakland Township, passed away Wednesday evening, August 5, 2026, at Concordia in Cabot.

John was a lifelong resident of the Village of North Oakland, where he was born on January 1, 1943. He was the son of the late Albin M. and Gladys Benson Leech.

  Jack was a 1960 graduate of Butler High School, a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard, and a member of American Legion Post #642 in Chicora. He had been employed at Magnetics in Butler as an electrician and retired after 43 years of service.

He was a longtime member of St. Wendelin Roman Catholic Church. Jack was an avid outdoorsman and hunter and was a member of the NRA, Butler Hunting and Fishing Club, Keystone Elk Country Alliance, North American Hunting Club, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. 

Jack is survived by his Goddaughter and caretaker, Laurie Spohn and her husband Mark, his cousin Bev Leech, and his close friends and neighbors: Tom and Merlene Uenking, as well as a number of additional cousins and many friends.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister and brother-in-law, Rosemarie and Thomas Snyder, and his close cousin Gordon Leech. 

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 am on Monday, August 10, 2026, at St. Wendelin Roman Catholic Church, 210 St. Wendelin Rd., Butler, with the Rev. Matt McClain, pastor of Saints Francis and Clare Parish, officiating. The interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in the Village of North Oakland.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Hile Funeral Home of Chicora. To send a condolence, please visit www.hilefh.com.