She was born Nov. 8, 1935, in Helena, Ala., the daughter of Lemuel M. and Viola (Mayfield) Calhoun.
She graduated from Greensboro High School in Alabama.
Mrs. Leach was a homemaker and had worked as a professional seamstress.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Lecompton but most recently attended the Circleville United Methodist Church.
She married Arley L. Leach Dec. 18, 1976, in Lecompton. He survives of the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Patrick O. Heptinstall, Harrisburg, Ill., and Thomas M. Leach, Tonganoxie; two daughters, Pamela D. Van Tyle, LaCygne, and Shirley A. McDowell, Topeka; two brothers, Harold J. Calhoun, Newbern, Ala., and Norman F. Calhoun, Marion, Ala.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials to the Holton Community Hospital Building Fund, sent in care of the funeral home, 1101 W. Fourth St., Holton 66436.
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