Coleman High School - Coleman, Texas - Class of 1947

Leonard Ehrler, Jr.

    Born:  Coleman, Texas

Died:  May 25, 2007, New Braunfels, Texas

   


Leonard Ehrler, Jr, 78

Leonard Ehrler, Jr. of New Braunfels passed away on May 25, 2007, at the age of 78.  Memorial services were held on Saturday, June 16, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. at the New Braunfels Presbyterian Church in New  Braunfels, Texas.  In lieu of flowers the family requests you spend some time with your family in a neighborhood park.  Leonard's body was donated to medical science.

He was born in Coleman, Texas and graduated from Coleman High School in 1947 where he also grew up and was an Eagle Scout.  Leonard received a football scholarship and was a Junior College All American at Austin College in 1950.  He coached High School Football in Slaton, Texas and Crosbyton, Texas in the mid to late 1950's.  Leonard earned a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture/Park Administration at Texas Tech in the early 1960's.  He worked in the Parks Department in Lubbock and Denton, Texas and was Director of Parks and Recreation for the Cities of Boulder, Colorado and Austin, Texas.  Leonard was the former President of the Texas Recreation and Park Society and the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation.

Leonard was preceded in death by his son Russ Ehrler.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia; daughter, Sally Hamana; sons, Carl Ehrler and Mark Wilson and Lisa; daughter-in-law, Pat Ehrler; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July x, 2007.)




 
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