Leo Hennessy

Leo Hennessy, 87, life-

long Minot resident, died

on Sunday, November 10,

2019.

Leo Daniel Hennessy

was born on January 28,

1932 in Minot to Leo D.

and Josephine (Harmon)

Hennessy. He was raised

and educated in the Minot

area. At the age of 17 he

enlisted in the U.S. Army

on January 28, 1949. He

served in Korea and re-

ceived a Purple Heart for

injuries sustained on Sep-

tember 15, 1950 making

him the youngest service-

man injured in combat

during the Korean War.

He received his honorable

discharge on August 18,

1952 and returned to

Minot. He became em-

ployed by the Great

Northern

Railway/Burlington North-

ern Railroad on Sep-

tember 3, 1952 as a fire-

man.

Leo married Darlene

Alexander on November

27, 1953 in Sidney, MT.

They made their home in

Minot where he contin-

ued his career with the

railroad. He retired in

1993 as a locomotive en-

gineer following forty-one

years of service. In their

retirement Leo and Dar-

lene resided in Minot and

spent the winter months

in Arizona. Darlene died

on March 13, 2012. Leo

resided fulltime in Minot

until his death.

Leo was a lifetime

member of the Disabled

American Veterans and

American Legion Post

#26. He was a member of

the Veterans of Foreign

Wars Post #753, Brother-

hood of Locomotive En-

gineers #695 and a former

member of the Golden K

Kiwanis Club, Elks Lodge

and Eagles Aerie.

Leo’s loving family in-

cludes: his sons, Leo Hen-

nessy (Leslie Tengelsen)

of Boise ID and Delwyn

(Monica) Hennessy of

Grand Rapids, MN;

grandchildren: Jenny

Hennessy, Seattle, WA

and Kristen Hennessy,

Boise, ID; siblings, Marion

Evenson of Minot, Lois

Olson of Chandler, AZ,

Joyce Eggert of Minot,

Tom (Susan) Hennessy of

Bellingham, WA; and

numerous nieces,

nephews and cousins.

Leo was preceded in

death by: his parents;

wife; and siblings, Harley

(Susan) Hennessy and

Duane (Mary) Hennessy;

and in-laws, Virgil Even-

son, Warren Olson and

Gordon Eggert.

Celebration of the Life

of Leo Hennessy: Friday,

November 22, 2019 at

11:00 a.m. in the Minot

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Post 753.

Interment will be at the

New Veterans Section of

Rosehill Memorial Park,

Minot.

Visitation: Thursday,

November 21, 2019 from

4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in

Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot.

Memories and con-

dolences can be shared at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.