Leroy H. Tibbals
Dies at Huntington
Leroy Havens Tibbals, teacher of music in Baker County for many years, died suddenly the night of October 25 at Huntington, where he has had a music studio for the last two years or more.
Mr. Tibbals, who formerly managed the Tibbals Piano store at Baker, was born October 20, 1871 at Deep River, Iowa. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge. His wife, Winifred, survives him.
Funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of West and Company at Baker with Rev. Frank Zook officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Hope cemetery.
Source: The Record-Courier, Baker, Baker County, Oregon May 12, 2004
Contributed by: Gary Jaensch