Leo Paul Wright

b. 19 October 1920, d. 2 April 1997
  • Leo Paul Wright was born on 19 October 1920 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
  • James R. Wright and Ethel Forsythe appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, at 1507 South 11-1/2. Other members of the household included Leo Paul Wright.
  • He married Velma Gloria Houts on 16 December 1940 in Vigo County, Indiana.
  • Leo Paul Wright became a widower at the 13 October 1946 death of his wife Velma Gloria Houts.
  • He married Betty Louise Stroup, daughter of Frank Orion Stroup and Edith Mabel Pennington, on 13 July 1948 in Indiana, by license issued the same day, with Minister James R. Wright officiating..
         According to the marriage license, he was a widower, whose wife died 12 October 1946, with two children, Gloria Jean (age 6) and Paul Douglas (3)..
  • He officially witnessed the death of Nancy Sue Wright on 8 July 1977 in Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; of injuries sustained in an auto-tractor accident.
  • Leo Paul Wright died on 2 April 1997 at age 76.
  • Betty Louise Stroup became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
  • Last Edited: 8 Sep 2016

Family 1: Velma Gloria Houts b. 29 October 1924, d. 13 October 1946

Family 2: Betty Louise Stroup b. 24 January 1927, d. 22 February 2004