LeRoy G. Albers

LeRoy George Albers was born on January 10, 1925, in Tecumseh, Nebraska to Adolph and Eula Albers. He entered into heaven on May 12, 2015, at the age of 90. He was the second child of four children, Betty, Lila and Herbert. He attended school in May, Oklahoma. He achieved the level of Eagle Scout in The Boy Scouts of America. LeRoy also played basketball and would ride his horse five miles to town to play. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army as a Sgt. and was stationed in Manila, Philippine Islands. After his military service he came back to Minco, Oklahoma, and was a truck driver for several years. He met and married the love of his life, Juanita Chappell. They spent one year in Minco, Oklahoma, then moved to Midwest City in September 1951. LeRoy worked at Tinker Air Force Base and retired after 37 years of service. He faithfully donated blood for many years. LeRoy and Juanita were charter members of Country Estates Baptist Church in Midwest City, Oklahoma, and made it their church home. He was a deacon and served as an usher, greeter and Sunday School teacher. Together, they enjoyed traveling and spending time with their friends and family. He especially enjoyed summer trips to Whitewater and Red Rock Canyon with his grandsons. He is preceded in death by his parents, his sister Lila Clark, and his brother Herbert Albers. He is survived by his wife, Juanita, his son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Paula Albers, daughter, Pam Hargis, his grandsons, Brandon Albers, Erin Albers and wife Marisa, Mitch Hargis and wife Leigh, and Nick Hargis, his three great-grandchildren, Torin Albers, McKenzie Albers, and Jonah Hargis, his sister Betty Burgess, brother-in-law, Jim Clark and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 15th at 2:00 p.m. at Country Estates Baptist Church, Midwest City, Oklahoma, with burial at Arlington Memory Gardens in Midwest City, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers please donate to the CEBC Building Fund or Maintenance Fund.

Arrangements under the direction of Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home, Del City, Oklahoma.