WRIGHT- Leonard J. Flax, age 86, of Wright, passed away Friday, January 4th, 2019 at his home.

He was born on April 8, 1932, in Ransom, Kansas, to Gotfred and Catherine (Weber) Flax. He married Irene Werth on October 23, 1956. She survives.

Leonard was drafted into the Army in 1953 and proudly served until 1955.

Leonard lived on a farm outside of Ransom, Kansas for 8 years. In 1964 they moved to Wright, Kansas where he went to work for the Right Coop Farm Supply. He worked there for 29 years until it closed in 1993. He worked at Rounds and Porter from 1993-1998 and TM Deal Lumber from 1998-2004, where he retired at age 72.

He was a member of St. Andrew's Church and a devoted catholic. He served on the property and finance committee for many years for the parish. He served the youth of the community by umpiring softball games in the summertime.

He is survived by his wife, Irene and nine daughters, Pamela Council of Hereford, Texas, Amy Schneweis (Erik), Deborah Nystrom (Brice), Maxine Hertel (Joe), Bernadine Solomon and Phyllis Randle (Steve) all of Dodge City, Beverly Wendel (Sean) of Ingalls, Malissa Murphy-Rank (David) of Augusta, Diane Burkhart (John) of Hutchinson. One brother, Fr. Myron Flax of Victoria, and one sister, Sr. MaryAnn Flax of Lexington, Nebraska, 30 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Rose Flax and Helen Schuler, 5 brothers, Paul as an infant, Ignatius, Lawrence, Herman and Eugene Flax.

He enjoyed the outdoors, doing woodworking, bowling and dancing to Polka music.

Vigil and visitation will be at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 and Funeral Mass at St. Andrew's Church in Wright, Kansas, with Fr. Robert Schremmer presiding on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 10:30 am with burial at St. Andrew's Cemetery following with military honors by Howard Gotschall VFW Post 1714 and Military Honors for the State of Kansas.

Memorials are suggested to St. Jude's Children's Hospital in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.