Edward Leo "Leo" Merchant
”1925 - 1978”



    Edward Leo "Leo" Merchant



    "When you die, you will be spoken of as those in the sky, like the stars."
      Yurok


      Edward Leo "Leo" Merchant
      Birth: Jan. 18, 1925
      Death: Aug. 30, 1978
      Burial: Grants Memorial Park
      Grants, NM
      Edward Leo Merchant, was born 1-21-1925 in Miami, Ok.
      Edward Leo Merchant is the son of Irene Smith Fortney and Ed Merchant
      She would have two children by Ed Merchant. Harry died as a infant.
      She would also married Jim Fortney and who would adopt Edward.
      Edward joined the Navy on 11-17-1942 in Tulsa, Ok.
      Edward would marry Marion Mary Davis on 6/8/1947 in Goldfield, Nevada.
      He died of cancer 8-3-1978 at the Gallup Indian Hospital in Gallup, New Mexico.
      He is buried at Grants Memorial Park, Grants, NM
      Resource:census, ancestry.com

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