Bruce R. Leavitt
Member of First United Methodist Church
Bruce R. Leavitt, 63, of Washington, passed away Sunday evening, December 1, 2013, in Donnell House, Washington.
He was born October 25, 1950, in Detroit, Mich., a son of the late Harold D. Leavitt and Carmen E. Reynolds Leavitt.
Mr. Leavitt was a 1968 graduate of Southgate High School and received his bachelor of science in geological engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1973.
He worked in the mining industry throughout his career in various capacities, including mining engineer, corporate environmental hydro geologist for Consol Inc., specializing in mine flooding, mine drainage production and more recently with Trompe Technology with mine drainage treatment projects.
Deceased is a sister, Cathy Mae (Leavitt) Ringey, formerly of Ferndale, Mich.
Surviving are his loving wife of 38 years, Kathleen Krebs Leavitt, and children Rebecca (Richard) Hollerman of Murrysville and Gregory Leavitt of Washington.
Mr. Leavitt will be missed by his grandchildren Benjamin and Samantha Hollerman.
He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Washington, where he served on the trustee committee and the building committee.
Music brought him lifelong enjoyment. He started singing in the church choir with his mother and his sister and continued with the First Church choir. He especially loved singing with the Washington Festival Chorale, where he served on the board of directors. He will be fondly remembered for wearing a top hat and singing for friends and customers at The Candle Tree Farm, which he and his wife began in 1985.
Mr. Leavitt was grateful for the loving support he received over the last two-and-a-half years of his illness and looked forward to the salvation and redemption offered by Jesus Christ.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Hummell and Jones Funeral Home, 420 Locust Avenue, Washington, Thomas W. Hummell, supervisor, Douglas M. Jones, director. Additional visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m., the time of service, Thursday, December 5, in First United Methodist Church, 29 North College Street, Washington, with the Rev. Keith Simmons officiating. Interment will follow in Center Church Cemetery, Peters Township.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to First United Methodist Church Building fund or Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 1500 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, Calif., 90266. Messages of condolence may be left at www.hummellandjones.com.