Leonard V. Caton

Leonard V. " Shag " Caton , 87, Frackville, passed away peacefully, in his sleep and joined his Father in heaven on Friday at Shenandoah Senior Living Center, Shenandoah.

Born in Frackville he was a son of the late Vertal and Myrtle " Miller " Caton. He had been employed as a welder for Parrish Steel, Reading, until his retirement.

He was a member of Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church, Frackville, Buck Busters hunting club, Brandonville, Park Crest Fish and Game Association and Whippoorwill Dam Association, Frackville.

He was a US Navy veteran of WW II having served on the USS Beatty.

Shag was a gentle, kind and loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather.

He was preceded in death by his son Leonard L. in 1990, his granddaughter Jodi Lynn Ochenrider, his grandson-in-law Roy Ochenrider, two brothers; Wayne, missing in action during Korean War and Raymond Caton, and his sister Joan Bracey.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years the former Naomi " Seitzinger " Caton, his daughters; Naomi L. Vigoda, Pottsville and Mary Lou wife of George Leiby, Ringtown, grandchildren; Heath Leiby, Heather Snyder, Michael and Andrew Vigoda, 7 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-granddaughter, a brother Howard Caton, Allentown and sister Alma Auld, Gordon, several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday from the Thomas M. Sullivan Funeral Home, Frackville, with Rev. Gene Stevenson, pastor of Trinity ECC officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Frackville. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday morning from 9:30 until time of service.