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Leo Armando Bruno

Posted 2008-08-05 by Judy Wight Branson
Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Sunday, September 30, 2007

Leo Armando Bruno Venice, 84, went to his final resting place on Sept. 25, 2007. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., the son of Rosa and Camillo Venziana.

He graduated in 1941 from Overbrook High School and received a B.S. in Biology from Temple University in 1943.

He then served as a tank commander in the U.S. Army's 702nd Tank Battalion during battles and campaigns in Northern France, Germany,
Ardennes and Central Europe. He received a Purple Heart for an injury sustained in Czechoslovakia. He also received a Good War II 'Victory Medal and a European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.

Aiter he recovered from his injury, he then graduated from Temple
University with a degree of Doctor of Surgical Podiatry. Leo came to Arizona in 1950 and retired from the U.S. Health Department in 1982
as a Laboratory Technician under the auspices of CDC.

He is survived by his wife. Rita; sister, Gilda LaBrasca of Philadephia;
sister-in-law Helen Sienerth of North Carolina; son, Randy Roethler and his wife, Nora, son Tim Roethler and his wife, Loretta; and daughter, Paula Roethler. Also nephews, Doug, Greg and Karl Sienerth and their families; niece, Kathy Sinereth and her family.

His many grandchildren are, Misty Dawn Roethler, Joshua Roethler and Sarah Shores, Bryan Roether and his wife, Tanya, Randi Leigh Heckadon and husband Bryan, Carrie Anne Roethler, Stephanie Roethler, Shawn Knight, Dan and Dawn Hammon, Danielle and Shane Persons, and Rosemary and Daniel Crellin and Dawn Gallagher.

Great-grandchildren who will miss his love and kindness are Marshall, Darion and Zachary Roethler, Lance, Trinity and Kristine Heckadon, Kyla Roethler, Isabella, Savanah, Danny and Autumn Hammon, Ashley, Christopher and Richard Persons, Gavin Crellin, Eli, Gage and Fate Atkinson, Alexis, Serena He will be missed greatly by his many friends.

No services are planned at this time.

Instead of flowers, please be kind and make donations to YEI, 436 N. Washington, Prescott, Ariz., 86301, Yavapai Food Bank 8400 E. Spouse Dr. Ste. A, Prescott Valley, Ariz., 86314 or your favorite charity.

Private cremation at Bradshaw Crematory in Prescott Valley.

Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Information provided by survivors.





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