Matthew James Leonard III

Matthew James Leonard III ( Jim) born May 23, 1943, went home to be with the Lord, on July14, 2016. After living with disabilities associated with diabetes and heart disease since 1985, he died from pneumonia.

He grew up Dayton, Ohio until the family moved to the LA area of California in 1953. He graduated from John Muir High School in 1961, and worked odd jobs and took classes at Pierce College, after high school.

He chose to join the Air Force in 1964, rather than wait to be drafted. He first became interested in planes while in high school, when his paternal grandfather came to live with th...