KERNS, Leon Jay^{[1, 2, 3]}

1923 - 2013  (89 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	KERNS, Leon Jay  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	3 October 1923	Ohio   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 June 2013	West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio, United States of America   [1, 3]
  Burial	Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, United States of America   [3]
  Notes	LEON JAY "PINKY" KERNS OBITUARY: Leon Jay "Pinky" Kerns, 89, of Bellefontaine, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013 at Green Hills Care Community, West Liberty. He was born in Bellefontaine on Oct. 3, 1923 to the late Ray and Evalina Beightler Kerns. He was preceded in death by a sister and brother-in-law, Annabelle and George Boblitt, a brother and sister-in-law, Merlin and Betty Jo Kerns; and brother-in-law, Caroll Watkins. On April 7, 1946, he married the former Jean Alice Morningstar in Lima and she survives, along with their children, Linda (Jim) Hilliker of Bellefontaine, Tom (Bertie) Kerns of Springfield, Tenn., and Susan (Rodney) Allen of Bellefontaine; grandchildren, Tiffany (Shawn) Wilcoxon, Britt (Jim) Gravely, Cody (Dana) Allen, Heath (fiancee Jackie Hanson) Allen, Morgan Allen, Hannah (Ben) Jernigan and Matt Kerns; and great-grandchildren, Maggie Wilcoxon, Mac and Hayden Gravely, and Braidynn, Albert Benjamin and Asher Thomas Jernigan; and a sister, Goldie Watkins. He previouly worked at A. J. Miller and Dinovo's, and worked for Notestine's Flooring until retirement. He was an avid bowler and member of T-P Lanes Bellefontaine Bowling Association Hall of Fame. He then took up golf with the same enthusiasm. A World War II veteran, serving from January 1943 through January 1946, he began attending The Ohio State University football games before World War II and continued attending with his wife on his return in 1946, both in state and out, with family and friends until both were no longer physically able. Their loyalty to and interest in OSU and its teams is legendary. They enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and to many countries through the years, also with family and friends. He was a member of First Lutheran Church of Bellefontaine, American Legion Post 173, the Bellefontaine Elks and the Frank D. Castle VFW Post 1080. Pastor Jonathon Bull officiates a memorial service at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Lutheran Church, Bellefontaine. Burial follows in the Bellefontaine Cemetery, with a military service by the Logan County Veterans Honor Guard.
  Person ID	I422260938325	Ancestry dot com tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	KERNS, Ray Cambatious,   b. 10 May 1894, Ohio d. 21 Jan 1970, Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA (Age 75 years)
  Mother	BEIGHTLER, Evalena,   b. Jan 1899, Ohio, USA d. 1959 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1917  [1]
  Family ID	F4350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MORNINGSTAR, Jean Alice,   b. 28 April 1926, Lima, Allen County, Ohio, United States of America d. 21 July 2018, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1946  [1]
  Children	1. KERNS, S.   2. KERNS, T. + 3. KERNS, L.S.
  Family ID	F10624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1640033516] Ancestry.com, Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio; Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s to 2011. [S1640034039] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1930; Census Place: Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2341563. [S1640033450] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).