Leonard Arnold Freeman

     Leonard Arnold Freeman was born on 9 April 1922 at Springfield, Massachusetts.^1,2,3,4,5,6 He was the son of Leonard Freeman and Ruth Courtney. Leonard, age 8, appeared on the US Census of 1930 living at 132 Bond Street, Springfield, Massachusetts,in the household of his parents, Leonard and Ruth Freeman.⁷ Leonard, age 17 years, appeared on the US Census of 1940 at Springfield, Massachusetts.He was divoced and an orderly at the Springfield Hospital.⁸

Leonard married first on 19 December 1941 at Enfield, Connecticut, Claire Belisle.⁹ During World War II, he enlisted 20 December 1941 in the US Navy, and was discharged 2 November 1951. He was a medical corpsmen during the Korean War.^4,6 Leonard registered for the draft giving his age as 21 and he was unemployed on 2 October 1943 at 140 Abbe Avenue, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.² Leonard, age 27 years, appeared on the US Census of 1950 at Springfield, Massachusetts, with his first wife, Claire.¹⁰

Leonard Arnold Freeman married Bessie Louise Burnett, daughter of Murvil Francis Burnett and Irene Francelia Eddy.⁶ In 1983, the year Leonard died, he lived at Easthampton, Massachusetts.³ He died on 1 August 1983 at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, at age 61.^1,3,4,5,6 Leonard's obituary of 3 August 1983, reads:



Leonard was buried on 5 August 1983 at Spring Grove Cemetery, Florence, Massachusetts.^1,6