Leah McCandless - Hobart, OK
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N 35° 01.615 W 099° 05.580
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This memorial to Leah McCandless is located in front of the Hobart Public Library.
Waymark Code: WM11V3E
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2019
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Leah Marjorie Yeager McCandless was a long-time resident of Hobart. She was very active in local organizations and church related activities. She was born in Wichita, Kansas on June 17, 1900 and passed away on May 22, 1996 at the age of 95. In 1980, Governor George Nigh declared a Leah McCandless Day celebrating her 80th birthday.
The plaque dedicated to her rests beneath a flagpole in front of the original Carnegie Library building at 200 S. Main. The plaque reads:
This Flagpole Flies
in Memory of
Leah McCandless
1900 - 1996
