- Date Of Birth: September 16, 1933
- Date Of Death: September 18, 2022
- State: Minnesota
Leonard “Stub” Bazey, 89, near lifelong resident of Stephen, MN, died in his home surrounded by his family, on Sunday, September 18, 2022.
Leonard Lawrence Bazey was born on September 16, 1933, in Ardoch, ND. The third of ten children born to Joseph and Mae (Clark) Bazey, he went to live with his maternal grandfather at the age of 11. He had the privilege of growing to manhood under the guardianship of Charles D. Clark in Stephen, MN. Stephen remained his true “home” and would be so until the end of his days. Following his high school graduation, Stub briefly attended Concordia College before enlisting in the US Army. Serving in Japan following the Korean War, he was in the Army’s 3rd Armored Division, special forces. Upon his honorable discharge in 1956, Stub returned to the Red River Valley and continued his education at UND.
Stub was preceded in death by his beloved son, Troy; grandson, Aaron; grandparents, including Charlie Clark; his parents; siblings, Joseph, George, and Richard Bazey, Johanna Peterson, Elaine Ostenson; brothers-in-law, Kenneth Johnson, Edward (Joyce) Wicklund; nephew, Richard Ostenson; and in-laws, Ole and Gladys (Peterson) Johnson.
