Age 87, Lawton - Memorial service will be 10:30 AM Tuesday at the Bethel United Methodist Church, thirteen miles east of Lawton on Highway 7 with Dr. Gene Nease, Oklahoma City and Rev. Dan Eppler, associate pastor officiating. Mr. Nease died Saturday. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. Leo was born east of Lawton on April 4, 1922 to Homer and Diamond (Ball) Nease, the third of seven children. He died in the same house he was born in after a short bout with cancer. Leo and Marjorie Jones met and were married by his brother Runge Nease on October 22, 1953 in Wells, Texas. He was a retired teacher and coach. He taught at the one room Bethel School, Apeatone, Cox City, Medicine Park and Tomlinson Junior High School in Lawton. He enjoyed travel with his wife, bowling, golf, playing cards an tinkering around the farm and tending his cattle. Leo especially enjoyed watching his grandkids play sports and teaching, telling and writing stories about the early days of southwest Oklahoma. Mr. Nease was a lifelong member of the Oklahoma Education Association and a member of the Comanche County Retired Teachers Association. He was also a lifelong member of Bethel United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, of the home, three sons and their spouses, Randy and Andra Nease, Thomas, Oklahoma, David and Sherrie Nease, Central High and Gary and Kathy Nease, Corsicana, Texas, ten grandchildren and their spouses, Chanda (Nease) and Matt Jackson, Thomas, Chay and Stacy Nease, Ardmore, Chaipen Nease and Chezden Nease, both of Thomas, Owen and Amanda Nease, New Orleans, Louisiana, John and Meagan Nease, Central High, Wilson Nease, Central High and Kelley, Kathleen and Katelyn Nease, all of Corsicana Texas, five great grandchildren, Austyn and Bennett Nease, New Orleans, Lily and Claire Nease, Central High and Zaevry Nease Jackson, Thomas, a brother, Felton Nease, Durham, North Carolina and a sister, Pauline Bruns, Lawton. He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Runge, Henry and Harold Nease, a sister, Elsie McCune and a grandson Chacey Nease. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, PO Box 2074, Lawton, OK 73502