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We're sad to hear of the passing of Classmate LeRoy Sturgeon recently. Jim Yepma had word from his son that he suffered from cancer. There will be an obituary posted in the Sioux City Journal soon. We will post it to this site at that time. RIP LeRoy. I enjoyed sitting behindf you all those many years at Washington School! RIP https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/obituaries/leroy-lee-sturgeon/article_f41c6669-1ff9-5838-98d7-e92626cee839.html
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Jim Yepma
For two years I have been trying to get LeRoy to call me as, knowing what an activist he was, I was interested what his thoughts were. Much to my surprise about two weeks ago he called me and apologized for not calling me sooner. He told me he was dealing with stage four cancer and was taking chemo. We had a very nice chat and talked about many things but felt he would be around another year. As fate would have it at a local store close to where I live I have built a friendship with someone who works there who used to live in S.C. . When in S.C. he was a member of the Labor Relations Board and was on a first name basis with many politicians. I asked him if he knew LeRoy and he said yes along with some of his family members and wanted me to tell LeRoy hello next time I talked with him. That caused me to call him last Wednesday and his son gave me the news about his passing the pervious day. LeRoy was a champion to those who are poor and disenfranchised. For those he will be surely missed and I am happy that he considered me his friend.