Harold Ellsworth Leist, 89,  passed away on August 5, 2009.

He was born in Olney, Illinois October 28, 1919, son of Amos E. and Glenna Leist, and moved to Arizona in 1952 with his wife Mary, deceased.

Harold served in the United States Army and was a World War II Veteran. He was a Fifty Degree Mason and worked at an Air Research facility where he retired as a Contract Administrator.

Harold is survived by family and friends he knew and loved.

Funeral Service at Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home, Phoenix. Interment at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, 2300 W. Van Buren, Phoenix.

Published in Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) - Sunday, August 9, 2009