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LeRoy Dean Pollard, 82, of Bronaugh, Missouri, passed away Monday, March 17, 2025, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.
LeRoy was born in Kansas City, Missouri on January 3, 1943, to the late Dorothy Marie Pollard. He attended and graduated from Benton High School in St. Joseph, Missouri. LeRoy joined the Marines as a machine gunner on June 16, 1960, and earned the rank of Corporal. After honorably discharging from the Marines, LeRoy spent his years driving a truck for Consolidated Freightways from which he retired. While at Consolidated Freightways, LeRoy joined the Teamsters and actively took part in membership. To know LeRoy was to know he had a quick wit and dry sense of humor.
He was preceded in death by his mother Dorothy and daughter Michelle Bond.
LeRoy is survived by his sons, John (Jacqueline) Rupert, Todd Pollard and six grandchildren.
The family will receive friends to celebrate LeRoy of life from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, Monday, April 7, 2025 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada, Missouri.
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