Leland Francis Iman, born in Butler in 1925 to Leland Ferdinand and Sara Stewart Iman, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2019.

From age two, raised in Evans City by grandparents, Arthur & Matilda Winner Iman, and by great-grandmother, Catherine Fehl (Ferdinand) Winner.

Graduated E.C. High School and joined the Navy in 1943. Served in the Pacific aboard U.S.S. Libre KA12 and participated in the invasions of Guam, the Philippines and Iwo Jima. His ship was in Tokyo Bay for the peace signing with Japan. On leave, he married the love of his life, Norma Caldwell, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Evans City, December 11, 1945.

Leland attended James Millikin University and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering. He was employed by General Electric as a field electrical engineer for 30 years, in the Pittsburgh and then Tampa offices, retiring in 1985.

He is survived by his wife, Norma, of 73+ great years; children, Jeffrey (Diane) Iman, Janice (Fred) Haas, and Linda (David) Ferianc; grandchildren, Tim (Danielle) Iman, Amanda Martin and fiancé, Mike Swartz, Sarah Haas (Steve) Halvonik, Fred Haas Jr., and Leah Haas; brother, Arthur (Harriet) Iman, and numerous nieces and nephews. Proceeded in death by his father, Leland, and stepmother, Florence Dietz Iman; brother, Robert, and sisters, Ellen Iman Rutledge, Joan Iman Miller, and son-in-law, David Ferianc.

Mr. Iman was a life-long member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Evans City and a 50-year member of Harmony Masonic Lodge No. 429 and New Castle Scottish Rite Consistency.

Leland was an avid reader and the family requests donations to Evans City Library in lieu of flowers.

A memorial service will be held at 11 A.M. on Friday, November 8, 2019 at the Boylan Funeral Home, Inc., 324 E. Grandview Ave., Zelienople, PA 16063. Military honors will be held at the conclusion of the service.

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