Frederick Leary, 75, grew up here

Frederick Joseph Leary of Murrells Inlet, S.C., who grew up in Ridgefield and participated in D-Day, died Friday, July 7, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in South Carolina. He was 75 years old and the husband of Florence C. Fleming Leary.
A native of New York City, Mr. Leary was born on Aug. 19, 1924, a son of the late Frederick J. and Elizabeth Connolly Leary. He grew up on North Salem Road and entered the Army while in high school. He participated in the Normandy invasion on D-Day when he was only 19 years old.
After the war, Mr. Leary worked as a mechanic for the state police on East Ridge. He and his wife were married April 23, 1949, in New York City and for many years they lived in Danbury where Mr. Leary was a mechanic. They moved to South Carolina about 12 years ago.
Mr. Leary was a member of the American Legion, the LST Association, and of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Murrells Inlet.
Besides his wife, he is survived by four sons, Richard Joseph Leary of Mendham, N.J., Thomas Frederick Leary of Long Beach, Calif., Matthew John Leary of New Milford, and Michael Sean Leary of Norwalk; a daughter, Margaret Mary Leary Hoskins of Fenton, Mo.; two sisters, Elizabeth Murphy of Venice, Fla., and Winifred Beers of Danbury; a brother, Robert Leary of Florida; and four grandchildren. His brother, John P. "Jack" Leary, died last year.
Memorial services will take place today, Thursday, July 13, at 2 p.m. in St. Michael's Catholic Church.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1332 Gibson Avenue, Myrtle Beach, SC 29575.
The Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel, in Murrells Inlet is in charge of arrangements.