Our brother Leo Lynn passed away last Friday – 15 May 2015 – at 0405, following a brief final illness. Patricia, his wife of 37 years, reports that he died peacefully in his sleep while surrounded by family.

Although Leo was a regular attendee at lunch for twenty years, he found it increasingly difficult to walk over the past two years, and his last meeting with us was the 30th Anniversary Lunch on 10 September 2014.

Leo was a B-17 pilot in World War II, and an active general aviation pilot for decades after the War. He owned and operated Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in Las Vegas and Reno for many years. After retirement. he served as a regular juror on the federal grand juries in Reno.

There will be no funeral. Patricia has arranged for a memorial get-together for family and friends to be held at the Reno Elks Lodge on Monday, June 1st, beginning at 1400. She would enjoy having Mondongueros Members attend to share their stories and remembrances about Leo.

The pictures below of Leo were taken in 1944, and during the Reno Air Races in September 2008.

As we all know, our Brother and founding member Berto Crawford lost his beloved Pam a little over one year ago after a lengthy battle against cancer. Pam was a 1969 graduate of Sparks High School, and was a life-long contributor of time and effort to community activities in Sparks, and in particular connected with Speaks High School. Few of the girls graduating from Sparks High School girls have the opportunity to go on to college, and Berto has formed a scholarship foundation in Pam’s name – The Pamela Lummer Crawford Scholarship Foundation – for the purpose of helping young women with the potential to meet the expenses of college.

To help support part of the Foundation’s work, an Annual Golf Tournament and Barbecue will be held on Saturday, May 30th, at the Washoe County Golf Club. Non-golfers and families are invited to the Barbecue.

The Dictator urges all who can to support this worthwhile effort.

Our web-site has become an important part of Club de los Mondongueros Reno.

The annual hosting expense for the web-site will become due in June, and the Dictator has directed that each active member be assessed $10.00 to cover the expense for the period from 01 July 2016 through 30 June 2017.

You may remit to Web-Master Mark Goodrich by mail, or pay him directly at a regular lunch meeting.