Leland L. Frederick

Leland Frederick died April 27, 2014, at the age of 85.

He was born in Odessa on April 17, 1929 to Louis and Alma Frederick, the oldest of four children. A 1947 graduate of Odessa High School, Leland excelled in football, basketball and baseball. As a senior, he was selected to the State All-Star Baseball Team as a right-handed pitcher.

Leland served in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1951 to 1953 and patriotically flew the U.S. flag every day for the rest of his life. In 1955, Leland married his wife Anita, and they raised five children together.

In Odessa, Leland worked for the Washington Depart...