Leonard Aaron Moore, 89, died March 1, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born December 1, 1920 on the family farm southwest of Hays, Kansas, the son of Richard Aaron and Clara Maude (Smith) Moore. He married Marjory Telford August 7, 1945 at Downham Market, England. Marjory was a three-year LACW British Royal Air Force veteran of World War II and Leonard was a Staff Sergeant in the 49th Station Compliment Squadron of the United States Army Air Corps, serving as air traffic controller. Married sixty-three years, Marjory died November 1, 2008. After the war, Leonard and Marjory returned to the family farm for a short time before moving to Ellis where he learned the trade of heating, air conditioning, and sheet metal. In 1947, they moved to Great Bend, Kansas, where he managed Hickey Sheet Metal for thirty years. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3111, Great Bend. Through his lifetime, Mr. Moore's interests included inventing, fishing, hunting, construction, and striving for perfection. Leonard will always be remembered as a devoted husband and beloved father and grandfather, and will be dearly missed. Survivors include one son, David A. Moore and wife Leticia, Milliken, Colorado; two daughters: Sherry A. Winters and husband Gail, Greeley, Colorado; and Tina M. Duryee and husband Jim, Great Bend, Kansas; one brother, Richard Aaron Moore, Hays, Kansas; two grandchildren, Justin H. Winters and Jennifer B. Merck; and two step-grandchildren, Matt Salazar and Jennifer Salazar. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Wilma Groff and Hilda Eaton. Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 5, 2010 at St. John's Episocopal Church, Great Bend. The Reverened Phyllis Flory will officiate. Burial with military honors by the Fort Riley Honor Guard will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Bryant Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials are requested to Make a Wish Foundation, in care of the funeral home.