Leo E. Garvey

Leo Edward Garvey died on August 8, 2022 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital in Plains, PA. The son of Leo A. and Anna Hoffman Garvey was born in Exeter on April 12, 1943 and came of age in Kingston, PA.

A 1960 graduate of West Side Central Catholic High School, Leo went on to ear a B.A. in English from Rutgers University and was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He served honorably in the U.S Army’s Second Armored Division.

Leo’s first career was as the Chief Copy Editor of the Harrisburg Patriot newspaper.

After returning to graduate school at the University of Scranton, he received a M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling. This was the start of a second life working as a therapist with the addicted and mentally ill. He retired in 2005 from the University of Minnesota/Fairview Medical Center.

Leo was an avid tennis player, reader and walker, a proud Irishman, a self-described sports nut, as well as an ambitious horseplayer.

Predeceased by parents and sons Kevin and Brendan; Leo is survived by a son Patrick, Bronx, NY; Jeanne Hoffman and a cast of other great cousins; former wife Patty and “Rabbi” Steve Helgeson both of Minnesota, as well as a host of friends from near and far.

Leo was a member of the Colonel Henry Rutgers Society at Rutgers University and the Mcllhenny Society at the University of Scranton.

The funeral service will be held Friday at 10:30 AM at Queen of the Apostles Parish, 715 Hawthorne St, Avoca. Please go directly to the church if attending. Interment will take place in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Wyoming. Arrangements were entrusted to Kniffen O’Malley Leffler Funeral & Cremation Services, Avoca.

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