Leon P. Cline, 49, of Havensville, died Sunday, November 13, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.  
 
He was born June 17, 1967 at Onaga, the son of John and Dorothy Bishop Cline.  Leon graduated from Onaga High School in 1985 and from the North Central Kansas Area Vo-Tech in 1986, having studied farm equipment mechanics.
 
Leon was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Onaga and had served on the Parish Council at the church.  He served on the Havensville Volunteer Fire Department for thirty years where he was Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, and a Certified First Responder.  He had served on the Havensville City Council, the Onaga Area Community Center Board and was a Trustee for Grant Township.  He was a member of the Pottawatomie County Fair Board for many years.
 
In 2008 Leon was presented the 4-H Appreciation Award for Pottawatomie County 4-H Clubs, in 2010 he received the Pottawatomie County Research and Extension Appreciation Award, and in 2012 was named the Onaga, Havensville and Wheaton Citizen of the Year.
 
Leon had worked at the Onaga Coop, and later for nineteen years for U.S.D. No. 322 as a maintenance man and bus driver until his health declined.   He then worked for ten years as a dispatcher for Pottawatomie County, until more health issues forced him to resign from there.  He had also farmed, and owned and operated Clem & Cline DJ Service for thirteen years.
 
He was preceded in death by his father.
 
Survivors include his mother, Dorothy Cline, Onaga, a brother, John E. Cline and wife Annette, Onaga,  five sisters, Mary Teresa Harris and husband Bob, Centralia, Donna Bryan and husband Ed, Onaga, Patty Campbell, Onaga, Nancy Holloway and husband Leon, Hoyt, and Jo Harris and husband Lester, Havensville, and many nieces and nephews.  
 
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 21st at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Havensville Cemetery.  Leon will lie in state from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Saturday and from 10:00 a.m. until noon Sunday at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Onaga. He will lie in state after 1:00 p.m. Sunday at the church, where Rosaries will be prayed at 2:30 and 6:00 p.m.  Memorials are suggested to Hope Lodge (A home for cancer patients), and may be sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 312, Onaga, 66521.  On-line condolences may be made at chapeloaksfuneralhome.com