Dave Francis Leach

Background

Leach, Dave Francis was born on November 12, 1945 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of Joseph Stanley and Thelma Maxine (Strubhar) Leach.

Education

Bachelor Music Education, Drake University, 1967.

Career

Band director Melcher (Iowa)/Dallas Schools, 1967-1968, Lackland Air Force Band, 1968-1970, Coon Rapids (Iowa) Schools, 1970. Band instrument repairman Miller Music/Family Music Center, Des Moines, since 1972. Editor, founder Prayer & Action News, since 1989.

Producer, host The Uncle Ed Show, since 1995. Owner Family Music Center, since 1999. Trumpet player Des Moines Municipal Band, 1963-1978, Iowa Military Veterans Band, since 2002.

Musician Kingsway, St. Ambrose and St. Augustine Cathedrals, and Simpson United Methodist Church, 1980-1992.

Achievements

• Dave Francis Leach has been listed as a notable editor, musician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Democratic candidate for state representative, Iowa, 1986, Republican candidate 1988, 90, 2000, 02. President, edtor Fathers for Equal Rights, Des Moines chapter 1985-1987. Member Society of Mayflower Descendants, since 2002, chaplain, 2005.

Interests

• Avocations: bible study, inventing, construction.

Connections

Married Donna Susan Schoeppner, December 17, 1970 (divorced February 1979). Children: Arlo Bernard, Cynthia Robin. Married Dorothy Darlene Barnes, December 13, 1986.

Father:

Joseph Stanley Leach

Mother:

Thelma Maxine (Strubhar) Leach

Spouse:

Dorothy Darlene Barnes

Spouse:

Donna Susan Schoeppner

child:

Cynthia Robin Leach

child:

Arlo Bernard Leach