He received his primary and secondary school education in the public schools of Manning, Iowa, graduating with the class of 1927, and attended the university of Iowa and Iowa State at Ames.

He was married to Genevieve Elizabeth Miller in Manning, Iowa, on May 19, 1933. He joined Zion Lutheran Church in 1935.

The Williams family remained in Manning until 1946 when they moved to Minneapolis. Their son, James, was born May 11, 1937. It was in 1951 that they came to the Menlo Park area and have lived here and in Los Altos since then.

They joined the young Bethany Church shortly after coming here. Leonard loved his church and was particularly active in maintenance and beautification, spending many of his weekends here.

A painter by trade, he did all of the finishing work on the chancel furnishings of Bethany. It was said of him that "he had a paint brush in his hand until an hour before the dedication." Artistic painting was his hobby and he was a member of the Los Altos Art Club.

Leonard Williams died at Stanford Hospital April 23, 1969, after suffering a heart attack Monday evening. United with him through Christ, but still in the church here on earth are his wife, Genevieve; his son, James Dennis, and his daughter-in-law, Nancy and their three children, living in Woodland Park, Colorado; his sister, Mrs. C.C. Flatly of Jacksonville, Florida; his brother, Walter Williams of Audubon Iowa.

L.A. Williams
Leonard A. Williams, a painting finisher who had lived in Los Altos for about 15 years, died Wednesday at Stanford University Hospital of a heart attack. He was 61.
He had lived for the last nine years at 737 Parma Way, Los Altos, with his wife, Genevieve. Prior to moving to Los Altos, the couple had resided in Menlo Park for five years.
Williams was a native of Manning, Iowa.
Peninsula Times Tribune, Palo Alto, California, April 25, 1969

WILLIAMS
In Palo Alto, California, Wednesday, April 23, 1969, Leonard A. Williams, beloved husband of Genevieve E. Williams of Los Altos; father of James D. Williams of Woodland Park, Colorado; brother of Mrs. C.C. Flatly of Jacksonville, Florida, and Walter Williams of Audubon, Iowa; a native of Manning, Iowa, aged 61 years.

A member of Bethany Lutheran Church of Menlo Park and the Los Altos Art Club. Friends are invited to attend memorial funeral services 7:30 o'clock Friday evening at the Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Avenue, Menlo Park. Private interment, Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto. Friends may call at the Johnston Colonial Mortuary, 650 Live Oak Avenue, Menlo Park, 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. today, and Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Peninsula Times Tribune, April 25, 1969

Mrs. Genevieve Williams dies
Mrs. Genevieve E. Williams, a member of the Mountain View Board of Realtors, died Wednesday at the Hoover Pavilion of Stanford University Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was 59. She was a native of Hubbard, Iowa.
Mrs. Williams and her family moved to the Peninsula 20 years ago, first to Menlo Park and Los Altos. Her most recent residence was at 10050 Crestview Drive, Mountain View. Mrs. Williams was a real estate salesman for the John Cassidy Realty Company of Mountain View.
She was the wife of the late Leonard A. Williams, who died in April 1969.
Mrs. Williams is survived by one son, James D. Williams of Woodland Park, Colorado; a sister, Adeline Free of Castro Valley; a brother, Frank Miller of Minneapolis, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 7 o'clock tonight at the Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Avenue, Menlo Park, where Mrs. Williams was a member.
Private internment will be at the Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto.
The Johnston Colonial Mortuary, 650 Live Oak Avenue, Menlo Park, is in charge of arrangements.
Peninsula Times Tribune, January 28, 1971

February 4, 1937, Manning Monitor