Terry Leicher, son of Jim and Myrt (Stuckenbroker) Leicher, was born January 1, 1950, in Luverne, Minnesota. He was united in marriage to Connie Beener on July 18, 1988 in Matzelan, Mexico.
After graduating from high school in Norfolk, Nebraska, Terry sold fire trucks for the Luverne Fire Apparatus in Luverne, Minnesota. He worked for a time as a deputy sheriff in Deadwood, South Dakota. He then joined his father selling ambulances for Cayle Craft Ambulances in Rock Rapids, Iowa. In 1985, Terry and his father founded LifeLine Emergency Vehicles in Sumner, Iowa where he presided as president and CEO of the company.
On Friday, July 30, 2010, Terry’s death occurred at his home in Sumner from natural causes. He was 60 years old. At one time he had been an EMT, and is a member of the Iowa EMS Association.
He enjoyed reading, boating, spending time with his grandchildren, Dillon and Madison, and truly loved the LifeLine Company and its employees, and the community of Sumner.
Terry is survived by his wife, Connie of Sumner; one daughter, Becky Beener Krejci and her husband, Doug of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; two sons, Brian Beener and his wife, Bonnie of Fairfax, Iowa and Mike Leicher of Luverne, Minnesota; two grandchildren, Dillon Beener and Madison Krejci; one sister, Tanya (Leicher) Light of Luverne, Minnesota; one nephew, Trent Light of Lemoore, California; and two aunts, Gayle Smiens and Dorothea Goemble.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
A celebration of Terry’s life will be held 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 4, 2010, at LifeLine Emergency Vehicles in Sumner, Iowa. There will be no visitation. The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to the Sumner Community Hospital new building fund, 909 W. First Street, Sumner, Iowa 50674.
