Leonard Leroy Steiner

Leonard Leroy Steiner December 6, 1934 - June 11, 2021 Wenatchee, Washington Leonard Leroy Steiner, 86, died June 11, 2021, in Wenatchee Washington of natural causes. Leonard Leroy Steiner "Lenroy" was born in Chelan Washington on Dec. 6, 1934, to Leonard Christian and Orma Fern Steiner. The Steiner family moved to Wenatchee where Leonard attended school until graduation in 1952. Leonard enlisted in the Army in 1953 and was discharged in 1955. After his military service, Leonard moved to California where he attended Engineering school receiving a bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering. He then moved back to Washington State landing a Boeing career job lasting for 30 years working on the 747, 777, and AWAC planes. Leonard married Goldie Wagar in 1957 having 4 children. He remarried in 1970 to Marilyn Horton. Leonard and Marilyn were married until Marilyn's passing in October 2016. Leonard with 3 others started the East Lake Washington Audubon Society in 1979 staying active until 2019. He had a passion for the outdoors and conservation of wetlands, old growth areas, and future development with biological and ecological preservation. He enjoyed guiding numerous people on field trips, bird counts, bird studies including his children along with many of the outings. He was known to many in the community as "The Bird Man." Leonard, Dad, had taken his children on countless hiking, camping, skiing, and fishing trips throughout the Cascade Mountains and Washington State. He was the "nature guide" to his kids and always had a field guide to identify birds, mushrooms, flowers, moths, and butterflies. There are many photographs on slides, his preferred film, to document all/most of the trips. Photography was another passion for Leonard. He had approximately 45 slides shows that he enjoyed presenting them to many assisted living centers and elementary schools. In his travels around the United States and other countries, he had made shows including Japan, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore, Costa Rica, Africa, Spain, Italy, and many states in America. He was a great orator, and all enjoyed his presentations. He had received countless recognition and accolades from so many people and institutions showing their gratitude for both his voluntary work and community service. Among the many of Leonard's hobbies, he was an avid stamp and coin collector with many volumes of both domestic and foreign stamps and currency. He also enjoyed horseracing and frequented Longachers which eventually became Emerald Downs. Leonard also took up boat racing in the late 1950s with his brother-in-law. Leonard will be greatly missed by so many people most of all his surviving children, one daughter in Wenatchee and three sons residing in Alaska. Sitting with Leonard for just a short while, you would find so many stories of his life that he would share and was always a great conversation.