Leonard Blake Modica

  • Born August 24, 185 in Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

  • Parents were FRANCIS B. MODICA and DELFINA FERNANDEZ.

  • Married HILJA INEZ AXELINA OSTERGREN on January 25, 1924 in Cook County, Illinois. She was born September 9, 1901 in Katarina, Stockholm, Sweden; and died in 1988 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California. Her parents were AXEL EDVARD OSTERGREN and IDA GUSTAFVA FRICK.

  • Died October 6, 1943.





CHILDREN

  1. BEATRICE DOLORES MODICA, born August 7, 1926 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

  2. JEANNE MODICA, born July 9, 1930 in Illinois; died February 15, 1982 in Orange County, California. Married RICHARD ALAN RATTRAY on December 10, 1979 in Orange County, California.