Stella B. Leach

STELLA LEACH, 90 Wife, Mother, Grandmother Stella Barbara Leach, 90, of Mount Holly, New Jersey, died Saturday, October 27, 2012, surrounded by the love of her two sons, Alfred Warwick Leach II and Walter Warwick Leach III. Mrs. Leach was born in Chester, Pennsylvania on June 5, 1922, the daughter of the late Demetrius and Pansy Gouvellis. She was a graduate of Chester high School where she was a talented violinist and ballet dancer and Brenau University where she excelled at mathematics. Mrs. Leach and her late husband, Walter Warwick Leach, lived in Levittown, Pennsylvania where they operated the Towne Theatre. The couple held annual horror shows in the theatre employing live actors walking the aisles while the movies played. With Disney’s “The Love Bug “, the couple parked a replica Volkswagen out front of the theatre and regularly employed their creativity and love of performance in enhancing the movie experience. Mrs. Leach and her husband and their two sons, moved to Mount Holly in 1970 where the family remained. Mrs. Leach ensured her son’s futures by sending them both to private schools (St. Mary’s Hall, Burlington New Jersey; Admiral Farragut Academy, Toms River, New Jersey; and the Hun School of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey.) Mrs. Leach took pride in educating her sons and providing them with, what she would call, “strictly first class” life experiences. Mrs. Leach, is survived by her brother Nick Gouvellis of Orland Florida, her stepchildren Susan Hansen and Walter Leach of California, her sister-in-law Marian Leach of California and her two sons and daughter-in-laws, Alfred and Lucy and Walter and Tami and her 8 grandchildren, Alfred’s children, Lawson and Hannah, and through Walter: Tyler, Connor, Sydney, Richard, Catherine, and John. She will be remembered as much for her distinctive red hair as for her unmatched kindness to friends and strangers. She will be forever missed and forever loved. A heart like hers will likely not come again. Friends and relatives may visit with the family Sunday from 1pm to 2 pm at the Perinchief Chapels, 438 High St., Mt. Holly. Interment will be private.

Stella B. Leach

June 5, 1922 - October 27, 2012