Gabrielle Leonardi

Gabrielle Leonardi established the John F. Leonardi Scholarship in 1983 in memory of her late husband. John F. Leonardi, from Highland Park, Illinois, was a realtor and real estate developer on the North Shore for some 50 years. John and Gabrielle had six children: John, Donna, Lois, Marianne, Virginia, and Teresa. Their daughter, Lois Pence, is a retired faculty member at UW Oshkosh. John passed away on July 1, 1981 at the age of 73 and Gabrielle passed away on July 21, 2005 at the age of 97.