Leigh Croskrey A loving father, grandfather, husband, friend

Leigh was born on Feb. 20, 1930 (for some reason he celebrated his birthday on Feb. 19) to Mary Helen and Joseph F. Croskrey. His brother Terry Croskrey and sister, Dorothy Hanna predeceased him. He spent his youth in San Pedro, CA. Attended and graduated from San Pedro High School (Go Pirates!) Leigh worked at North American Aviation for a brief time after high school and then joined the Navy during the Korean War in 1948 for a 1 year enlistment. He was honorably discharged in 1949. He attended Harbor Junior College briefly and was called back to the US Navy Seabees for 2 years and upon completion of his military service, he attended Long Beach City College and transferred to the University of California, Santa Barbara where he graduated with a B.A. degree. He and Marcia Frank were married during the last year of college and moved to Long Beach to start a teaching career and a family. Leigh also attended Cal State Long Beach where he received his M.A. degree. After 15 years of teaching, he was employed in a regional occupation program in Orange County as Director, Instructional Services. He retired in 1986 and went to work for the Northrop Corp. where he worked on the B-2 Bomber Program and developed training courses in various departments that participated in development and manufacturing of the B2 bomber. After leaving Northrop, he worked as a consultant and independent contractor for a few years. Leigh is survived by his wife Victoria, a retired teacher. He also leaves three wonderful and successful children, Kevin (Patty), Carolyn (Dan) and Katie. Leigh was always proud that all three of his children completed a college education. He also leaves five very much loved and loving grandchildren: Kyle and David Croskrey and Meggan, Matthew and Mitchell Casas. A visitation will be held on

Sunday, March 1 from 3:00-5:00pm at O’Connor Mortuary 25301 Alicia Pkwy, Laguna Hills, CA 92653

And a Memorial Service on Monday, March 2 at 10:00am and reception following at Mount of Olives Lutheran Church. 24772 Chrisanta Dr, Mission Viejo, CA 92691