Wall of Honor Collection - William Michael O'Leary, 1896-1989

              WILLIAM MICHAEL
O'LEARY
1896 - 1989
MILITARY HERO, INVENTOR, COMMUNITY
LEADER, FRIEND TO MANY.
BORN IN ONTARIO CANADA TO IRISH IMMIGRANTS.
MIKE BECAME AN OUTDOORSMAN AND CRACK SHOT ON
THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD NEAR ALBERTA, CANADA.
FROM 1914 TO 1918, MIKE SERVED IN THE CANADIAN
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, IN THE FRONT LINES TRENCHES
OF FRANCE. HE BECAME THE MOST DECORATED WWI 
CANADIAN FORCES SOLDIER.
AFTER THE WAR, MIKE BECAME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN,
ENGINEER AND INVENTOR. HE HELD 8 PATENTS AND IS
CREDITED WITH DEVELOPING THE AUTOMATED BOWLING
PIN SPOTTER.
O'LEARY WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF
THE UPPER ARLINGTON SENIOR CENTER, PRESIDENT OF
THE UPPER ARLINGTON SENIOR ADVISORY COUNSEL
AND ELECTED TO THE OHIO SENIOR CITIZEN HALL OF
FAME.
WILLIAM MICHAEL O'LEARY LED AN EXEMPLARY LIFE AS
DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER AND FRIEND TO MANY. HE 
AND HIS WIFE HAZEL HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, MARY
ELIZABETH AND PATRICIA ANN.