Politics & Government
Longtime Montco GOP Committeeman, Local Businessman Dies At 90
Local businessman Louis J. Leopold Jr. also served on the Board at Montgomery County Community College.
EAST NORRITON, PA — Longtime Montgomery County Republican Party leader and local businessman Louis J. Leopold Jr. died in December. He was 90.
Leopold served as a committee member for years for the local GOP in East Norriton's 2-4 district.
"Our condolences and prayers to his family and many friends on the committee and in his community," the Montgomery County Republican Committee shared last week.
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Leopold was also the owner and operator of Gregory Louis Industries in Philadelphia, until his retirement in 1989, according to his obituary, and served on the Board of Trustees at Montgomery County Community College.
Donations in his memory can be made to the International Myeloma Foundation at https://www.myeloma.org/. Services through Boyd-Horrox-Givnish will be private.
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