TOWNSHIP D – Leland John Kangas, 52, of Kangas Road, Greenwood, died July 31, as the result of a motorcycle accident.

He was born in Norway Aug. 18, 1951, the son of Eino H. and Lena (Yates) Kangas. He was educated in local schools and had been employed at Harold Motors in Oxford for eight years, B & E Orchards for 15 years and for the last 10 years with the Town of Greenwood. He married Debra Stevens on Aug. 18, 1972.

He was an avid hunter, loved snowmobiling and four wheeling. He loved sports and coached youth sports including baseball, basketball, softball and soccer. He had raced stock cars since he was 17.

He was a member of the Granite Lodge 182 AF & AM and the Kora Temple Shrine. He was also a former member of the Sumner Fire Department and a present member of the Greenwood Fire Department. He was a member of the NRA and the Athletic Boosters of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.

He is survived by his mother of South Paris; his wife of 31 years of Greenwood; one son, Billie Kangas, of Greenwood; one daughter, Kimberly Kangas, of Norway; two brothers, Arthur Kangas and his wife, Louise, of Sumner and Richard Kangas and his wife, Louise, of Bryant Pond; one sister, Sandra Weitzel and her husband, Don, of Pine, Colo.; many nieces and nephews; extended family; as well as his faithful dog, “Shania.”