Graveside Services for Leland Steigman, 84, Clinton resident, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 27, 2020 in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery, officiated by Rev. Jerry Lamb and under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.

Gilbert Leland Steigman was born April 9, 1936 to Edward and Rosina (Weil) Steigman in Washita County between Clinton and Bessie, Oklahoma. He passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020 in the Select Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Leland was raised in the Washita County area and attended the Mulson Country School. He later transferred to Clinton where he graduated from Clinton High School in 1955.

His working career started at a young age when he began farming and become an expert masonry. He married Viola May Miller on February 14, 1960 in Clinton, Oklahoma. They made their home on the family farm near Bessie, but they later moved into Clinton.

Leland was a longtime member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, where he served on the Church Council. He served as the last president of the Bessie Telephone Co-op and also served on the Bessie Co-op Board.

He enjoyed the outdoors and nature, and spending family time camping.

He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife; a son, Loren; two brothers, Louis Steigman and Edward “EH” Steigman; two sisters, Martha Peters and Viola Lau; and four infant siblings.

Leland is survived by four sons, Rollan Steigman and wife Barbara, and Michael Steigman and wife Christye, all of Clinton, Kevin Steigman of Irving, Texas, and Carl Steigman and wife Kandy of Clinton; and a sister, Norma Fry and husband Clinton, of Texas.

He is also survived by six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.