After my stroke in 2018 I was a resident at Fianna Hills Rehab.
Jack was one of a kind & a joy to be around. He will be dearly missed.
Hugs & Prayers for comfort for his family.

Ole Whiskey Jack, I’ll never forget getting you McDonald’s on the weekends and getting your voicemails. I’m glad you got to meet Isaac and let him ride in your wheelchair! 
Love you ❤️

I am so sorry for your loss. I talked to jack every day at work. He will definitely be missed. He was a great man.

I had the pleasure of caring for Jack the last few months.  He was definitely a character for sure.  It was an absolute honor to have met him.  My deepest condolences are with the entire family at this tough time.  

I remember Saturday nights at Harvey's Drive-In with all the windows down in the '59 Ford and the car hops in roller skates bringing our cherry cokes to the car window on a tray while we watched the street rods cruise up and down the aisles.  That was in Downey, CA about the summer of 1961.  Those were the days in the beginning.  I can still hear Jack speaking "truckerese" with an Arkansas twang on the CB radio.  Then there was the time I was riding with him to deliver florist greens behind a shop in the dark when an ape on a chain, client's version of a watchdog, jumped out and grabbed Jack's leg as he was off-loading the first box.  That's when I found out how fast Jack could really move!  All he ever really wanted to do was drive a truck. He could back a rig around a corner and put the trailer into a slot there wasn't room for a matchbook between the trailer and the wall next to it.  He was a true professional, like his dad.  He could roar when perturbed but he was a teddy bear inside.  When I think of Jack I see him at night sitting at the wheel up in the cab of a Peterbilt with all the chicken lights and polished wheels and the red interior lights on while he worked on his log book before driving on to his next destination.  There are lots of stories over lots of miles and many years.   Dear Jack, rest in peace.

I remember Jack as having a mind of his own and wasn't shy about telling you what was on it.  He could be quite a scamp at times and often irascible. He could tell a good joke, though. We didn't communicate much through the years, but I'd like to believe there was a mutual acknowledgement of a lifelong familial-type love. He will always be part of the fabric of my life and I will miss him.  My thoughts and prayers are with his beloved family and friends.  ❤️🙏

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Jack Richard Leary Jr.

April 11, 1941 – October 13, 2021

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