A native of Palo Alto, CA entered into rest on October 8, 2005 at his home in Los Gatos at the age of 58 years. John will be deeply missed by his wife Sherry of 26 years, daughters: Jayme & Kaelie, sons; Damon, Christian & Sam, brothers: Brian and Kevin, and sister; Gaelyn Chambers. He was a devout and loving husband, father, brother and friend to many.

Visitation and Vigil were held at DARLING & FISCHER CHAPEL OF THE HILLS, 615 N. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 from 4 - 8 p.m. with the Vigil at 6:30 p.m. A Funeral Mass was held at 12 noon on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 219 Bean Ave., Los Gatos. The Burial followed at Los Gatos Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent in his memory to the Kidney Cancer Association, 1234 Sherman Ave., Suite 203, Evanston, Illinois 60202. Published in the San Jose Mercury News on 10/11/2005.

MORE ABOUT JOHN LESLIE: About 3 years ago, well 4 now, John got renal(kidney) cancer. He had surgery and probably some chemo and was "cured" as much as anyone is from CA. It is unpredictable as to who will survive any cancer. The medical community talks about 5yr survivors, 10yr survivors, etc.. Last May he started coughing, an xray of his chest showed metastasis. There are not very many good options for that type of Ca. He needed some treatments that were thought to be experimental and couldn't meet the criteria for the different programs (Stanford, UCSF, UCLA) because he was too sick. Places doing research are very protective of their success rates so they don't want the sickest patients. By the time John began a treatment the cancer was in his brain and everywhere. He died of multiple strokes and respiratory failure caused by the cancer. That's it. -Buz