Leo was born the third of ten children to Thomas and Annie (O'Connor) Malone on September 19, 1922 and passed away on March 10th, 2011 at the age of 89. Leo was a hard-working young man who applied himself on the farm, but not so well at school. Leo's job at the schoolhouse was to arrive first thing in the morning to start the fire. So one day, while in grade seven, Leo made the decision that he was needed more on the Goshen farm than at the school house, and never returned to school again. Leo ploughed fields with his father's team of horses, fought black flies that were "thick as thieves", chased cows, picked rocks and drove the Model-T to Sussex, delivering butter, at the spry young age of twelve. For fun, Leo said he played for the 'Goshen Bumblebees' hockey team (not really - that was just a team Dad thought up) who played against the Elgin Hornets in the McClusky Holla!!! Leo fell on a pitchfork and injured his eye and this resulted in him being unable to go in the army during World War II. Leo and his father Thomas had another plan. Leo ended up purchasing three hundred acres of land next to the Malone Family Farm. This property became affectionately known as "the camp". In 1950, after a career as a lumberman and truck driver in Nova Scotia and beyond, Dad moved to his farm on Church Avenue in Sussex. When Leo moved to Sussex, he married Betty Crowe, and they had three wonderful children; Colleen, Marg, and Fred. Betty's untimely death was a difficult time for Leo. In 1962, Leo married Gertrude Mahoney, and by the end of the 1960s, Mary, John and Richard were added to the family. Leo and Gert had forty-eight happy years together raising and providing for their six children while still finding time to travel, hunt, snowmobile, dance and party with friends and family. Leo was a very hard-working man. He farmed and worked off the farm at the Co-op (throwing feed bags) and in Goshen lumbering. His last load of logs he cut was when he was eighty years young. When Leo was fifty years old, he realized the Sussex farm was in need of a new barn, and the future for farming at this location was uncertain. He had a vision - that his farm would some day become streets and houses. Leo expressed this vision to his very close friend, Archie McGibbon, when the two men were cutting hay in the meadow one summer. Dad said, "I am going to put a street up here." Archie responded, "You are." Archie didn't question because he knew that Leo was a doer - a man that when he says something, he truly means it. Again, this was the character of Dad - a man of few words. Eighty to one hundred homes, Leo Avenue, Malone Way and Malone Housing Development are complete. Leo saw it through until its end. The best way to describe Leo's life is that he lived "true". Leo was true to his wife, true to his children, true to his grandchildren, true to his siblings, true in his faith, true to both the good times and the bad; he was true with what he said, whether you liked it or not, and he was true to his work from early morning sunrise until late evening sunset. As the sun is now set on Leo's life, we are reminded of what Dad said one day about life on the farm in Sussex. The barn was at the top of Church Avenue, and the door overlooked the valley below to the east. Leo said, quite succinctly, "I've seen many a sunrise in my day." We can picture him now, standing in the barn door, the heat from the sun on his face, as it rose for a new day. Dad's days are now eternal. Enjoy the fruits of your labour. Leo will be forever missed and remembered by his wife Gert, his daughters Colleen Bannister and her husband Lawrence of Goshen, Margaret Currie and her husband Dave of Fredericton, Mary Ryan and her husband Frank of North Carolinason; his sons Fred Malone and his wife Irene of Sussex, John Malone and his wife Louize of Sussex, Richard Malone and his wife Rosemary of Hampton; five sisters: Marie Riley-Murphy , Irene Lawlor of Saint John, Mildred O'Connor and her husband Walter of Providence, RI, Josephine LeBlanc of Sudbury, Ontario, Elsie McMillan and her husband Wayne of Belleisle, 15 Grandchildren;Mike Bannister and his wife Bridget of Douglas, Doug Bannister and his wife Michelle of Petitcodiac, Sally Conohan and her husband Craig of Charlottetown, John Fullerton and his wife Erin of Douglas, Molly, Caleigh and Luke Ryan of North Carolina, Laura Malone of Ottawa,Patrick Malone and Emily Malone, both of Fredericton, Madison, Sam and Mathew Malone of Sussex and Allie and Kate Malone of Hampton. Great grandchildren Shanna and Abby Bannister, Chloe and Cameron Bannister, Ellie and Celia Conohan and Jack Fullerton. as well as several nieces and nephews. Leo is predeceased by his first wife, Betty Crowe; three brothers,Warren, James and Raymond and his sister, Kay Long.