Dr. Leslie Earl Haney

Dr. Leslie Earl Haney, known to family affectionately as “Bugs” and to friends as “Doc,” 87, passed away at Waterford Crossing assisted living in Goshen on November 1, 2020.

He married Laura Adams in 1957 and they moved to Goshen in 1963, where he established the first internal medicine practice in Goshen.  The Haneys lived in the same residence on S.R. 119 for over 50 years.

He was born September 5, 1933, in Milford, the son of Fred Sr. and Doris Haney.  He graduated from Beaverdam High School in 1951 and attended DePauw University on a Rector Scholarship.  He was elected Phi Beta Kappa and graduated from DePauw in 1955.  He attended Indiana University School of Medicine and was elected Alpha Omega Alpha and graduated in 1959.  He served his internship at Philadelphia General Hospital prior to returning to Indianapolis to complete three additional years of training in Internal Medicine.

Doc is survived by his five children:  Daniel Haney (Kim) of Shipshewana, Dr. Susan Haney of Fort Collins, Colorado, Steven Haney (Michelle) of Palmer, Alaska, Mary Brookins (Mark) of New Paris, and David Haney (Roger Klorese) of Seattle, Washington.  He had 13 grandchildren, including Danielle Hill (Nathaniel) of Shipshewana, Austin Haney (Kayla) of Charleston, South Carolina, Dr. Michelle Kerr (Max) of Seattle, Washington, Houston Haney of Shipshewana, Eric and Cara Brookins of New Paris, Amy Bruegge (Stephen) of Goshen, Kent Brookins of Jeffersonville, Hershey and Samuel and Joshua Haney of Palmer, Alaska, Holly Steadman (Conor) of Montclair, New Jersey, and Lucy Cook (Gus) of Portland, Oregon.  He also had six great-grandchildren.

His parents and four siblings (Fred Jr., Marilyn Adams, Maurice, and David) and his wife, Laura, predeceased him.

Doc enjoyed fishing and hunting, telling jokes and yarns, and serving others in his own way.  He was a lifelong euchre enthusiast and Chicago Cubs fan.  He loved history and with his wife, Laura, he gave presentations on local Indian history and shared his Indian artifact collection with classes in the local elementary schools.  He was presented the Goshen Historian Award from the Goshen Historical Society in 2009 and was recognized as an “Angel Among Us” in his community in 2016.  An avid reader, he is commemorated on at plaque at Benton Elementary School where he read out loud weekly with the first-grade boys for many years.

His body has been donated, as he instructed his family, to the Indiana University School of Medicine for the furtherance of medical education.  There will be no viewing.  A memorial service for family members only will be held at First United Methodist Church Life Center in Goshen on November 3 at 4 p.m.  The service will be livestreamed by the church and later posted on YouTube.

His cremated remains will be interred at the cemetery in Akron in the future.  Memorial donations may be made to the Goshen Historical Society.