A much-loved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Leonard West, 89, Hobe Sound, Florida, passed away at his home on Jan. 28, 2025, with his family present. He was born Jan.

"It’s a debilitating disease that slowly eats away at you," he said. "To try and talk to people who have it, they can’t talk when it gets to that point. They deteriorate, and there’s ...