Services for Pastor Don Leitch, 81, of Mentor, will be at 10:30 AM on Friday, May 12, 2017 at Nottingham Baptist Church, 2921 Bishop Road, Willoughby Hills. The Rev. David Chapman will officiate at the service.

The family will receive friends from 3-5, 6-8 PM on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at the Church.

Pastor Leitch kept the faith, fought a good fight, and finished his race on earth on Saturday, May 6, 2017 after a battle with cancer. He now sits at the feet of his Savior, Jesus Christ, in whom he placed his faith at the age of 19.

Born March 31, 1936 in East Cleveland, he has lived in Mentor for the past 35 years.

After serving two years in an Army tank battalion in Germany, Don entered seminary and pastored churches for 40 years in New York and Ohio, including the final 20 years at First Baptist Church of Willowick. During his retirement years, he volunteered at a Chinese church in Cleveland Heights and the Faith Baptist Community Center in Cleveland. He was a member of Nottingham Baptist Church in Willoughby Hills.

He waits in heaven for his wife of 59 years, Mary (Dunn) Leitch; children, David B. (Michele) Leitch, Daniel E. (Kathy) Leitch and Deborah C. Leitch; grandchildren, Sarah, Hannah, Matt, Carissa, Kristi, and Zachary, and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Lillian (Scheve) Leitch; two grandchildren and brother, Ronald Leitch.

Final resting place will be in Mentor Cemetery following the service on Friday.

Arrangements entrusted to Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, Willoughby.