LEO J. FAIRBANKS, 80.(CAPITAL REGION)

Leo J. Fairbanks, 80, of Fairbanks Road died Saturday in the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington after being stricken at home.

He was born in Jackson, Washington County, and attended Cambridge schools.

Mr. Fairbanks established Fairbanks Express Trucking Co. in 1939, and later moved the business to North Hoosick Road. He retired in 1983 as president of the company.

He was a past exalted ruler and district deputy and a member of the Northern District Elks Lodge in Hoosick Falls. He was a lifetime member and past president of the Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club, and was a member of the American Trucking Association and the Berkshire …