Sherri together. Katharyne died in 1958. In 1973 Irvis married Cathryn L. Edwards, who survived him, as do his grown children. Irvis was Catholic. The K. Leroy Irvis papers The University of Pittsburgh Library System, Archives Service Center maintains a large collection of wide variety of material related to Irvis's life, career, and political activities. The collection consists of correspondence, legislative material, interviews, photographs, publications, and campaign literature. Highlights of the collection include: Biographical data Camp Hill Prison Riots - 1989-1990 His hobbies - model airplanes, brass and woodwind bands, craftsman guilds, minority arts, and wood sculpting. Pennsylvania History Awards, degrees and honors See also Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives External links K. Leroy Irvis' oral history video excerpts, The National Visionary Leadership Project Finding aid to the K. Leroy Irvis Papers, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh Sources "Former Pa. House speaker K. Leroy Irvis dies", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 16, 2006 "2003 Honorees – K. Leroy Irvis", Dominion Resources "K. Leroy Irvis", PA House of Representatives Democratic Caucus References 1919 births 2006 deaths African-American state legislators in Pennsylvania Activists for African-American civil rights Politicians from Pittsburgh Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives University of Pittsburgh School of Law alumni Deaths from cancer in Pennsylvania 20th-century American politicians People from Ulster County, New York University at Albany, SUNY alumni Educators from Maryland Activists from New York (state) Educators from New York (state) Educators from Pennsylvania African-American Catholics 20th-century African-American politicians 21st-century African-American people Roman Catholic activists