As a young man, Leo was a teamster.

On April 24, 1907 Leo married 19-year-old Myrtle Elizabeth Boland at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Summit, Cresson Township. Myrtle was born on February 8, 1888 in Cresson, the daughter of William D. and Elizabeth (Kyle) Boland.

Myrtle and Leo resided in Sankertown, Cresson Township.

Leo and Myrtle were the parents of thirteen children: Veronica Elizabeth “Vera” (Conrad) Crawford, Roy Charles Conrad, Ralph William Conrad, Leonard James Conrad, Mary Irene (Conrad) Conrad, Florence Rose Conrad, Francis Norbert Conrad, Lawrence Glenn Conrad, Donald Joseph Conrad, Harold Leo Conrad, Denver Charles Conrad, Mary Louise “Lois” (Conrad) O’Hara, and Elizabeth LaVerne (Conrad) McDermitt.

In 1910 his sister Susie’s husband died, and Leo became the guardian of his three nieces. In 1913 Leo’s brother Eugene died, and Leo and Myrtle took in and raised his 4-year-old nephew Norman Charles.

In 1928 Leo’s brother and neighbor, Ray, committed suicide in the woods near their home.

Leo became a truck driver. In a tragic twist of fate, he died in a head on car collision on the William Penn Highway mid-way between Cresson and Duncansville. According to his obituary the car he was driving swerved into oncoming traffic. Unconscious, he was taken to the office of a local doctor thence to Mercy Hospital in Altoona, Blair County, where doctors performed surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. He died on July 20, 1934, having never regained consciousness. He was 49.

Myrtle raised their children on Maple Avenue in Sankertown.

During World War II, seven of their eight children enlisted in the service (Roy, Ralph, Frank, Lawrence, Donald, Harold, and Denver.) Only Leonard did not serve during the war, but he was a fireman for the Pennsylvania railroad. It must certainly have been a tortuous four years for Myrtle. With the grace of God, all seven men returned home alive.

On May 22, 1951 their youngest son Denver, a navy veteran of WWII, died. He was 25 and not married. His cause of death is unknown.

Myrtle died on January 27, 1960 at her home in Sankertown. She was 71.

Leo and Myrtle are buried at St. Francis Xavier Cemtery in Cresson.