Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Wednesday, August 26, 1998
Leona Mae Fitzhugh - Funeral services for Leona Mae Fitzhugh, age 92, who died at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center on Tuesday, August 18, 1998 were held at the Ritchie Funeral Home on Friday, August 21, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Ted DeHass officiating. Burial was in the Conway Cemetery. Services were conducted by the Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.
Leona Mae Fitzhugh was born to Edgar and Lavilla Welton Murray on March 10, 1906 on a farm east of Bedford. On October 27, 1923 she was united in marriage to Roy Monroe Fitzhugh in Red Oak. To this loving union two sons were born, Gail and Roy Dean.
Leona grew up in the area attending country schools and farming east of Bedford. After she and Roy were married they continued to live and farm east of town until the Great Depression forced them to move to Bedford. Leona always stayed home with the boys, even during those depression years while Roy worked for the WPA Work Program and for Cudahay's Feed Store and Produce. In 1937 they moved to a farm by Blockton and then in 1940 the family moved to a farm in the Conway area. Leona was known far and wide as a wonderful seamstress. She and Roy continued farming until 1953 when Leona became the cook/manager of the Conway Community School. And cook she did, for 19 years and many, many children. Hot cinnamon rolls and fresh baked buns would fill the air stirring many a young child's appetite. Leona continued to live in the Conway area until 1984 when she moved to Waterloo to live with Gail. Then in June of 1986 she entered the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center where she resided until her death. Leona was a fifty plus year member of the Bedford Baptist Church.
Survivors include her son Gail Fitzhugh and wife Rachel of Waterloo; a sister, Vera Sleep of Bedford; four grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and a daughter in law, Nancy Fitzhugh of Eugene, Oregon.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Lavilla; her husband Roy in 1971; a son, Roy Dean; a sister, Edra Swanson; a beloved aunt, Bertha Scroggie; a beloved sister in law, Effie Fitzhugh Kemery; and one great grandchild, Dean Peters.
Leona Mae Fitzhugh - Funeral services for Leona Mae Fitzhugh, age 92, who died at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center on Tuesday, August 18, 1998 were held at the Ritchie Funeral Home on Friday, August 21, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Ted DeHass officiating. Burial was in the Conway Cemetery. Services were conducted by the Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.
Leona Mae Fitzhugh was born to Edgar and Lavilla Welton Murray on March 10, 1906 on a farm east of Bedford. On October 27, 1923 she was united in marriage to Roy Monroe Fitzhugh in Red Oak. To this loving union two sons were born, Gail and Roy Dean.
Leona grew up in the area attending country schools and farming east of Bedford. After she and Roy were married they continued to live and farm east of town until the Great Depression forced them to move to Bedford. Leona always stayed home with the boys, even during those depression years while Roy worked for the WPA Work Program and for Cudahay's Feed Store and Produce. In 1937 they moved to a farm by Blockton and then in 1940 the family moved to a farm in the Conway area. Leona was known far and wide as a wonderful seamstress. She and Roy continued farming until 1953 when Leona became the cook/manager of the Conway Community School. And cook she did, for 19 years and many, many children. Hot cinnamon rolls and fresh baked buns would fill the air stirring many a young child's appetite. Leona continued to live in the Conway area until 1984 when she moved to Waterloo to live with Gail. Then in June of 1986 she entered the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center where she resided until her death. Leona was a fifty plus year member of the Bedford Baptist Church.
Survivors include her son Gail Fitzhugh and wife Rachel of Waterloo; a sister, Vera Sleep of Bedford; four grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and a daughter in law, Nancy Fitzhugh of Eugene, Oregon.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Lavilla; her husband Roy in 1971; a son, Roy Dean; a sister, Edra Swanson; a beloved aunt, Bertha Scroggie; a beloved sister in law, Effie Fitzhugh Kemery; and one great grandchild, Dean Peters.
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Wednesday, August 26, 1998
Leona Mae Fitzhugh - Funeral services for Leona Mae Fitzhugh, age 92, who died at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center on Tuesday, August 18, 1998 were held at the Ritchie Funeral Home on Friday, August 21, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Ted DeHass officiating. Burial was in the Conway Cemetery. Services were conducted by the Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.
Leona Mae Fitzhugh was born to Edgar and Lavilla Welton Murray on March 10, 1906 on a farm east of Bedford. On October 27, 1923 she was united in marriage to Roy Monroe Fitzhugh in Red Oak. To this loving union two sons were born, Gail and Roy Dean.
Leona grew up in the area attending country schools and farming east of Bedford. After she and Roy were married they continued to live and farm east of town until the Great Depression forced them to move to Bedford. Leona always stayed home with the boys, even during those depression years while Roy worked for the WPA Work Program and for Cudahay's Feed Store and Produce. In 1937 they moved to a farm by Blockton and then in 1940 the family moved to a farm in the Conway area. Leona was known far and wide as a wonderful seamstress. She and Roy continued farming until 1953 when Leona became the cook/manager of the Conway Community School. And cook she did, for 19 years and many, many children. Hot cinnamon rolls and fresh baked buns would fill the air stirring many a young child's appetite. Leona continued to live in the Conway area until 1984 when she moved to Waterloo to live with Gail. Then in June of 1986 she entered the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center where she resided until her death. Leona was a fifty plus year member of the Bedford Baptist Church.
Survivors include her son Gail Fitzhugh and wife Rachel of Waterloo; a sister, Vera Sleep of Bedford; four grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and a daughter in law, Nancy Fitzhugh of Eugene, Oregon.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Lavilla; her husband Roy in 1971; a son, Roy Dean; a sister, Edra Swanson; a beloved aunt, Bertha Scroggie; a beloved sister in law, Effie Fitzhugh Kemery; and one great grandchild, Dean Peters.
Leona Mae Fitzhugh - Funeral services for Leona Mae Fitzhugh, age 92, who died at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center on Tuesday, August 18, 1998 were held at the Ritchie Funeral Home on Friday, August 21, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Ted DeHass officiating. Burial was in the Conway Cemetery. Services were conducted by the Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.
Leona Mae Fitzhugh was born to Edgar and Lavilla Welton Murray on March 10, 1906 on a farm east of Bedford. On October 27, 1923 she was united in marriage to Roy Monroe Fitzhugh in Red Oak. To this loving union two sons were born, Gail and Roy Dean.
Leona grew up in the area attending country schools and farming east of Bedford. After she and Roy were married they continued to live and farm east of town until the Great Depression forced them to move to Bedford. Leona always stayed home with the boys, even during those depression years while Roy worked for the WPA Work Program and for Cudahay's Feed Store and Produce. In 1937 they moved to a farm by Blockton and then in 1940 the family moved to a farm in the Conway area. Leona was known far and wide as a wonderful seamstress. She and Roy continued farming until 1953 when Leona became the cook/manager of the Conway Community School. And cook she did, for 19 years and many, many children. Hot cinnamon rolls and fresh baked buns would fill the air stirring many a young child's appetite. Leona continued to live in the Conway area until 1984 when she moved to Waterloo to live with Gail. Then in June of 1986 she entered the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center where she resided until her death. Leona was a fifty plus year member of the Bedford Baptist Church.
Survivors include her son Gail Fitzhugh and wife Rachel of Waterloo; a sister, Vera Sleep of Bedford; four grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and a daughter in law, Nancy Fitzhugh of Eugene, Oregon.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Lavilla; her husband Roy in 1971; a son, Roy Dean; a sister, Edra Swanson; a beloved aunt, Bertha Scroggie; a beloved sister in law, Effie Fitzhugh Kemery; and one great grandchild, Dean Peters.
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