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Leona Smith

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Leona Smith

Birth
Death
13 Jan 2020 (aged 99)
Harmony, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Spring Valley, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Leona Smith, 99, of Spring Valley, MN passed away at Gundersen Harmony Care Center in Harmony, MN on Monday, January 13, 2020.

Leona was born on March 26, 1920.

She married Melvin Slafter on March 20, 1938 and together they had 5 children. They were later divorced.

She remarried and had 7 more children.

Leona loved being a mother and homemaker. She loved babies, baking bread, pies, and her specialty was bread pudding.

Leona is survived by her 11 children Edith of Harmony, MN, Merrill (Pat) Plattsmouth, NE, Marvin (Jean) of Spring Grove, MN, Jennie (Jerry) of Spring Grove, MN, Sharon (Larry) of Santa Rosa, CA, Doris of Charles City, IA, Robert (Janice) of Kellogg, MN, Miles of Austin, MN, Alice of Austin, MN, Isabelle of Santa Rosa, CA, and Donna of Santa Rosa, CA, 20 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Leona will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Hindt Funeral Home in Spring Valley, MN. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Leona Smith Memorial Fund at the Gundersen Harmony Care Center.

Hindt Funeral Home in Spring Valley, MN.
Leona Smith, 99, of Spring Valley, MN passed away at Gundersen Harmony Care Center in Harmony, MN on Monday, January 13, 2020.

Leona was born on March 26, 1920.

She married Melvin Slafter on March 20, 1938 and together they had 5 children. They were later divorced.

She remarried and had 7 more children.

Leona loved being a mother and homemaker. She loved babies, baking bread, pies, and her specialty was bread pudding.

Leona is survived by her 11 children Edith of Harmony, MN, Merrill (Pat) Plattsmouth, NE, Marvin (Jean) of Spring Grove, MN, Jennie (Jerry) of Spring Grove, MN, Sharon (Larry) of Santa Rosa, CA, Doris of Charles City, IA, Robert (Janice) of Kellogg, MN, Miles of Austin, MN, Alice of Austin, MN, Isabelle of Santa Rosa, CA, and Donna of Santa Rosa, CA, 20 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Leona will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Hindt Funeral Home in Spring Valley, MN. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Leona Smith Memorial Fund at the Gundersen Harmony Care Center.

Hindt Funeral Home in Spring Valley, MN.


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  • Created by: Jean
  • Added: May 13, 2020
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210047618/leona-smith: accessed ), memorial page for Leona Smith (26 Mar 1920–13 Jan 2020), Find a Grave Memorial ID 210047618, citing Spring Valley Cemetery, Spring Valley, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Jean (contributor 47905531).