This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Walker; Leonard; Pitt; Karp; Force; Woods; Williams; Vining Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/1921 Message Board Post: Marie Leonard Visitation: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:00 AM until 9:00 PM 7:30 PM until 8:00 PM Prayer Service Fouts Funeral Home 5th & Normal Street Woodbine, IA 51579 Service: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:30 PM United Methodist Church 6th & Lincoln Way Streets Woodbine, IA 51579 A Life Remembered Marie Leonard Born December 8, 1908 Persia, Iowa Died July 11, 2005 Missouri Valley, Iowa Services United Methodist Church Woodbine, Iowa Friday July 15, 2005, at 10:30 am Clergy Rev. Shurmaine McAlpine & Rev. Dee Ann Klapp Musicians Mrs. Merril McElwain & Margaret Cotton Vocalist Rick Powell Selections “Good Night & Good Morning” “Take My Hand Precious Lord” “How Great Thou Art” Honorary Pall Bearers John Burbridge Lyle Walker, Jr. Pall Bearers Dick McElroy, LaVerne Carson Dwayne Walker, Rod Leighton Richard Bendgen, Kenneth Leonard Final Resting Place Woodbine Cemetery Woodbine, Iowa Alice Marie (Walker) Leonard was born December 8, 1908, to John Orville and Patience Lovey (Pitt) Walker in Persia, Iowa. When Marie was a young girl the family moved to Woodbine and she graduated from Woodbine High School in 1927. She took the Normal Teachers Training in Woodbine and taught country school at Sunny Dale for one year. On June 12, 1928, she married Roy E. Leonard. The couple farmed in La Grange Township for 26 years. They moved to Logan in 1968. Roy died December 9, 1992. Marie was a member of P.E.O. and Eastern Star where she was a worthy matron. She helped with the American Cancer Society and KMA Neighborhood club. Marie was an active member in the Woodbine and Logan Methodist Churches. She also held a district office for United Methodist Women. Marie died July 11, 2005, at Longview Nursing Home in Missouri Valley, Iowa attaining the age of 96 years, seven months, and three days. Marie was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sons, Dean and Gene Leonard, two sisters, Ruby Karp and Minnie Force; and five brothers, Vester, Leonard, Chester, Albert, and Lester Walker. She is survived by her daughter, Dorothy Ann and her husband Carl Woods of Council Bluffs, Iowa; two grandsons; Russell Woods and his wife Laurie Woods of Omaha, Nebraska, David Woods and Nancy of Everett, Washington, three great grandchildren, Lisa Woods of Omaha and Kelley and John Woods of Everett; one brother, Lyle Walker of Harlan, Iowa; two sisters, Irma Williams of Logan, Iowa, and Velma Vining of Portland, Oregon; and many other relatives and friends.