This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LEONARDO, MONTGOMERY, WARNER, SCHMID, WILSON, MYERS, CURTISS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2ZB.2ACE/347 Message Board Post: The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., August 16, 1934, page 6 MRS. MARY W. LEONARDO Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary W. Leonardo, wife of M.A. Leonardo, of Grandview, Wash.; Sunday, August 5th from Zells Funeral Home in The Dalles. Aged 49 years Mrs. Leonardo passed away at the Emanuel Hospital in Portland on Aug. 2 after a brief illness from a blood clot on the brain. As a graduate nurse, she had gone to Portland with a patient, had completed her work and was to return home on Tuesday morning, July 24th, her brother Gene went to the train to see her, and as she did not appear, he went to her apartment and found her unconscious; having suffered a stroke during the night. She was at once removed to the hospital, and it is questionable whether she regained consciousness, but appeared to recognize the folks at times. Her husband and sister and Mrs. E.V. Montgomery, remained constantly at her side until the end. She leaves beside her husband; three children: W. Howard, Lucille and Margaret, her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Warner, of Husum, Wash., three sisters, Mrs. Edith Wilson of Aurora, Ore., Mrs. Dolly Schmid, of Trout Lake, Wash., and Mrs. C.V. Montgomery, of Aurora. The brothers are: Dewie Warner, Trout Lake; James B. Warner of Twin Falls, Idaho; John Warner of The Dalles; and Gene Warner of Cascade Locks, Ore. Mary E. Warner was born in North Dakota in 1885, coming to the west with her parents, marrying M.A. Leonardo at Portland, Nov. 2nd, 1913. They lived and operated a large sheep ranch at Northdalles for several years and recently moved to Grandview, Washington, where they continued in the stock business. While living at Ilwaco, Wash. with her parents, she joined the Rebecca Lodge, the Daughters of the Nile, at Portland Ore., and the Eastern Star at Goldendale, Wash. She was a graduate Nurse of the Willamette Hospital at North Bend, Wn. Rev. Eck of the Lutheran church of The Dalles officiated at the services. Mrs. Eck and Mrs. Roy Taylor sang. The pall bearers were Roy S. Taylor, Sydney Bloom, Jake Shearer, The Dalles, Geo. W. Wasson, of Grandview, Wash., J. Leonardo, of Granger, Wn., and John Jaekel of Wishram, Wn. Interment was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at The Dalles. The children and relatives of Mrs. Leonardo were present for the services. There was also present from a distance, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Myers, of Spokane, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Curtiss of Northdalles, and a host of friends who knew her during the years spent at Northdalles, Wash. -------------------------- The Klickitat County Agriculturist, Goldendale, WA., August 10, 1934, page 10 "Late County Intelligence Of Interest To Our Readers" Mrs. Mary Leonardo, 49, a prominent resident of the Northdalles district until about a year ago, died at the Emanuel hospital where he she had been since July 10 when she suffered a stroke. Mrs. Leonardo was born in North Dakota in 1885 and came to the Pacific coast with her parents. She was married November 2, 1913, to M.A. Leonardo, of the Northdalles district, in Portland. The deceased was a member of the Rebekah lodge at Ilwaco, Wash., the Eastern Star chapter at Goldendale and the Daughters of the Nile in Portland. Besides her widower, M.A. Leonardo, she leaves three children, Howard, Lucille and Margaret Leonardo; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Warner of Husum, three sisters, Mrs. E.V. Montgomery of Aurora, Ore., Mrs. Edith Wilson of Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Dallas Schmid of Trout Lake and four brothers, Dewey Warner of Trout Lake, Dee Warner of Twin Falls, Idaho, John Warner of The Dalles and Gene Warner of Cascade Locks. This was posted for reference only. I am not related to, nor am I researching this family. If you have additional information about the family or event listed above, please post it as a reply to this message.