Leona Pearl Patterson
Clear Lake
Mrs. Leona Pearl Baum, 84, of Penelope Retirement Home, Ankeny, formerly of Clear Lake, died Tuesday, March 30, 1999 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m Friday at the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Ventura, with Rev. Daird North officiating. Interment will be in Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 today and from 9 to 11:30 Friday at Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, and one hour before services on Friday at the Church.
The family suggests memorials to the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Ventura.
Leona was born May 17, 1914 in Swea City, the daughter of John James and Katie Pearl King Patterson. She graduated from Grant Consolidated High School near Swea City and then continued her education at the Iowa Beauty School, Des Moines, Iowa.
Leona was a beauty operator for over 42 years, having shops in Lakota, Ames, Nevada, Garner, and Clear Lake, retiring in 1977. She moved to Clear Lake in 1958.
Leona enjoyed crafts and quilt making. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Ankeny, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Ventura, American Legion and Clar Lake Senior Citizens.
Leona is survived by three children, William James Baum and his wife, Marjorie, of Clive, Suzanne Joy Auxier and her husband, Larry of Des Moines, and Marva Lee Sheriff and her husband Jeffrey, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota; 10 grandchildren, John Baum, Joseph Baum, Julianne Sarcone, Marianne Brown, Kristin Love, Eric Auxier, Gregg Auxier, Aaron Sheriff, Ryan Sheriff, and Mark Sheriff; nine great grandchildren; one sister, Florence Streiff and her husband, Haven of Eyota, Minnesota.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 1980, and three brothers.
Memorial service will be 11:30 a.m. today at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Ankeny, Iowa.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel in charge of services.
515-357-2193
Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Thursday, April 1, 1999, page 11