Funeral Services for 100 year old Leona Coleman of Oakland will be held 2 pm Wednesday, February 26th, at the Legacy Baptist Church, formerly the Oakland Congregational Church in Oakland with burial at the Oaklawn Cemetery. Leona passed away Monday, February 24th, at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland. Survivors include her children, James Coleman and wife Pam, Richard Coleman and wife Ila, and daughter Sherry and husband Dan; 17 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and her sister-in-law, Mary Toombs. Visitation with the family will be held 10 am to noon Wednesday, at the Legacy Baptist Church in Oakland. The Reiken-Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland is in charge of the arrangements.
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Leona Edith Coleman
December 16, 1919 - February 24, 2020
Leona Coleman was born December 16, 1919, in Neola, Iowa and died February 24, 2020 at the Oakland Manor at the age of 100 years, 2 months and 8 days.
Leona Edith Bentley Coleman was born December 16, 1919 to John Buzz and Edith Pierce Bentley. She grew up on a farm west of Oakland and went to Washington Township #2 Country School to 8th grade. She graduated from Oakland High School in 1938. She graduated Simpson College in Indianola with an Elementary Teaching Certificate and attended Chatauqua, New York Summer School in 1941. She then taught school at Lehigh, Macedonia and Oakland.
In 1944, she married Ardath Naasson Coleman to which were born five children. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2004. Leona enjoyed reading, family visits, gardening, flowers, traveling, and baking wonderful bread that she sometimes sold at Saturday market.
Leona is preceded in death by her daughter, Diane, her son, Kent, her husband and her seven brothers: Orris (Ruth), Walter (Lucille), Edwin (Neva), Johnie (Mary Ellen), Kenneth (Lorene), Sherwood (Marge), Donald Bentley; Laverne (Lucille) Coleman, Phylis (Cloyd) Clark, Ralph Toombs, Lyle (Muriel) Coleman and one granddaughter, Michelle.
Leona is survived by her sons, James (Pam), Richard (Ila), and daughter Sherry (Dan); 17 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews and her sister-in-law, Mary Toombs.
Leona was a member of Sharon Presbyterian and Oakland Congregational Churches. She was in Twentieth Century Mother’s Club, Bible Study and 4-H when she was younger. She enjoyed horses in her younger days, especially Tony and Diamond, 5 gaited horses. She traveled to Argentina where Richard was a missionary for 30 years and travel to Iowa, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Washington to cheer for Kent at NIAA National College Wrestling Championships for Peru, Nebraska.
Mom had a funny way of always meeting someone who knew someone that she knew. She is deeply loved and will be missed until we meet again.
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Leona Edith Coleman
December 16, 1919 - February 24, 2020
Leona Coleman was born December 16, 1919, in Neola, Iowa and died February 24, 2020 at the Oakland Manor at the age of 100 years, 2 months and 8 days.
Leona Edith Bentley Coleman was born December 16, 1919 to John Buzz and Edith Pierce Bentley. She grew up on a farm west of Oakland and went to Washington Township #2 Country School to 8th grade. She graduated from Oakland High School in 1938. She graduated Simpson College in Indianola with an Elementary Teaching Certificate and attended Chatauqua, New York Summer School in 1941. She then taught school at Lehigh, Macedonia and Oakland.
In 1944, she married Ardath Naasson Coleman to which were born five children. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2004. Leona enjoyed reading, family visits, gardening, flowers, traveling, and baking wonderful bread that she sometimes sold at Saturday market.
Leona is preceded in death by her daughter, Diane, her son, Kent, her husband and her seven brothers: Orris (Ruth), Walter (Lucille), Edwin (Neva), Johnie (Mary Ellen), Kenneth (Lorene), Sherwood (Marge), Donald Bentley; Laverne (Lucille) Coleman, Phylis (Cloyd) Clark, Ralph Toombs, Lyle (Muriel) Coleman and one granddaughter, Michelle.
Leona is survived by her sons, James (Pam), Richard (Ila), and daughter Sherry (Dan); 17 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews and her sister-in-law, Mary Toombs.
Leona was a member of Sharon Presbyterian and Oakland Congregational Churches. She was in Twentieth Century Mother’s Club, Bible Study and 4-H when she was younger. She enjoyed horses in her younger days, especially Tony and Diamond, 5 gaited horses. She traveled to Argentina where Richard was a missionary for 30 years and travel to Iowa, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Washington to cheer for Kent at NIAA National College Wrestling Championships for Peru, Nebraska.
Mom had a funny way of always meeting someone who knew someone that she knew. She is deeply loved and will be missed until we meet again.
Funeral Services for 100 year old Leona Coleman of Oakland will be held 2 pm Wednesday, February 26th, at the Legacy Baptist Church, formerly the Oakland Congregational Church in Oakland with burial at the Oaklawn Cemetery. Leona passed away Monday, February 24th, at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland. Survivors include her children, James Coleman and wife Pam, Richard Coleman and wife Ila, and daughter Sherry and husband Dan; 17 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and her sister-in-law, Mary Toombs. Visitation with the family will be held 10 am to noon Wednesday, at the Legacy Baptist Church in Oakland. The Reiken-Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland is in charge of the arrangements.
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Leona Edith Coleman
December 16, 1919 - February 24, 2020
Leona Coleman was born December 16, 1919, in Neola, Iowa and died February 24, 2020 at the Oakland Manor at the age of 100 years, 2 months and 8 days.
Leona Edith Bentley Coleman was born December 16, 1919 to John Buzz and Edith Pierce Bentley. She grew up on a farm west of Oakland and went to Washington Township #2 Country School to 8th grade. She graduated from Oakland High School in 1938. She graduated Simpson College in Indianola with an Elementary Teaching Certificate and attended Chatauqua, New York Summer School in 1941. She then taught school at Lehigh, Macedonia and Oakland.
In 1944, she married Ardath Naasson Coleman to which were born five children. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2004. Leona enjoyed reading, family visits, gardening, flowers, traveling, and baking wonderful bread that she sometimes sold at Saturday market.
Leona is preceded in death by her daughter, Diane, her son, Kent, her husband and her seven brothers: Orris (Ruth), Walter (Lucille), Edwin (Neva), Johnie (Mary Ellen), Kenneth (Lorene), Sherwood (Marge), Donald Bentley; Laverne (Lucille) Coleman, Phylis (Cloyd) Clark, Ralph Toombs, Lyle (Muriel) Coleman and one granddaughter, Michelle.
Leona is survived by her sons, James (Pam), Richard (Ila), and daughter Sherry (Dan); 17 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews and her sister-in-law, Mary Toombs.
Leona was a member of Sharon Presbyterian and Oakland Congregational Churches. She was in Twentieth Century Mother’s Club, Bible Study and 4-H when she was younger. She enjoyed horses in her younger days, especially Tony and Diamond, 5 gaited horses. She traveled to Argentina where Richard was a missionary for 30 years and travel to Iowa, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Washington to cheer for Kent at NIAA National College Wrestling Championships for Peru, Nebraska.
Mom had a funny way of always meeting someone who knew someone that she knew. She is deeply loved and will be missed until we meet again.
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Leona Edith Coleman
December 16, 1919 - February 24, 2020
Leona Coleman was born December 16, 1919, in Neola, Iowa and died February 24, 2020 at the Oakland Manor at the age of 100 years, 2 months and 8 days.
Leona Edith Bentley Coleman was born December 16, 1919 to John Buzz and Edith Pierce Bentley. She grew up on a farm west of Oakland and went to Washington Township #2 Country School to 8th grade. She graduated from Oakland High School in 1938. She graduated Simpson College in Indianola with an Elementary Teaching Certificate and attended Chatauqua, New York Summer School in 1941. She then taught school at Lehigh, Macedonia and Oakland.
In 1944, she married Ardath Naasson Coleman to which were born five children. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2004. Leona enjoyed reading, family visits, gardening, flowers, traveling, and baking wonderful bread that she sometimes sold at Saturday market.
Leona is preceded in death by her daughter, Diane, her son, Kent, her husband and her seven brothers: Orris (Ruth), Walter (Lucille), Edwin (Neva), Johnie (Mary Ellen), Kenneth (Lorene), Sherwood (Marge), Donald Bentley; Laverne (Lucille) Coleman, Phylis (Cloyd) Clark, Ralph Toombs, Lyle (Muriel) Coleman and one granddaughter, Michelle.
Leona is survived by her sons, James (Pam), Richard (Ila), and daughter Sherry (Dan); 17 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews and her sister-in-law, Mary Toombs.
Leona was a member of Sharon Presbyterian and Oakland Congregational Churches. She was in Twentieth Century Mother’s Club, Bible Study and 4-H when she was younger. She enjoyed horses in her younger days, especially Tony and Diamond, 5 gaited horses. She traveled to Argentina where Richard was a missionary for 30 years and travel to Iowa, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Washington to cheer for Kent at NIAA National College Wrestling Championships for Peru, Nebraska.
Mom had a funny way of always meeting someone who knew someone that she knew. She is deeply loved and will be missed until we meet again.
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