Mary E. Leonard
Mary E. "Betty" Leonard, 77, died June 5, 2002, at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, Colo., of natural causes.
Cremation was planned at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. No immediate services are planned. Private interment of ashes will occur in Pagosa Springs at a later date.
Mrs. Leonard was born Jan. 23, 1925 in Pagosa Springs, the daughter of Harry and Eliza Speelman. She married George F. Leonard on Dec. 30, 1944 in Aztec, N.M.
Mrs. Leonard was a very talented woman who won numerous awards at county and state fairs for cooking and needlework. She was also an avid gardener. She donated hundreds of handmade, knitted, stuffed animals to children through the Durango police and fire departments, the Children's Hospital in Denver, the Shrine Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Shrine Burn Hospital in Galveston, Texas, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Hospital in Seattle, Wash. She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her.
She is survived by her husband, George; sons Gary of Pueblo, Colo., and John of Durango; a grandson, Kyle Leonard of Bozeman, Mont., and a granddaughter, Kelly Knight of Pueblo. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann Leonard.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Alzheimer's Association in her name at 701 Camino del Rio, Suite 115A, Durango, CO 81302.
Mary E. "Betty" Leonard, 77, died June 5, 2002, at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, Colo., of natural causes.
Cremation was planned at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. No immediate services are planned. Private interment of ashes will occur in Pagosa Springs at a later date.
Mrs. Leonard was born Jan. 23, 1925 in Pagosa Springs, the daughter of Harry and Eliza Speelman. She married George F. Leonard on Dec. 30, 1944 in Aztec, N.M.
Mrs. Leonard was a very talented woman who won numerous awards at county and state fairs for cooking and needlework. She was also an avid gardener. She donated hundreds of handmade, knitted, stuffed animals to children through the Durango police and fire departments, the Children's Hospital in Denver, the Shrine Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Shrine Burn Hospital in Galveston, Texas, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Hospital in Seattle, Wash. She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her.
She is survived by her husband, George; sons Gary of Pueblo, Colo., and John of Durango; a grandson, Kyle Leonard of Bozeman, Mont., and a granddaughter, Kelly Knight of Pueblo. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann Leonard.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Alzheimer's Association in her name at 701 Camino del Rio, Suite 115A, Durango, CO 81302.
Mary E. Leonard
Mary E. "Betty" Leonard, 77, died June 5, 2002, at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, Colo., of natural causes.
Cremation was planned at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. No immediate services are planned. Private interment of ashes will occur in Pagosa Springs at a later date.
Mrs. Leonard was born Jan. 23, 1925 in Pagosa Springs, the daughter of Harry and Eliza Speelman. She married George F. Leonard on Dec. 30, 1944 in Aztec, N.M.
Mrs. Leonard was a very talented woman who won numerous awards at county and state fairs for cooking and needlework. She was also an avid gardener. She donated hundreds of handmade, knitted, stuffed animals to children through the Durango police and fire departments, the Children's Hospital in Denver, the Shrine Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Shrine Burn Hospital in Galveston, Texas, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Hospital in Seattle, Wash. She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her.
She is survived by her husband, George; sons Gary of Pueblo, Colo., and John of Durango; a grandson, Kyle Leonard of Bozeman, Mont., and a granddaughter, Kelly Knight of Pueblo. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann Leonard.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Alzheimer's Association in her name at 701 Camino del Rio, Suite 115A, Durango, CO 81302.
Mary E. "Betty" Leonard, 77, died June 5, 2002, at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, Colo., of natural causes.
Cremation was planned at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. No immediate services are planned. Private interment of ashes will occur in Pagosa Springs at a later date.
Mrs. Leonard was born Jan. 23, 1925 in Pagosa Springs, the daughter of Harry and Eliza Speelman. She married George F. Leonard on Dec. 30, 1944 in Aztec, N.M.
Mrs. Leonard was a very talented woman who won numerous awards at county and state fairs for cooking and needlework. She was also an avid gardener. She donated hundreds of handmade, knitted, stuffed animals to children through the Durango police and fire departments, the Children's Hospital in Denver, the Shrine Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Shrine Burn Hospital in Galveston, Texas, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Hospital in Seattle, Wash. She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her.
She is survived by her husband, George; sons Gary of Pueblo, Colo., and John of Durango; a grandson, Kyle Leonard of Bozeman, Mont., and a granddaughter, Kelly Knight of Pueblo. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann Leonard.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Alzheimer's Association in her name at 701 Camino del Rio, Suite 115A, Durango, CO 81302.
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