Services for Leona will take place on Saturday, December 14, at 10:30 A.M. at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest at Riverside Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Friday, December 13 from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to the family. For the full obituary or condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com or call 641-844-1234.

Left to cherish her memory is her beloved husband of 67 years, Ronald; their seven children: Kathy (Rick) Smith, of Marshalltown, Karan (Doug) Scovill-Hammer, of Newton, Kelly (Greg) Fiscus, of Bettendorf, Kandi (Ron) Slocum, of Marshalltown, Raymond (Connie) Kauffman, of Marshalltown, Ronnie (Linda) Kauffman, of Marshalltown, and Karla (Jeff) Dostal, of Marion; sixteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren; three sisters: Sarah Kay, of Panquitch, UT, Wilma Conwell-Weeks and Mille Middleton, both of Grand Junction, CO and numerous nieces and nephews.