SMITH, Lona F. (Hathaway, Leahy) 1946-2017

SMITH, HATHAWAY, ELIOTT, LEAHY

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 3/12/2018 at 12:36:02

Services:
Per Lona’s request, there will be no services.

Cemetery: [none given]

Memorials:
May be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice; or to the Western Home Foundation.

Biography--

Lona F. Smith, 71, of Waterloo, died at her home on November 23, 2017.

She was born on October 28, 1946, in Waterloo, Iowa; the daughter of Roland and Lillian Eliott Hathaway.

Lona graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1964; she then graduated from Gates Business College in 1967. 

She married Kenneth J. Leahy on April 20, 1968, and they later divorced; she married Aubrey C. Smith on December 13, 1989; he preceded her in death on September 13, 2014.

She was employed at Pinkerton Building Supplies; Lona then worked as a teacher’s associate for Waterloo Community Schools; she later worked for Omega Cabinets until her retirement.

Lona is survived by a daughter, Lori Leahy of Big Lake, MN; two sons, Mike (Grace) Leahy of Waterloo and Greg Leahy of Waterloo; a sister, Rolene (Craig) Wehr of Cedar Falls; a sister-in-law, Judy Barnett of Norman, OK; and a brother-in-law, Bill (Barbara) Rector of Moore, OK.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Aubrey.

SOURCE: Locke Funeral Home website