Frohardt, Leone Loretta (1919-2011)

FROHARDT, HIBMA, JANSMA, LUSSIER, AUSTIN, CASEY, ELDRIDGE, SMITH, FROST, COLE, VAN WYK

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/28/2011 at 15:09:03

Leone Loretta Frohardt
April 15, 1919 - May 23, 2011

Storm Lake, Iowa

Surrounded by her loving family, Leone Loretta Frohardt, age 92, of Storm Lake, Iowa, entered into eternal rest on Monday, May 23, 2011, while a resident at the Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake.

Leone was born on April 15, 1919, at home in Harris, Iowa, to Nick and Anna (Jansma) Hibma, the fifth oldest of ten siblings.

After attending Northwestern and Wheaton, Leone graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. She also received her Masters Degree in Education from Mankato State. She taught grade school in Long Beach, California, Omaha, Nebraska, and Harris, Iowa, before teaching grade school in Sac City.

On March 11, 1951, Leone married Calvin Frohardt in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They were blessed with four children: Fred, Nich, Avis and Clifford. Recently, they celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary.

Very involved in her church over the years, Leone demonstrated her strong faith in the Lord. An accomplished pianist, organist, and singer, she viewed music as a very important element of worship. Over the years, she and Calvin enjoyed singing many duets together at church functions. Currently, she was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church in Newell.

Inquisitive, adventurous, hard working, family orientated and happy to share an opinion, Leone was an avid reader who also enjoyed cooking, canning, and sewing as well as traveling with Calvin to visit family and friends. Immensely proud of her family, she treasured all their times spent together.

In addition to her husband Calvin, Leone is survived by her four children: Fred (Donna) Frohardt, of Auburn, Maine, Nich (Donna) Frohardt, of Sac City, Iowa, Avis (Roland) Lussier, of Melbourne, Florida, and Cliff (Cathy) Frohardt, of Nemaha, Iowa; fourteen grandchildren: Penelope (Tom) Austin, Chelley (Jeremiah) Casey, Eric (Lea) Frohardt, Nicholas Frohardt, Daniel (Rachael) Frohardt, Robin Frohardt, Ian (Mariah) Lussier, Danielle (Ross) Eldridge, Patrick Lussier, Matthew Lussier, Anna Lussier, Jonathan Lussier, Heidi (Phil) Smith, and Chris Frohardt; four great grandchildren: Luke, Daisy, and Lilly Frohardt and Callan Casey; two sisters: Hattie Marie (Gene) Frost, of Chicago, Illinois, and Phyllis Frost, of Long Beach, California; one brother, Ervin (Viola) Hibma; five sisters-in-law: Bernice Cole, Norma Frohardt, Elvima Hibma, Betty Hibma, and Gertude Hibma; as well as extended family and friends.

Leone was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers: Pierce (Charlotte), Clarence, Elmer (Goldie), Don, and Ray (Emily); her sister, Kathryn (Lawrence) Van Wyk; and her brothers-in-law: Wally Frost, Ed Cole, and Wesley Frohardt.

Visitation: 5-8:00 p.m. May 26, 2011, at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake, Iowa.
Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. May 27, 2011, at Bethel Baptist Church in Newell, Iowa.
Interment: May 27, 2011, at Early Union Cemetery in Early, Iowa.

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