MITCHELL, Leland Wesley

MITCHELL, SIMPSON, WOODS, SMITH

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/2/2015 at 23:09:27

Obituary ~ Leland Wesley Mitchell
October 04, 1928 - February 01, 2003

Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa

Leland Wesley Mitchell, son of Everett James and Blanche May Simpson Mitchell, was born Oct. 4, 1928, in Lamoni and died Feb. 1, 2003, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan. He was 74.

He graduated from Lamoni High School in 1946 and attended two years of junior college. He was baptized into the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

He married Clara Mae Woods on Sept. 12, 1948, in Lamoni. They moved to Fresno, Calif. in 1949 where he worked in marketing for the Standard Oil Company.

He served on the USS Manchester while he was in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War from December 1951 to October 1955.

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell returned with their two children to the Midwest in 1958. He worked for Standard Oil Company of Indiana in Kansas City, Des Moines and Minneapolis. He retired in 1983.

Mr. Mitchell loved to travel, do woodcrafts, garden and be with his family. He loved sports and the outdoors.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a brother, Kenneth Mitchell and a grandson, Tyrel Smith.

Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife of Overland Park; a daughter, Cynthia Smith and her husband, Galyn Smith of Fertile, Minn.; a son, James Mitchell of Kansas City; two granddaughters, Jacque Smith of Mankato, Minn. and Katie Smith of Fertile; a great-grandson, Alexander Smith of Fertile; other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services for Mr. Mitchell were Tuesday at Slade-O’Donnell Funeral Home in Lamoni, Elder Bill McElroy officiating. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery at Lamoni.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2015