EASTIN, Louellen Ann (BOYD)

BOYD, MARSENGIL, MCKERN, WRIGHT, YOUNG, SCHMALTZ, SMITH, WOLFE, RICHMAN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 12/29/2017 at 07:26:26

Louellen Ann (Boyd) Eastin
July 12, 1940 ~ September 15, 2017

Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, September 21, 2017

Louellen Ann (Boyd) Eastin, age 77, of Leon, Iowa, the daughter of Warren Grant and Nadine Lucille (Marsengil) Boyd, was born July 12, 1940, at her grandmother’s home in the western part of Leon. She passed away at Westview Acres in Leon, Iowa, on Friday, September 15, 2017.

Louellen’s name had a special meaning. It is her two grandmother’s names, Lou and Ellen, joined together. The family lived in several places near Leon. She started school at Lewisburg in Wayne County, Iowa. Later she attended Union Ridge in Decatur County where Oda Gale McKern was her teacher. She attended Leon Junior High and High School till the 10th grade. The family moved to Wayne County and she attended Humeston High School until the 11th grade. At the age of 14, Louellen started working at the Frost Nursing Home in Leon. Later she was one of the first four hired by O’Bryan Brothers.

On October 14, 1956, at the age of 16, she was united in marriage to Larry Lloyd Eastin in Leon. Two children, Coleen Kay and Dennis Lloyd, were born to this union. They lived a short time in Des Moines, Iowa where Larry was employed at Iowa Packing Company. They then moved back to Leon. Louellen worked at Westview Acres, Decatur County Hospital, and finally, for the last 25 years of her career, Decatur Medical Services as a doctor’s assistant.

Preceding her in death were her parents; brother, Warren Lee Boyd; parents-in-law, Oscar and Gladys Eastin; brother-in-law, Paul Eastin; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Larry Eastin, of Leon, Iowa; daughter, Coleen Wright of Council Bluffs, Iowa; son, Dennis and Amy Eastin of Bethany, Missouri; grandchildren, Anthony and Ashley Young of Leon, Iowa, Estelle and Charles Schmaltz of Marion, Iowa, Rachael Smith and fiancé, John Wolfe, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, and Emma Eastin of Bethany, Missouri; great grandchildren, Hunter, Maggie, and Mason Young, Oliver Schmaltz, and Lonan Young; sister, Janet and Wayne Richman of Leon; brothers, Danny and Nancy Boyd and Terry and Jeanne Boyd, all of Leon; sisters-in-law, Cindy Boyd, of Decatur and Evelyn Eastin of Leon; and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be at the Slade – O’Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, Iowa at 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 18, 2017, with Rev. David Webb officiating. Burial will be in the Leon Cemetery, Leon, Iowa.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, December of 2017

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