LEEDOM, Darrell Lloyd 1938-2003

LEEDOM, FINDLING, ROWLAND

Posted By: Jeffrey R. Phillips (email)
Date: 1/22/2005 at 15:34:36

Darrell Leedom
By: 12/20/2003

September 11, 1938-December 16, 2003

HAGERMAN, Idaho - Darrell Lloyd Leedom, 65, of Hagerman, Idaho, formerly of Iowa Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, at the Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center in Waterloo. Darrell's remains will be cremated and there are no immediate services planned. Memorials may be directed to his family in care of his son, Kevin Leedom, 25306 Liberty Road, Maryville, Mo. 64468.
Darrell was born Sept. 11, 1938, at Kirksville, Mo., to Lloyd and Vina (Findling) Leedom. He attended the Novinger Community Schools in Novinger, Mo. Darrell served with the Iowa Army National Guard from 1956-1959, serving with the Headquarters Battery 554th FA Battalion in Des Moines. In 1957, he was married to Bernice Rowland. Darrell was a meat cutter for Farmland Foods in Iowa Falls until its closing. He then worked for several other meatpacking plants until he owned and operated the Yorktown Locker in Yorktown, and then the Bedford Locker in Bedford.
Survivors include one son, Kevin Leedom and wife Kelly of Maryville, Mo.; one daughter, Darla Nelson and husband Lance of West Jordan, Utah; one grandson, Dakota Leedom of Clarinda; four step-grandchildren, Adam, Aaron and Megan Dennis and Austen Mozier, all of Maryville; three sisters, Linda Eastman and companion Mick Hanks of Mountain Home, Idaho, Mary Wilburn and husband Dave of Twin Falls, Idaho, Bonnie Deitrick and husband Jim of Kimberly, Idaho; two brothers, Bill Leedom and wife Linda of Filer, Idaho, and Bob Leedom of Gerome, Idaho. He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Betty Wageman; and one brother, Donald Leedom.
The Linn's Funeral Homes Iowa Falls Chapel has been entrusted with the arrangements.