Leslie, Josephine Thelma (1920 – 2016)

LESLIE, GROSS, SWEENEY, KUEHN, WILLOUGHBY, CAVIN, KUEHN, RING, HANSEN, WISE, WEINMANN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 5/14/2016 at 19:19:53

Name of deceased: Josephine Thelma Leslie (nee Gross)

Aged: 95 yrs, 9 mo, 26 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: July 22, 1920; Avoca, IA

Died: May 5, 2016; Myrtue Memorial Hospital, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, May 9, 2016; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA; burial was in
Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, IA

Survived by: Daughters, JoAnne (spouse, James) Sweeney of Altus, OK, Jean (spouse, Arlan) Kuehn of South Sioux City, NE, and Judith (spouse, Donald) Willoughby of Sioux City, IA; grandchildren, Thomas (spouse, Roseanne) Sweeney and family, Lori (spouse, Tim) Cavin and family, Michael Willoughby, Dave and Dan Kuehn and families; great-grandchildren; step-great-grandchildren; cousins; nephews; nieces; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, William R. and Grace (nee Ring) Gross; husband, James; son, James Robert; granddaughter, Katherine Hansen; sisters, Beatrice Wise and Wilma Weinmann; brother, Bernard Gross

Education: graduate of Avoca (IA) High School and Drake University in Des Moines, IA

Religious affiliation: member, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Avoca, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: James Leslie; April 14, 1941; St. Mark’s Catholic Church, Venice, CA

Employment: taught rural school for 4 years in Harrison and Pottawattamie (IA) counties; was a fifth grade teacher in the AvoHa (IA) School system for 19 years; retired in 1976

Hobbies/Interests: active in politics for a number of years, including having served as Pottawattamie County vice-chairman of the Democratic Party; member, Avoca Country Club; ocharter member, Newton-Avoca Historical Society; member, Federated Women’s Club of Avoca; member, Retired Teachers group. She and James enjoyed spending winters in AZ.

Sources: pauleyjones.com