Leonard, Zola Beth (Barnett) (1924 - 2019)

LEONARD, BARNETT, WEIS, COLBY, LACY, HAMPEL

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/17/2019 at 18:40:18

Name of deceased: Zola (“Zoe”) Beth Leonard (nee Barnett)

Aged: 94 yrs, 9 mo, 16 days

Residence: Woodbine, Harrison County, IA

Born: Oct. 2, 1924; rural Underwood, Pottawattamie County, IA

Died: July 18, 2019; Woodbine, Harrison County, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, July 20, 2019; First United Methodist Church, Woodbine, IA; burial was in the Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, IA, with Military Rites provided by Woodbine American Legion Post #143

Survived by: Sons, John Leonard (spouse, Manon) of Williamsburg, VA, and Bob Leonard (spouse, Janet) of Odebolt, IA; daughter, Jane (spouse, Rodney) Weis of College Station, TX; ; grandchildren, Trudi (spouse, Rob) Colby, Mike Weis (spouse, Jennifer), Traci (spouse, Matt) Lacy, Dan Leonard (spouse, Blair), Bryan Leonard (spouse, Leah), and Margot Leonard; great-grandchildren, Miranda, Erika, Abigail, Ava, Allison, Max, Owen and Harlan; special American Field Service exchange student, Ed Kremer of Luxembourg; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Ralph and Gertrude (nee Hampel) Barnett; husband, Ike Leonard (deceased Sep. 15, 2005); brothers, Jack (and spouse, Kathryn) Barnett, Bill (and spouse, Alma) Barnett and Bruce (and spouse, Virginia) Barnett

Education: Graduated from Underwood (IA) High School, Class of 1941; she then enrolled at Jennie Edmondson School of Nursing, Council Bluffs, IA, and took extra classes at the University of Omaha.

Religious affiliation: member, United Methodist Church in Logan, IA and Woodbine, IA

Military service: Enlisted with the U. S. Army Cadet Nurse Corp, from July 1943 to Sep. 1945. She served at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD.

Marriage: Ivan “Ike” Leonard; Dec. 8, 1948; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Employment: After completing her education and military service, Zoe spent the next 3 years working at a doctor’s office in Council Bluffs, IA. She then worked as an RN in the OB Ward at the Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan, IA, and the Community Memorial Hospital, Missouri Valley, IA for over 35 years. In 1995, she began working at the Rural Wel-Home Health in Logan, IA. Zoe retired from active nursing duties in 2010.

Hobbies/Interests: Enjoyed ballroom and square dancing; travel; family reunions and sponsoring American Field Service (AFS) picnics; member of numerous organizations including the American Legion Auxiliary, business women’s sorority known as Beta Sigma Phi, the University of Women’s Association, Eastern Star, and the Democratic Party; she volunteered for the American Red Cross and Crime Stoppers

Sources: harlanonline.com; foutsfuneralhome.com