Leone Constance Barr 1923 - 2013

BARR, SARGEANT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/2/2013 at 13:05:30

Sioux City Journal
14 June 2013

SIOUX CITY | Leone Constance Barr, 89, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at Meth-Wick Manor.

A private celebration of life service will be held. Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel in Cedar Rapids is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be left at www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.

She was born on Sept. 30, 1923, to Dora and Glenn Sargeant in Sioux City, Iowa. She graduated from Sioux City Central High School in 1941 and from Morningside College in 1945.

She married Everett E. Barr at the Morningside Presbyterian Church on June 16, 1945. In 1946 they moved to Wesley, Iowa, and then to Algona, Iowa, where they settled in and raised their three sons; Doug, Gary and Roger. In 1974 they moved to Cedar Rapids.

Leone was a very good seamstress. She sewed drapes for Chrischilles Department Store in Algona. Leone loved to bake and cook wonderful goodies for her family. She was a Boy Scout Den Mother for her sons and attended their ball games and activities. In later years, she enjoyed golfing, reading, playing bridge, traveling, and spending winters in Hot Springs Village in Arkansas.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Everett Barr of Cedar Rapids, sons; Doug (Ann) Barr of Livonia, Mich., Gary (Luann) Barr of Wentzville, Mo. and Roger (Donna) Barr of Boone, Iowa; her grandchildren, Leslie Barr of Orlando, Fla., Melanie (Jonathan) Levey of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Julie (Brandon) York of Kansas City, Mo., and Ryan (Erinn) Barr of Chicago, Ill.; her great-grandchildren, Kirsten, Jaden and Jett York all of Kansas City, Mo.; a brother, Herb (Marian) Sargeant of Hockessin, Del.; a niece, Heather Sargeant of Westerly, R.I.; and a dear friend, Jeane Fontaine of Sunset Hills, Mo. Also surviving are many other family members and friends.

Leone was preceded in death by her parents, Glenn and Dora Sargeant and a nephew, Jeff Sargeant.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Iowa Hall of Pride Foundation, P.O. Box 10, Boone, Iowa 50036 in Leone’s memory.