Leone Hartzell
July 9, 1915 ~ February 15, 2010
Leone Hartzell age 94 of Shell Rock, formerly of Plainfield, died Monday, February 15, 2010, at the Shell Rock Health Care Center.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 19, 2010, at the First Baptist Church in Plainfield, with Pastor Shawn Geer officiating. Interment will the in the Horton Cemetery, Horton with Doug Berger, Dick Poppe, Dennis Tyann, Norman Herman, Fred Herman and Andy Luck as casketbearers. Honorary caskebearers will be Jim Miller and Jack Smith.
Friends may call 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, Nashua. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Friday.
Leone JoAnn Homan was born July 9, 1915, in Waverly, the daughter of August and Bertha (Slickring) Homan. As a young girl she always helped with all the chores on her parents farm. In New Hampton in 1934, she married Willbur Hartzell and to this union five children were born. The couple lived near Horton where they initially began in farming and Willbur then became a carpenter while Leone did housekeeping for area residents. She will be remembered for her strong work ethic and the pies she enjoyed baking and sharing with others. Her husband Willbur died in 1979.
Survivors include three sons, Paul (JoAnn) Hartzell of Colorado Springs, CO, Roger (Kathy) Hartzell of Shell Rock and Robert (Viola) Hartzell of Waverly; thirteen grandchildren and many great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Bernice Hartzell of Waverly.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two daughters, JoAnn Tynan and Jeanette Hartzell.
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Leone was like a grandmother to me. She was always there for Christmas and card night for as long as I can remember. My thoughts and prayers are with all those who loved her.