Obit of Leona Westerhoff (w236) - Garfield County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Ann Weber 25 Feb 2002 Return to Garfield County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/garfield/garfield.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ENID NEWS & EAGLE 25 Feb 2002 LEONA WESTERHOFF (PHOTO) Funeral services for Leona Westerhoff, age 90 of Enid, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Faith Lutheran Church with Rev. Luther Saltzgiver officiating. Local arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Graveside services will be 12 noon Thursday at the Danforth Cemetery in Danforth, IL under the direction of Redenius Funeral Home in Gilman, IL. She was born Leona Gerhardina Voigt on February 23, 1911 in Danforth, IL to Ralph and Ida Carley Voigt and died February 22, 2002 in the Enid Methodist Home. Leona attended the Danforth/Gilman School Systems. She attended Galagher Business School in Kankakee and worked as a Court Recorder before marrying Jacob Andrew Westerhoff on February 23, 1935. They were married for 29 years before he preceded her in death on September 29, 1964. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Enid, where she worked as the church secretary for many years. She was president of the residence council at the Methodist Home of Enid and had served as president of the Meadowpoint Apartment Residence Council. Leona is survived by four children; Rev. Robert Westerhoff and his wife Dorothy of Fremont, CA., Delores Hale of Enid, Eileen Snowden of Enid, and Paul Westerhoff and his wife, Pauline of Covina, CA.; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Edna Willms of Crescent City, IL, and Irene Tammen of Danforth, IL., and numerous nieces and nephews. She was blessed with a wonderful family from the Methodist Home of Enid and numerous friends. Her husband, parents, a sister, two brothers, and two sons-in-law preceded her in death. Memorials may be made to the Methodist Home of Enid with the Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home serving as custodians for the fund. (Paid Obit 2-25-1) ================ ENID NEWS & EAGLE 26 Feb 2002 LEONA WESTERHOFF Funeral services for Leona Westerhoff of Enid will be 2 p.m. today at the Faith Lutheran Church. Local arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Graveside services will be 12 noon Thursday at the Danforth Cemetery in Danforth, IL under the direction of Redenius Funeral Home in Gilman, IL. (Paid Obit 2-26-1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Garfield County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/garfield/garfield.html