Obit of Leis, Alverna Petty - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 22 Oct 2006 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Brush Memorial Cemetery--?? Surnames: Leis, Petty, Gutierrez, Wilson, Adkins, Bullard Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6808 Alvernia Leis, 71, longtime Morgan County resident, died suddenly Friday Morning in the emergency room at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. She was born June 2, 1934, in Strong City, OK, to Marion and Hester Petty. She moved to Morgan County in 1954. On July 25, 1959, she married Clarence E. Leis in Denver. She had worked as a bookkeeper for the Moose Lodge of Morgan County for 21 yedars. She was an active member of the VFW Auxiliary for 43 years, serving as secretary/treasurer. She was also a member of the EMCH Auxiliary, Entre Nous in Hillrose, and Beetdigger Booster Club. She participated and lettered in sports while in high school in the 1950's and she later attended a business college in Oklahoma City, OK. She enjoyed sewing, especially making baby blankets and bibs. She enjoyed participating and watched sports, especially watching her children and grandchildren; she was also a notary public. Survivors include her husband, Clarence of Brush; three children, Larry C. Leis of Fort Lupton, CO, Linda Gutierrez of Wheatland, WY, and Diane Wilson of Colorado Springs; 1 brother, M.A. Petty of Exeter, CA; 1 sister, Cynthia Ann Petty, Plays del Ray, CA; 7 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. She was preceded in death by one sister, Joyce Bullard Adkins, and her parentsa. A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 10:00 am at the Heer Mortuary in Brush. Interment will follow in the Brush Memorial Cemetery. Friends who wish may make memorial gifts to the Multiple Sclerosis Association or to the Breast Cancer Foundation c/o the mortuary. Condolence may by sent to the family at herrmortuary.com Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 22-Jun-2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html