Leona Vincent Rath
1915 - 2005
1915 - 2005
Yesterday was the memorial service for Ellen's mother, Leona. I took the above picture at her 90th Birthday party in March.
Here are a few things I learned about Leona yesterday:
Her mother had a difficult labor and Leona was born by cesarean section. This was 1915!!! Her mother was so grateful to the doctors and the hospital, St. Vincents, for saving her life and that of her daughter that she choose the middle name of Vincent in thankfulness to them.
Leona was named after her father, Leonard who died when she was two.
At one time she lived in the country because her mother was a cook for ranch hands and she had a life long love of cowboys from living on this ranch.
Leona and her husband never planned on having children but after 15 years of marriage at the age of 40 they were blessed with Ellen.
Leona and her husband divorced when she was 50 so she went back to work as a saleswoman at Robinsons in Los Angeles to help support her and her daughter. She worked there for 20 years.
Now here are some things I knew about Leona:
She was always sweet and kind and never had a bad word to say about anyone.
She always had a smile on her face.
She always asked after the rest of the family when you visited her.
Her wedding gift to us was a brown tea pot (which I still have). In her card she stated that the best tea is brewed is a brown pot.
Finally here are some things I know about Ellen and her family:
They are an example to us in caring for our parents and the elderly in this day and age. Leona lived with them for eight years. It wasn't always the easiest thing but it was the best thing. Ellen has wonderful memories of her mother. The granddaughters have wonderful memories of their grandmother. Grandmother was there for all their school and church events and watched them grow up close and personal. Ellen is a wonderful testimony in this day and age of people who think only of themselves in that she took such wonderful care of her mother.
Leona will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Here are a few things I learned about Leona yesterday:
Her mother had a difficult labor and Leona was born by cesarean section. This was 1915!!! Her mother was so grateful to the doctors and the hospital, St. Vincents, for saving her life and that of her daughter that she choose the middle name of Vincent in thankfulness to them.
Leona was named after her father, Leonard who died when she was two.
At one time she lived in the country because her mother was a cook for ranch hands and she had a life long love of cowboys from living on this ranch.
Leona and her husband never planned on having children but after 15 years of marriage at the age of 40 they were blessed with Ellen.
Leona and her husband divorced when she was 50 so she went back to work as a saleswoman at Robinsons in Los Angeles to help support her and her daughter. She worked there for 20 years.
Now here are some things I knew about Leona:
She was always sweet and kind and never had a bad word to say about anyone.
She always had a smile on her face.
She always asked after the rest of the family when you visited her.
Her wedding gift to us was a brown tea pot (which I still have). In her card she stated that the best tea is brewed is a brown pot.
Finally here are some things I know about Ellen and her family:
They are an example to us in caring for our parents and the elderly in this day and age. Leona lived with them for eight years. It wasn't always the easiest thing but it was the best thing. Ellen has wonderful memories of her mother. The granddaughters have wonderful memories of their grandmother. Grandmother was there for all their school and church events and watched them grow up close and personal. Ellen is a wonderful testimony in this day and age of people who think only of themselves in that she took such wonderful care of her mother.
Leona will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
1 comment:
Nice write-up, Irene! A tribute to a sweet Christian woman. I'm sure it wasn't easy raising a child alone when she was 50!
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