1921 ~ 2011
Leona Emma Somerton Braithwaite was born April 20th, 1921 in B.C. Canada, the sixth of seven children to Emma and Herbert Somerton. Mother died in 1925 and father 1930. Moved with family in 1926 to Glendale, California. Later she moved to Lomita, California where she graduated from high school. She attended business school in Los Angeles.
Leona had many jobs including working as a bookkeeper for the State of Utah and as a licensed Real Estate Agent.
Married J.P. Bradley in 1942, they later divorced. She married Victor Braithwaite in 1949. She is survived by 2 daughters, one son and one son-in-law, Judith Ann (Bradley) Pierson, Pamela (Braithwaite) Valladolid, Mark Alan Braithwaite and Bud Pierson. Leona is also survived by one sister, Lorna Somerton Hecox, eight grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and six great great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by husbands Joseph and Victor, two brothers, Wilbert Somerton, Melvin Somerton, three sisters, Averil Plasil, Doreen Domer, Verna Ward.
A small family gathering will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 12th, 2011, followed by a graveside service.
