Service: 2 pm Wednesday January 11 at Laurel Land Chapel of Chimes. Visitation: 6~8 pm Tuesday at Laurel Land.
She married James Charles Herr on August 13, 1949. Together they raised their three children in Fort Worth, Texas. Leona is preceded in death by her husband Jim Herr; daughter, Christine Stecker; 9 brothers and sisters; and great-granddaughter.
Survivors: daughter, Kathryn and husband Mark McCandless; son, Bruce and wife Sondra Herr; grandchildren, Jeanie Ballew, Mark McCandless Jr., Heather McCandless, Preston Herr, Dustin Stecker, and Lindsey Stecker; 16 great- grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren; sister, Mary Hellstrom; and brother Bill Drake. She will be missed by all who knew her.