Obituary of Leona Cleveland

Garden City, Kansas Leona M. Shirk Cleveland, age 93, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. She was born June 7, 1915 in McFarland, Kansas the daughter of John M. and Margaret Schott Wilkerson. A Garden City resident since 1979, having moved from Friend, Kansas, she was a retired school secretary. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Finney County Senior Center, TOPS and the Newman Club, all of Garden City, Kansas, and AARP. On May 31, 1946, she married Clement M. Shirk in Topeka, Kansas. He died on August 4, 1973 in Scott City, Kansas. On September 3, 1983, she married Glenn W. Cleveland @ Garden City, Kansas. He died in May 7, 2007. Survivors include: Two Sons, Layne C. Shirk of Great Bend, Kansas and David C. Shirk of Johnson, Kansas; One Daughter, Karen A. Shirk of Garden City, Kansas; Two Step-Sons, Terry Cleveland of Roswell, New Mexico and Royce Cleveland of Amarillo, Texas; One Step-Daughter, Glenda Travis of Red Oak, Oklahoma; Thirteen Grandchildren and Eighteen Great-Grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Robert Shirk, and two brothers, Charles & John Wilkerson. Vigil and Rosary services will be held at 7:00pm on Friday, April 17, 2009 at the Price & Sons Funeral Home in Garden City. The Funeral Mass will be held at 9:00am on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the St. Mary Catholic Church with Father Trong Tran presiding. Friends may call from Noon until 8:00pm on Thursday, and from 10am-8pm on Friday at the Price & Sons Funeral Home in Garden City, Kansas. Interment will be in the Prairie View Church Cemetery in Friend, Kansas. The family requests memorials be given to the church, Garden Valley Retirement Village or Finney County Senior Center, all in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home of Garden City.