Submitted by: Dan Rich
Leona Rose Hall
April 16, 1930 - Feb. 23, 2001
South Bend Tribune 2/27/2001
Leona Rose Hall, 70, of South Bend,
Ind., passed away on Friday, Feb. 23, in Memorial Hospital.
She was born on April 16, 1930, in South
Bend, to Cary and Margaret (Sippy) Shank. Leona was
a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Left to cherish her memory is her husband of
44 years, Charles H. Hall, who she married on Dec. 24, 1957. Also
surviving are her sons, Michael (Penny) Hall of Bloomfield, Ind.,
and James (Deborah) Hall of Walkerton, Ind.; a daughter, Charla
(Dave) Opfer of South Bend; her grandchildren, Nathaniel
Hall, Ryan Hall, Kyle Hall, Joshua Dubie, Charles Hall,
Jeremy Hall, Bryan Hughes and Monica Hughes; her
great-grandchildren, Mackenzie Hughes, Breanna Hughes, Alex
Hughes and Kayla Hughes; her sisters, Clara Webb, Mary Jones,
Betty Richards, Phyllis Northcutt, Cindy Kaiser,
all of South Bend, and Pat Promroy of Plymouth, Ind.; her
brothers, Harold Esherman, John Shank of South Bend,
Thomas Shank of Elkhart, Ind., and Richard Shank of Jacksonville,
Fla.
Leona was a lifetime member of the women's
auxiliary at Chain-O'Lakes Conservation Club where she helped in
the kitchen. She loved to play bingo and cards. She will be
greatly missed by everyone who knew her.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on
Thursday, March 1, in the WELSHEIMER FUNERAL HOME, 521 N. William
Street, and burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens,
Osceola, Ind. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on
Wednesday in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the
Chain O'Lakes Conservation Club.