LYNDON, Kan. – Leona Grace Warren, 101, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at Brookside Retirement Community, Overbrook, Kan. She was born on May 4, 1916, in Hamilton, Kan., the daughter of Eugene and Jessie Badsky Butterfield.
Leona had lived in Lyndon, Kan., since 1960, and had been a resident of Brookside since 2005. Leona worked as a sales clerk at Pelletier’s Department Store and Roach Hardware, in Topeka, Kan., and at McDaniel Hardware and Marv’s Variety Store, in Lyndon. She was a member of the Lyndon United Methodist Church and past member of the Fairfax HDU.
On May 26, 1934, Leona was married to Herbert Warren, in Ottawa, Kan. Herb preceded her in death on Jan. 18, 2001.
Leona is survived by her three sons, Bennie (Betty) Warren, of Lyndon, Darrell Warren, Vassar, Kan., and Herbert (Loretta) Warren Jr., Overbrook; and seven grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at the Feltner Funeral Chapel, Lyndon. Burial will be in the Lyndon Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Lyndon United Methodist Church, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. Online condolences may be left at feltnerfuneralhome.com.
