Saturday, August 14, 2010

Leona K Clark

age 89 of Indianapolis died Tuesday April 29 2003 at St Vincent Hospice. She was born Jan 21 1914 in Brown County, Indiana, daughter of Theodore E and Ida Hanner Axsom. She rec'd a Masters Degree in Education from Butler University. She was a retired 6th grade teacher where she worked in several Indianapolis area schools, including Fleming Garden. She began her teaching career in one room rural schools. She was an over 50 year member of the Third ChristianChurch, Indianapolis; Marion County Retired Teachers Association; Delta Kapp Gamma Social Sorority; IndianapolisCouncil of Women; AARP; American Legion Auxiliary; Indianapolis Historical Society; Indianapolis Repertory Theatre; Broad Ripple Order of the Eastern Star; a corresponding secretary for Welcome Wagon in Indianapolis; The Brown County Art Association and the Axsom Association of America. Survivors include sisters Ruth L Hillenburg of Sarasota, Florida and Mary Lou Gardner of Solsberry, Indiana; brother William Neil Axsom of Bloomington, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her husband James R Clark; brother Leverett T Axsom; sisters Iona Axsom & Thelma Jacobs.

1.Joseph H Axsom
2.Samuel David Axsom
3.William David Axsom
4.Theodore Estus Axsom
5.Leona Kay Axsom
m. James R Clark

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