Leota Turner

Media Obituary for: Leota Turner

Leota Turner, 86, of Sumner, Iowa and formerly of Arlington, Iowa died suddenly on Friday afternoon, August 14, 2009 at the Sumner Community Memorial Hospital at Sumner, Iowa

Funeral Service: 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Maynard, Iowa; Officiating: Rev. Ian Wolfe; Visitation: from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Monday at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Maynard, Iowa and after 9:30 A.M. on Tuesday at the church; Interment: Long Grove Cemetery at Maynard, Iowa

Online Obituary at: www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com

Memorials may be given in her name to the Seminary Fund at St. Paul Lutheran Church at Maynard, Iowa

Leota is survived by: Husband--Carroll Turner of Sumner, Iowa
2 Daughters--Karol Ann (Mrs. Lawrence) Daisy of Sumner, Iowa and Kristy (Don) Jirak of Elk Run Heights, Iowa
2 Sons--Ivan Dale Turner of Waterloo, Iowa and Jon (Annette) Turner of Fayette, Iowa
3 Grandchildren--Amy Recker, Brenda Michels, and Grant Turner
2 Great Grandchildren--Elizabeth and Jason Recker
Foster Granddaughter--Estelle Fortin of Bassett, Virginia
Sister--LaVerle Hutchinson of The Woodlands, Texas

She was preceded in death by her Parents--2 Sisters (Sarah Ward and Celia Opperman) and a Brother (Hugh Cummings).

Leota Cummings was born on August 3, 1923 at Arlington, Iowa the daughter of Owen and Nettie (Smith) Cummings. She graduated from Fairbank High School in Fairbank, Iowa in 1940 and from Upper Iowa University at Fayette, Iowa in 1946. She married Carroll G. Turner on August 23, 1945 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Maynard, Iowa. Leota was a school teacher for 24 years teaching in the Amish schools, Lakota, Iowa, Elgin, Iowa, Starmont school at Strawberry Point, Iowa, Wapsie Valley school at Oran, Iowa, at Fayette, Iowa and North Fayette school at West Union, Iowa. She was also a homemaker, a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church at Maynard, Iowa and was a founding member of the Volga River Riders Saddle Club. She has been a resident of Sumner, Iowa for the last 2 years.