Leona (Scully) Reynolds

BARRE, Vt - Leona (Scully) Reynolds, age 93, died on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 in Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin, Vt.

Leona was born in 1920 in Greenwich, Conn., one of 6 children born to Susan and Thomas Scully in a little house on Steamboat Road. She was a graduate of Greenwich High School. Upon graduation, she attended business and secretarial school, obtained both her Connecticut real estate and insurance broker licenses and worked in the greater Greenwich area for 15 years.

Leona was an accomplished badminton player and competed extensively throughout New England with the Connecticut Badminton Association, where she met and married her husband, Walter Reynolds. They raised their family in Wallingford, Conn., where she became an active volunteer with the Wallingford Art League, Masonic Home and Hospital, and the school library.

In 1983, Leona resumed her career as personal secretary to the legendary New Haven banker and real estate developer G. Harold Welch. Following his death, she earned many a grey hair as the staffing scheduler for the Regional Visiting Nurse Association until her retirement in 1990. She moved north to Woodridge Nursing Home in 2006 following a stroke.

Leona is survived by her son, William Reynolds, of Warrenton, Va.; her daughter Nancy Reynolds, and her partner, Horst Hartlieb, of Burlington, Vt.; as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her five siblings as well as her former husband, Walter. Per Leona's wishes, there will be no memorial service. Donations may be made in her memory to a non-profit of one's choice.