LEONA B. NEILL

LEONA B. NEILL - WARREN - Leona B. Neill, 93, passed away peacefully in the Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center in Barre on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Born in Warren on Aug. 17, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Glenn Downs and Mabel Brooks. On Nov. 8, 1944, she married Clayton A. Neill in Warren. Clayton predeceased Leona on June 15, 1974. Leona was a 1940 graduate of Montpelier Seminary. Following her marriage, she was busy and happy as a homemaker and raising her son, Dale, and stepdaughter, Marla. Moving to Tahawus, N.Y., in 1950, Leona worked as a restaurant cook for several years, later was employed by the US Postal Service in both Tahawus and Blue Ridge, N.Y., and then went to work as assistant to the Town Administrator in North Hudson, N.Y. In 2006, Leona moved back to Vermont, settling in Barre, to be closer to family. She is lovingly remembered for the wonderful donuts, dinner rolls, and a whole host of other baked goods and creations she made for all family occasions and gettogethers. In earlier years, she enjoyed fishing and spending time at their camp on Lake Champlain. Leona is survived by her son, Dale E. Neill and wife, Walene, of Goodland, Kan.; two grandchildren, Cynthia Dulaney and husband, Scott, of Elizabeth, Colo., and Debra Schuessler and husband, Marc, of Nanjemoy, Md.; three great-grandchildren; three stepdaughters, Marlene Weston of Warren, Marla Miller of Riverton, Wyo., and Linda Harvey and husband, Burley, of Berlin; step-grandchildren and their families; two sisters, Vera Ward and husband, Ronald, of Moretown, and Geralene Thompson of Norwalk, Conn.; brother, Lester Cameron and wife, Marilyn, of Moretown; and nieces, nephews, and extended family. She was predeceased by great-grandson, Jonathan Schuessler; stepson, Morris Neill; step-granddaughter, Pamela Harvey; two brothers, Bertrand and Randall Luce; and sister, Arlene Crete. Funeral services will be held from the Warren United Church on a date and time to be announced this spring. Interment will be in Warren Village Cemetery. Assisting the family is the Perkins- Parker Funeral Home in Waterbury. To send online condolences please visit us at www.perkinsparker.com and Facebook. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center Patient Activities Fund, 378 Prospect St., Barre, VT 05641.