Darlene Jo Leavell

DARLENE JO LEAVELL Graveside inurnment services for lifelong Dolores resident, Darlene Jo Leavell will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Jimmy Kennedy will be officiating. Darlene was born on January 24, 1944 in Montrose, Colo. the daughter of Clifford Spry and Wilma Jean (Hutton) Sparks. She passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at her home in Dolores at the age of 61. On November 17, 1961 in Cortez at the Cortez First United Methodist Church Darlene married Kay Leavell. She loved doing crafts, chasing her grandchildren, and sewing. Collecting frogs and roosters were favorite hobbies of Darlene's. She also belonged to the Dolores Mountain Quilters club. Surviving Darlene are her husband, Kay Leavell of Dolores; her children, Penny Thompson and husband, Gene of Mancos, Lisa Balderrama and husband, Rudy of Cortez, Lori Willbanks and husband, Keenan of Dolores; her daughter-in-laws, Giselle Leavell of Akron, Colo., and Amy Leavell-Gordanier of Dolores. She leaves 11 grandchildren; her mother, Jean Sparks of Henderson, Nev.; and her brother, Donald Sparks of Phoenix, Ariz. Preceding her in death were her father, Clifford Sparks; her sons, Lynn and Lane Leavell; her granddaughter, Sarah Leavell; and her sister, Dale Jean Sparks. Memorial contributions can be made in Darlene's name at Dolores State Bank.