Wilma Lanora Leonard

WILMA LANORA (MOORE) LEONARD Funeral services for Cheyenne, Wyo. resident and former area resident Wilma LaNora (Moore) Leonard will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Wilma LaNora (Moore) Leonard, 79, died Monday, November 28 at Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colo., after a short illness. Mrs. Leonard was born in Zafra, Okla. September 28, 1932, to John H. and Exie Arminda Nichols Moore. Mrs. Leonard is survived by a daughter, Deborah and her husband, Robert Baxmann of Mission, British Columbia, Canada; a son, Daniel Dean and his wife, Patricia Leonard, of Belton, Tex.; a brother, Elmer Lee Moore, of Vista, Calif.; a sister, Leona Moore, of Cheyenne, Wyo.; grandchildren, Danielle Bassetto and Paul Bienz, of British Columbia; Hannah and Logan Leonard, of Belton, Tex., Tara Fish and Trent Nielson of Cortez, Colo., Chad and Brock Nielson, of Utah, Heidi, Landon, Careasa and Preston Baxmann, all of British Columbia, Michelle Carpenter, of Omaha, Neb., Kimberly Wilson, of York, United Kingdom; by her mother-in-law of 60 years, Willie Ann Leonard of Lewis; 17 great-grandchildren; three nieces; four nephews; and numerous other relatives in Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas. Mrs. Leonard was preceded in death on June 22, 1985, by her husband, Paul Dean Leonard. They were married on October 24, 1954, in Durango, Colo. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Inez Smalling; and brother, D.W. Moore. A teacher for 47 years, Mrs. Leonard taught elementary school in Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Virginia and Wyoming. While she enjoyed all of her years as a teacher, she especially loved teaching elementary art in Cheyenne, Wyo. Mrs. Leonard graduated from Smithville High School, Smithville, Okla., where she played basketball and softball. She earned her teaching certificate from Southeastern State College in Durant, Okla. She was a talented artist and an avid reader. Her greatest joy was her family.