Leona McDonnell

May 20, 1926 - Jul. 14, 2017

Date of Service: Jul. 25, 2017

BURLEY – Leona McDonnell, a 91-year-old, Burley resident, passed away July 14, 2017 at Cassia Regional Hospital in Burley. She was loved by all who knew her, including staff and residents of Highland Estates, where she had lived since July 7, 2010. She made many friends during her residency there.

Leona was born May 20, 1926, in Garfield, Utah, to Jesse and Vera Malinda Thomas. She married Lewis Florenz McDonnell May 1, 1945, in Magna, Utah. They moved to Ely, Nevada, where their daughter, Vera Mary McDonnell was born.

They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in July of 1946. When her husband died in January of 1995, she moved in with her daughter and son-in-law, Vera and Ronald Reynolds. In the summer of 2000, they all moved to Burley where she lived with Ron and Vera until she moved into Highland Estates.

She is survived by her daughter, Vera Reynolds; grandson, Curtis Reynolds; great-granddaughters, Mandie Dionne Tonini, and Jessica Marie Romney; and great-grandsons, Andrew Michael Reynolds, Brendan George Romney; and one great-great-grandson, Levi Jaxon Krautheim.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Louis Lavar Thomas, Verlyn Jesse Thomas, Kenneth Klyde Thomas; sister, Ella Dalene Cunningham; husband, Lewis; and a grandson, Ricky Lee Reynolds.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 25, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Burley LDS Stake Center, 2050 Normal Ave., with Bishop Luke Trevino officiating.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 31, at Palm Memorial and Cemetery, 1325 North Main Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday, July 24, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, at the church preceding the service.