Name Info

Leona Mae Collier 1896-1963

Search.........Person
Gender.........female
PAF-ID.........09119694
Age............67y 6m 15d
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...married

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......3
#Events........1
#Images:.......11
#Comments......1
#Siblings......0
#Children......3

Person-Type....S
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........mother
Spouse?........wife
Sibling?.......sister
Child?.........daughter
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Leona Mae Collier
  2. Parent: Leona Mae Collier

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1920-02-22 Clear Lake (Cerro Gordo) Iowa
  2. Spouse: Cluett Clifford SEARLS, male, born:1899-02-22 Chatsworth (Sioux) Iowa, died:1981-04-18 (82y 1m 27d) Postville (Allamakee) Iowa, Dad:BURTON ORSON SEARLS, Mom:MAE FRANCES MOORE, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:4
  3. ..Child: Joan Kathleen SEARLS, female, born:1923-06-22 Iowa, died:1966-2013 (42y 6m 10d) , Dad:Cluett Clifford SEARLS, Mom:Leona Mae Collier, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:5
  4. ..Child: James Collier SEARLS, male, born:1926-08-22 Mitchell (Davison) South Dakota, died:2018-06-26 (91y 10m 4d) Iowa City (Johnson) Iowa, Dad:Cluett Clifford SEARLS, Mom:Leona Mae Collier, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:4
  5. ..Child: Richard Moore SEARLS, male, born:1933-06-14 Mitchell (Davison) South Dakota, died:1976-06-13 (42y 11m 30d) Ames (Story) Iowa, Dad:Cluett Clifford SEARLS, Mom:Leona Mae Collier, #SrcDocs:4

Events
Birth
: 1896-04-21, Age:67y 6m 15d, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo county, Iowa
Married
: 1920-02-22, Age:67y 6m 15d, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, Role:bride, Cluett and Leona were high school sweethearts.
Physical
: 1958-09-18, Age:67y 6m 15d, Postville, Allamakee county, Iowa, Role:physical, suffered a stroke
Physical
: 1958, Age:67y 6m 15d, Postville, Allamakee county, Iowa, Role:invalid, became an invalid for the rest of her life
Death
: 1963-11-05, Age:67y 6m 15d, Postville, Allamakee county, Iowa
Burial
: ?, Age:67y 6m 15d, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, buried with her husband and her parents

Places In
Postville (Allamakee) Iowa
Clear Lake (Cerro Gordo) Iowa

General

Leona's sister Thora, born on 06-25-1893, celebrated her 100th birthday in 1993. Per her wishes, her family did not gather for one big celebration. Rather, they came to visit her one family at a time. In this way, she could have a chance to spend time talking with each of them.


Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
MS_0014 - Moore Family Reunion [3 copies]
S__0036 - Family of Cluett and Leona Searls, Seventeen people
S__0037 - Family of Cluett and Leona Searls, Six adults
S__0038 - Cluett and Leona Mae Searls
S__0039 - Cluett's friend George Nelson, Cluett and Leona Mae Searls
S__0066 - Leona Mae Searls in Wedding Outfit
S__0067 - Leona Mae Searls and Son Dick Searls
S__0077 - Leona Mae Collier, around Age 10 to 12
S__0078 - Leona Mae Collier Clear Lake High School Graduation Picture
S__0083 - Christmas Card/picture of Jim Searls family Sent to Yvonne Wilson
S__0109 - Leona Mae (Collier) and Cluett C. Searls with Baby Daughter Joan


Sources
Newell S. Moore Family record


Historical
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902