Barr, Leone Constance

Leone Constance Barr, 89, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at Meth-Wick Manor/The Meth-Wick Community. A Celebration of Life service will be private. Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

She was born Sept. 30, 1923, to Dora and Glenn Sargeant in Sioux City, Iowa. She graduated from Sioux City Central High School in 1941 and from Morningside College in 1945. She married Everett E. Barr at Morningside Presbyterian Church on June 16, 1945. In 1946, they moved to Wesley, Iowa and then to Algona, where they settled in and raised their three sons: Doug, Gary and Roger. In 1974, they moved to Cedar Rapids.

Leone was a very good seamstress. She sewed drapes for Chrischilles Department Store in Algona. Leone loved to bake and cook wonderful goodies for her family. She was a Boy Scout den mother for her sons and attended their ball games and activities. In later years, she enjoyed golfing, reading, playing bridge, traveling, and spending winters in Hot Springs Village in Arkansas.

Leone was preceded in death by her parents, Glenn and Dora Sargeant; and a nephew, Jeff Sargeant.

Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Doug (Ann) Barr of Livonia, Mich., Gary (Luann) Barr of Wentzville, Mo., and Roger (Donna) Barr of Boone; her grandchildren, Leslie Barr of Orlando, Fla., Melanie (Jonathan) Levey of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Julie (Brandon) York of Kansas City, Mo., and Ryan (Erinn) Barr of Chicago; her great-grandchildren, Kirsten, Jaden and Jett York, all of Kansas City, Mo.; a brother, Herb (Marian) Sargeant of Hockessin, Del.; a niece, Heather Sargeant of Westerly, R.I.; and a dear friend, Jeane Fontaine of Sunset Hills, Mo. Also surviving are many other family and friends.

Please leave a message for the family on the Web page www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Iowa Hall of Pride Foundation, P.O. Box 10, Boone, IA 50036 in Leone's memory.

Published June 13, 2013 in The Gazette