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Kenner, Leona T.
Leona T. Kenner, 97, of Belle Plaine, formerly of Chelsea, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at the Belle Plaine Nursing and Rehab Center from complications of age. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Hrabak Funeral Home by Deacon Joe Behounek. Burial will be in Rector Cemetery, Chelsea. Visitation will be one hour before the service.
She is survived by a sister, Bernice (Ray) Vaughn of Cedar Rapids; sister-in-law, Maxine Kithcart of Marengo; niece and nephews, Judith (K. Dennis) Kimm of Cedar Rapids, and David Vaughn and Mark (Cynthia) Kimm, both of Westminster, Colo.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Kenner in 1942; and her parents, John and Agnes Benda.
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Published in The Gazette Dec. 6, 2011.
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