LEONA ROSE  SIMMONS , 88, of Danbury, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019 in the Morningside Care Center in Ida Grove, Iowa.

Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, April 8 ^th , at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Danbury, Iowa. Father Richard D. Ball will officiate. Burial will be in the Grandview Cemetery at Quimby, Iowa. Visitation will be on Sunday April 7 ^th from 4 p.m. til 7 p.m. with the family present from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Danbury, Iowa. There will be a Rosary Service at 5 p.m. with a Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at the church on Sunday evening. The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Leona was born June 30, 1930 at Sioux City, Iowa to Cyril and Florence (Stewart) Murray. She attended Cathedral School in Sioux City through the ninth grade. She was married to Carl Simmons on February 2, 1953 at the St. Boniface Catholic Church in Sioux City, Iowa

Leona was a member of the St. May's Catholic Church and the St. Mary's Rosary Society in Danbury. She was a housewife and stay at home mother. She enjoyed drawing pictures and spending time with her family. She had been a resident of Danbury since 1953.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Carl on June 20, 2008, grandson Michael Moser, granddaughter Melissa Simmons, son-in-law Lynn Hamann, sisters Shirley Kincannon and Florence Blair.

She is survived by her five children: Carlene Hamann of Danbury, Iowa; Barbara (Douglas) Moser of Danbury, Iowa; Wesley Simmons of Danbury, Iowa; Scott (Shari) Simmons of Danbury, Iowa; Kevin (Linda) Simmons of Mapleton, Iowa; 13 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; a sister-in-law: Opal Wheeler of Lake Havasu City, Arizona.