Onslow—Mary Elizabeth Leinen, 63, died at the Jones County home Tuesday April 17.
Funeral Services were held Thursday April 19, at 2 p.m.in the Goettsch Funeral Home. Clayton Ellis of the Christian Science church was reader. Casketbearers were Albert Moyer, Raymond Moyer, Raymond McCleary, Kenneth Weaver, Ivan J. Moyer, Ronald Moyer and Leland Weaver. Burial was in Forest Cemetery.
Born June 15, 1892, she was the daughter of Sam and Margeret J. Wilkinson Moyer. She married Chris Leinen on June 15, 1910, at Anamosa. The couple farmed in Jones Co. until December 1945 when they moved to Onslow. She is survived by three sons, Robert, Cedar Rapids, Donald, Onslow, and Howard J., Iowa City, Mrs. Wilma Strawman, Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. George (Esther) Anderson, Anamosa, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband April 12, 1950 and two sisters.

Submitted by: Laura Comley
Source: The Anamosa Eureka, Thursday, April 19, 1956