Bonnie Mae Leakey
Bonnie Mae Leakey (Boswell), a resident of Braymer, MO, passed away on Monday, July 27, 2015, at Northcare Hospice in North Kansas City.
Bonnie was born on April 6, 1931, in Grayson, the daughter of Ezra and Mattie (Thompson) Boswell. She was a 1948 graduate of Gower High School in Gower, where she was salutatorian of her senior class. She was united in marriage to Dorris Allen Leakey on July 4, 1952 in Grayson. After their marriage, they moved to Braymer. He survives of the home.
Bonnie was employed at Kansas City Tractor and Implement Co. for six years. Bonnie was a housewife and homemaker as well as co-farmed with her husband. She also loved her gardening and sewing as well as painting.
She was a member of the Catawba Club and a den mother of the cub scouts for several years. She taught Sunday School at Grayson Community Church until 1952.
Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, and one brother.
Survivors include her husband, Dorris, of the home; one son, Mark Leakey and girlfriend Becky Mitchell of Braymer; one daughter, Connie McPheeters (Steve) of Liberty; one brother, Buddie Bosewell (Virginia) of Idalou, TX; three grandchildren, Scott Leakey of Braymer, Bret McPheeters and Brooke McPheeters of Liberty; and three great-grandchildren, Taylor, Courtney and Morgan, all of Braymer.
Funeral services will be held at the Lindley Pitts Funeral Home in Braymer on Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. A scheduled family visitation will be held at the Lindley Pitts Funeral Home in Braymer on Wednesday, July 29, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home in Braymer on Wednesday, July 29 from noon until 8:00 p.m. Burial will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Braymer. Memorial contributions may be made to the Northcare Hospice, and may be left at or mailed to Lindley Funeral Home, P. O. Box 47, Chillicothe, MO 64601. Online condolences may be made at www.lindleyfuneralhomes.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lindley Pitts Funeral Home in Braymer.
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