Leota L. "Toots" Buckley Obituary (1915 - 2007)

Leota L. "Toots" Buckley, 91, of Pana died Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 6:15 a.m. in Heritage Manor-Pana. She was born May 11, 1915 in Assumption, IL, the daughter of Lewis Edgar Flora Elizabeth (Beckett) Bridgman. She was a homemaker and lived in the Rosamond area until 1979 when moving to Pana. Toots was a member of the Rosamond Community Presbyterian Church; Rosamond Home Extension; Pana Senior Citizens, Heritage Guild and Pana Community Hospital Auxiliary. She married George Roosevelt Buckley on November 7, 1931 in Assumption. She is survived by her children: Elizabeth L. Hartman, Decatur, IL; Richard Buckley, Cerro Gordo, IL; Larry Buckley, Litchfield, IL; Audrey Durbin, Tower Hill, IL; Jeanette Daniels, Strasburg, IL; 21 grandchildren; 36 great grandchildren; 13 great-great grandchildren; and by her sister: Genevieve Blosser, Assumption, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband in March 1987, son Arnold Buckley, 1 grandchild, 3 brothers and 4 sisters. Funeral Information Funeral services will be Saturday, February 24, 2007 in McCracken-Dean Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Marilyn Rauch and Tim Haworth officiating. Burial will be in Rosemond Grove Cemetery, Rosamond, IL. Visitation will be Saturday from 12 noon until time of service at McCracken-Dean Funeral Home.