Leona Frances Clark

1920 - 2018  (98 years)

• Name	Leona Frances Clark  [1, 2]
  Birth	20 Mar 1920	Portland, Cumberland, Maine   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	31 Aug 2018	Seattle, King, Washington   [2, 3]
  Burial	Pine Grove Cemetery, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine   [2]
  Person ID	I334030	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	19 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Leonard Elisha Clark,   b. 28 Nov 1891, Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine d. 1968 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Ethel G. Pemberton,   b. 1886, Massachusetts d. 1944 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1918  [1]
  Family ID	F217093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Winthrop Marston Vittum,   b. 17 Oct 1920, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. 17 Aug 2008 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1943	Long Beach, Los Angeles, California   [3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Stephen Clark Vittum
  Family ID	F217095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Dignity Memorial Leona Clark Vittum, 98, of Seattle, Washington passed away peacefully on August 31, 2018. She was born in Portland, Maine on March 20, 1920. Leona graduated from business school in Maine. On December 12, 1943 in Long Beach, California, Leona married Winthrop M. Vittum, a US Coast Guard member from Haverhill, Massachusetts. Leona worked as a secretary at the naval shipyard in Long Beach, California during WWII and subsequently became a committed homemaker. She raised her children in Haverhill, Massachusetts then in La Habra, Palos Verdes, and Thousand Oaks all in Southern California. Leona spent her retirement winter years in Santa Maria, California and summers in her beloved East Wakefield, New Hampshire at her lakeside cottage. Her final years were in Seattle, Washington. She was active with her church and a member of the Order of Eastern Star. She had a passion for her family, reading, knitting, crocheting, sewing, and doing jigsaw puzzles. She was a good friend of many, a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived by her daughters: Marjorie (Larry), Deborah (Wilson), and her son, Stephen (Cheryl), 9 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her sisters Marjorie and Esther.

  
  

• Sources

  [S39363] 1930 census, Maine, Cumberland county, Year: 1930; Census Place: Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0012 (Reliability: 3). [S10473] Cemetery index, Pine Grove Cemetery, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, (Find-a-Grave). [S76013] Obituary, Dignity Memorial, Leaona Vittum.