Ann Marie (Elliott) Leonard

Ann Marie (Elliott) Leonard of Hermiston, Oregon, was born on September 27, 1934 in Bozeman, Montana to parents, Jerry and Myrtle Bean Elliott. She died on November 23, 2019 in Hermiston, Oregon at the age of 85 years. Her family moved to Butte, Montana when she was a small child and then to Portland, Oregon when she was in the fourth grade. Ann attended St. Francis of Assisi grade school and St. Mary’s Academy where she graduated in 1952 as salutatorian. She attended Marylhurst College on a nursing scholarship for one semester. Ann was united in marriage to John Myles Leonard on April 11, 1953 in Portland, Oregon. She worked for several companies before the birth of their first child when she stayed at home to care for their growing family. They continued to live in Portland until moving to Hermiston, Oregon in 1996 where she has lived since. Ann was a member of Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church and the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She enjoyed the outdoors, camping and hunting. Ann cherished time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She is survived by her daughter: Karen Yvonne Breese (Tom), Potlatch, ID; son: Matthew “Matt” Leonard (Deanna), Hermiston, OR; son-in-law: Dennis Dixon, Fall City, OR; sisters: Helen Elliott, Garibaldi, OR, Barbara Lester, Battleground, WA, Dorothy Colombe, Dallas, OR, Davia Elliott, Troutdale, OR, Patricia Sanders  Troutdale, OR & Carol Blanton, Portland, OR; 8 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.

Ann was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years: John Leonard; daughter: Molly Cecilia Dixon; granddaughter: Elizabeth “Liz” Breese; her parents; brother: Joe Elliott and sister: Rita Joan.

Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held on Friday, November 29, 2019 at 1:00 P.M. at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church followed by Mass of Christian Burial  at 1:30 P.M.

Burial will follow at the Hermiston Cemetery, Hermiston, Oregon.

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Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, Oregon is in care of arrangements.   

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