Leona Faye Hedlund, 71, Emerson

Leona Faye Hedlund, age 71, of Emerson, died April 8, 2009, at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home in Malvern, with burial in the Malvern Cemetery. Pastor Gordon Scott of the United Methodist Church officiated. Interment was in the Malvern Cemetery

The oldest of eight children of Margaret Ellen (Stogdill) and Warren Leonard Stogdill, she was born in Lancaster, Mo., on May 29, 1937. When she was three years old, her family moved to Bloomfield, where she attended school. Following school, she married Jack Elston Hanshaw in Waras, Mexico. Mr. Hanshaw was in the military and the couple made their home wherever he was stationed. Their marriage was blessed with seven children; William Lonnie, Joseph Elston, Douglas Alan, Stacy James, Debra Lynn, Brian Curtis, and Michael Todd. The couple later divorced.

On June 28, 1974, she and Lloyd Earl “Red” Hedlund of Emerson, were married in Pacific Junction. They made their home in Emerson along with her younger children.

Mrs. Hedlund loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them. She was a compassionate person and it was shown as she cared for Bud Hertz of Malvern, who suffered from multiple sclerosis. She later worked at Pamida and HyVee and eventually at the Good Samaritan Center in Red Oak. She once again showed her compassion as she worked as a nurses’ aid and then as a physical therapist at Good Samaritan for 10 years, until health problems forced her to quit. She also enjoyed gardening and loved all flowers, especially roses. She was a member of the Eagles Club in Red Oak.

Mrs. Hedlund was preceded in death by her parents; stepsons, Claude Hedlund and Darrell Hedlund; brother Danny Stogdill and sister Lana Harding. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Lloyd Hedlund of Emerson; her sons, Lonnie Hanshaw and wife Debbie of Red Oak; Joe Hanshaw and wife Pam of Council Bluffs; Doug Hanshaw and wife Deb of Omaha; Stacy Hanshaw of Shelby; Brian Hanshaw and wife Kim of Villisca; Michael Hanshaw and wife Quanda of Mitchell, S.D.; daughter Debbie Johnson and husband Steve of Joplin, Mo.; step-children, Lloyd Hedlund, Jr. and wife Rosie; and Cheryl Trigg and husband Kevin, all of Moorcroft, Wyo.; Paul Hedlund of Emerson; step-daughter-in-law Ruth Hedlund of Shelby; 30 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; sisters, Ann Pickle of Mt. Pleasant; and Nina Wages of Ottumwa; brothers, Bud Stogdill; and Gary Stogdill, both of Nicholasville, Ky., and James Stogdill of St. James, Mo.; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.

A memorial fund has been established.