Leona "June" Luckenbill

September 11, 1934 - December 20, 2019

Leona “June” Luckenbill, 85, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Friday, December 20, 2019, at her home in Fort Dodge. Services will be 1:30 PM on Monday, December 23, 2019, at the Gunderson Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in North Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 PM until the time of service on Monday at the Gunderson Funeral Home and cremation Service in Fort Dodge. Leona Lewis, the daughter of Worth and May (Marion) Lewis, was born September 11, 1934, in Cortez, Colorado. She lived in Pleasant View, CO until 1947 when she moved to Fort Dodge. She attended Fort Dodge Public Schools and on October 3, 1949, Leona was united in marriage to William Luckenbill in Kansas City, Kansas. In 1969, Leona graduated from nursing school and worked at Trinity Regional Hospital in Fort Dodge. Leona loved singing, playing cards, going out to eat and spending time with family. She was a wonderful cook and she loved to tell her grandchildren her life stories. She is survived by her husband, William; their children, Beverly Jean Mentzer of Otho, Deborah Jane Remsburg of Otho, Sandra Louise VandenHaak of Kansas City, KS and Brenda Lea Bouma of Fort Dodge; 14 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and 7 great great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by parents, son Michael Dean Luckenbill, grandson Bruce Maguire, daughter Shirley Urelius, and her eight siblings.