Obituary of Leone P. Hendershot

Leone Perry Hendershot, age 89, of Cardinal Lane, Boone, passed away Friday morning, November l6, 2012 at Deerfield Ridge Assisted Living. Born April 27, 1923 in Caseville, Michigan, she was a daughter of Ervin and Katherine Ostermiller Perry. Mrs. Hendershot was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. She is survived by two daughters, Diane Butts and husband, Jeffrey, of Boone, and Susann Pumphrey and husband Gary, of Fairfax, Va.; two sons, David Hendershot and wife, Barb of Waterford, Michigan, and Mark Hendershot and wife, Sue, of White Lake, Michigan; her grandchildren, J. J. Butts and wife, Amy of Des Moines, Iowa, Aaron Butts of Chicago, Illinois, Adrienne Stumb and husband, Adam, of Jamestown, Chris and Tory Hendershot, both of White Lake, Michigan, Rudy Thomas of Charlotte, and Caitlin Thomas and husband, George Everett, of London, England; and two great-grandchildren, Charlie Stumb and Hanna Butts. She was preceded in death by her husband, Truman Raymond Hendershot. Memorial services for Leone Perry Hendershot will be conducted at a later date at Acacia Park Cemetery in South Field, Michigan. The family suggests memorials to Grace Lutheran Church, 115 East King Street, Boone, North Carolina 28607, or to Medi-Home Hospice, Post Office Box 1357, Newland, NC 28657. Online condolences may be expressed at the website austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Hendershot family.