Leona Esther Schwope Kivlehen

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Thursday, May 1, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church in Pampa, with Rev. Jeff Taylor, pastor, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pampa, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Kivlehen was born March 29, 1920 in Follett to Raymond Herbert and Amelia Caroline Overbaugh Schwope. She spent several years of her childhood in Follett before moving to Shattuck, Oklahoma, graduating from Shattuck High School in 1937. Leona moved to Pampa where she worked for Cabot/Ingersoll-Rand for 30 years. She married T. M. Kivlehen on September 19, 1969 in Amarillo. He preceded her in death on September 26, 2000. She was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church and the Crusaders Sunday School class. One of her happiest memories was attending her son's graduation from the United States Naval Academy. She doted on her family, frequently showering them with cakes, brownies and cookies, and numerous afghans, hand-knitted with love. She loved camping with her friends and family, and playing a good game of Wa-Hoo.SURVIVORS: 1 son: Melvin Monroe Romine and wife Helen of Spring; 2 brothers: Wesley Schwope and wife Jo of La Grande, Oregon, and Charles Schwope of Stillwater, Oklahoma; 2 grandchildren: Melissa Romine Hagan and husband John Louis Hagan of Houston, and Christopher Reid Romine and wife Cindi LaLuzerne Romine of Kemah; 2 great-grandchildren: Brooke Lauren Romine and Maren Kate Romine, both of Kemah. Leona was preceded in death by her parents, a brother William Eugene Schwope, and a granddaughter, Laura Catherine Romine.MEMORIALS: First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1981, Pampa, Texas 79066-1981, or Pampa Senior Citizens Center, 500 W. Francis, Pampa, Texas 79065.