11/21/1930
Name: Leona (Pace) Wright
Birth: 13 Sep 1901 – Belville, Ill
Death: 21 Nov 1930 – Evanston, Cook, Illinois
Burial Place: Knoxville, Marion, Iowa
Cemetery Name: Graceland
Death Age: 29
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Chicago, Illinois
Father: Thomas Pace
Father Birth Place: Avery, Iowa
Mother: Stella Van Fleet
Mother Birth Place: Knoxville, IA
Spouse Name: O. Perry Wright
Leona Pace Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pace, was born at Belleville, Ill September 13, 1901, and died November 21, 1930, at the St. Francis hospital in Evanston, Ill, after a very brief illness.
Most of her early life was spent in Knoxville and vicinity and she graduated from the Knoxville high school in the class of 1921.
She was a member of the Methodist church of this city. For the past nine years she had been a resident of Chicago, Ill.
The deceased was united in marriage to Oliver Perry Wright, also of Knoxville, Dec. 31, 1925, and to this union one child was born Perry William, age 4.
She is survived by her husband, son and mother, her father having preceded her in death in 12903. She also leaves a host of relatives and friends to mourn her death.
Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church Monday after noon at 2:20. Interment in Graceland.