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Leona C. Gaspar, aka Lee. Leona passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM where she made her home for the past seventeen years. She moved to the Southwest in 1954 where she lived out her busy life raising her four children; Martin A. Cooper-Mordecai of El Paso, TX; Lezlie G. Cooper of Canyon, TX; Dawana L. (Mordecai) Higgins of Cedar Crest, NM; and Lacey A. (Mordecai) Landholt of Odessa, TX. She was so very proud of her eleven grandchildren and adored her four great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, Edward A. Gaspar and Cordelia (Gillmore) Gaspar-Iversen, and her brothers, Edward E. Gaspar and Orman C. Gaspar, all of California. In Albuquerque, Leona worked as a Foundation Employee and later as a Volunteer at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History where she liked to tell people she was "one of the old fossils." Leona was well known for her creative ability. She painted, sewed, designed and made many well-loved stuffed animals, wedding dresses and quilts. She also worked extensively on her family genealogy, tracking ancestors all the way back to the Colonies in the early 1600's. Interment will be held at a later date in California. If you wish, in lieu of flowers Leona and family would appreciate your contribution to the Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers Museum, P.O. Box 11, Point Arena, CA 95468. French Mortuary, Inc. 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE (505) 275-3500 www.frenchmortuary.com
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