SPEARVILLE - Leona Loraine (Hattrup) Naab left this earth, surrounded by her loving children, on September 14, 2017, the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, after a brief illness and long battle with Parkinson's Disease. Leona was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, dedicated wife, caring nurse, farm family matriarch, and devout Catholic. Born May 21, 1934, at Bellefont, Kansas, the third of six children of Leo and Anna (Lampe) Hattrup, Leona graduated from Windthorst High School (1952) and St. Joseph School of Nursing in Wichita (1956). She married William Joseph Naab of Windthorst, Kansas, on Sept. 8, 1956. She practiced as a Registered Nurse for nearly 50 years, spending much of her career at Spearville Hospital. She also practiced in Dodge City, at Fort Dodge, as a home health and hospice nurse, in nursing homes, and as a private caregiver. Leona was a hardworking, intelligent, feisty, strong-willed leader, and her exemplary service to her Church, community, and family is much admired by her children and grandchildren who hope to carry on her example.

Leona is preceded in death by her husband, William Joseph; her brothers Theobald (Anthony) Hattrup, OFM, and Richard Hattrup. She is survived by her siblings Vernon Hattrup (Overland Park, KS) Sister Marilyn Hattrup (Chicago, IL) and Evelyn Burris (Colombia, MO); as well as her nine children, 17 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren: Wilma Jean of Manhattan, KS. Paul Dennis of Manhattan, KS; his children Summer Hogan (husband Kyle), Nichole Harold (husband Parker), Paul William, and granddaughter Hailey Harold. Sharon Louise Hoffman of El Dorado, KS; her husband Bob, and children Christopher (wife Sarah) and Michael, and grandson Eli. Joseph William of Davis, CA; his children William, Leo and Karl. Laura Patricia Thilges of Manhattan, KS; her husband Nick. Donna Lea Naab of Walnut Cove, NC; her husband Stony Bowman and son Gray. Kathleen Elizabeth Naab de Tovar of Houston, TX; her husband César Tovar and children Joseph, Chiara, Juliana, and Mateo; Lawrence James of Overland Park, KS; his wife Amy and children Eva and Andrew. LeAnn Marie Bell of Lenexa, KS; her husband Chris and children Henry and Isaac.

Vigil Service will be at 6:00 pm Friday, September 22, 2017, at St. John the Baptist Church, Spearville. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 am Saturday at the church with Fr. John Forkuoh presiding. She will be laid to rest next to her husband in Holy Cross Cemetery, Windthorst.

The family suggests memorials to the Diocese of Dodge City in care of Minnis Mortuary, P.O. Box 516, Bucklin, Kansas 67834.