Leona McDaniel was born on Black Fork Creek near Nashoba, Oklahoma to Dan and Ada Nobles. She was the second born after her twin Leon. She was one of ten children. She graduated from Crowder High School on May 22, 1958 where she lettered in her favorite sport, Basketball.
On November 26,1958 she married David McDaniel in Denver, Colorado. They lived on Newton Street until they bought their forever home on Quitman Street in Westminster, Colorado. In 2009 they retired and moved to McAlester, Oklahoma. In 2016 they moved back to Westminster due to David’s cancer. In 2022 Leona moved to Palisade, Nebraska and lived until her passing.
Leona worked at Denver Tent and Awning. After having her children, Raymond and Jenice, she started a home daycare. She did daycare for 35 plus years. Children she had watched in the past grew up and had families of their own and sent their kids to Leona.
Leona and her husband David loved going on cruises. They looked forward to their yearly Las Vegas trip. They had a cabin in Granby, Colorado which the family spent a lot of time fishing and gathering firewood. They took many trips and vacations with her sister and brother-in-law, Larry and Lina McDaniel. They went on many camping trips to Dumont, Colorado. They loved going back to McAlester, Oklahoma every year to visit family. Leona loved to sew. She had made many quilts over the years. She made personalized Christmas stockings for all her grandkids and great-grandkids and many of her daycare kids. She will be known for this tradition. She loved to fish but she would never bait her hook or take the fish off. When she got a bite, her legs would go up in the air and yell “OH SHOOT, OH SHOOT”. In 2017 she got addicted to NASCAR. Her favorite driver was Martin Truex, Jr.
Leona passed away unexpectedly on Monday, May 6, 2024 in Palisade, Nebraska. She was 85 years of age.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dan and Ada Nobles; seven siblings; husband, David McDaniel; and daughter, Jenice Schwettman.
Survivors include her sisters, Gracie Oneal and Pearl Baucom of McAlester, Oklahoma; son, Raymond (Kristy) McDaniel Palisade, Nebraska; son-in-law, Matt Schwettman of Colorado; six grandchildren: Christine (Chrissy) Torres Sterling, Colorado, Cody (Logan) McDaniel Ft. Lupton, Colorado, Melissa (Swede) Morgan of Colorado, Mathew (Cindy) Schwettman of Colorado, Hunter (Deven) McDaniel Norfolk, Virginia, and Wyatt McDaniel Enders, Nebraska; and 12 great-grandchildren: Tyler, Imagine, Danyelle, Lily, Ashley, Christian, Kalie, Eli, Aby, Lane, Corbin, and Percy due September 2024.
Cremation was chosen and Leona will be laid to rest at Ollinger Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Date is to be determined at a later time.
Online condolences may be left at herrmannfh.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook.