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The Downey Eagle 
Friday, December 24, 1999
Vol. 7 No. 44


Friends, family honor Leona Aldridge at 89
DOWNEY-Services were held at the First Baptist Church of Downey for Leona Aldridge, a resident 
of Downey since 1953 and a former member of the City's Park Commission. 
She was 89, born in Iowa in 1910, and died Dec. 5 after a long illness with Alzheimer's. 
She helped organize the League of Women Voters here, and was it's first president. She also was 
president of the Sister Cities with Guadalajara, Mexico. She served as a City Parks Commissioner 
for five years. She loved Downey and wanted to make it a better place to live. 
She received the Sears Citizen of the Year Award in 1972 for community service. She was active in 
the PTA and Little League. 
Survivors include her husband, Bill; two sons, Robert and Dennis; a sister, Valora Perry; three 
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. 
Burial followed at Rose Hills Memorial Park.