Leona Ray Frazier, 86, passed away on Thursday afternoon, July 9, 2015, at Hospice of The Valley’s Dobson House in Chandler following a lengthy illness. Funeral services are tentatively scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, at the First Southern Baptist Church of Overgaard, located at 2727 Church Lane. The concluding service and interment will immediately follow at the Heber Cemetery. Please call Owens Livingston Mortuary at (928) 537-2141 for a confirmation of the time the services will begin.
She was born June 20, 1929, (though she celebrated her birthday July 20th of every year) in Heavener, Okla., to the late Sam Cecil and Ruth (Jeffrey) Pollock.
Leona moved to Arizona in 1951, when she was in her early 20s.
Throughout her long life, she was a devoted wife and a loving mother to her family. She taught them by example what being a Christian truly was. Hers was a life spent in the service of others, and she will long be remembered as a great volunteer and humanitarian. Leona knew of the importance and great need for blood donors. Over the course of many years, she donated literally gallons of her own blood at various blood drives within her community. No one will really ever know of the number of lives that she helped save through this simple act. Also, she spent countless hours volunteering at the Heber/Overgaard Senior Center. She enjoyed running errands for others in need and always looked forward to a friendly visit with those special people. They truly helped to make her life a happy one.
Leona was a faithful member of the First Southern Baptist Church in Overgaard. She appreciated the many friendships that she developed with the members of her church family. She truly followed the Lord’s admonition to “love one another” as she served those within her community and knew that, by so doing, she was only in the service of her God.
When she wasn’t too busy running around town, Leona loved to sit and enjoy a good game of Skipbo.
This incredibly giving woman will be greatly missed by everyone who had the privilege to call her “friend.”
Survivors include her five children, Sam Hover of Salt Lake City, Utah, Mary Hover Frazier (Larry) of Mesa, Judy Hover Halston of Mesa, Tom Frazier of Heber and Jamie Frazier of Heber; one sister, Lorene Nash of Kiowa, Okla.; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Claude H. Frazier in June 2000; and by three siblings, Jack “J.W.” Pollock, Oliver Pollock and Ida Belle Pollock.
Memorial contributions in Leona’s name to The Women’s Auxiliary of the First Southern Baptist Church have been suggested by her family.
