100 year old looks forward to Memorial Day parade
By Bruce Rolfe
A 100-year-old Village of Climax resident has been selected to be the grand marshal of the Memorial Day parade May 25 in Climax and is looking forward to the opportunity.
The Memorial Day parade, sponsored by the Climax-Scotts American Legion Post #465, starts at 10 a.m.
Leota Sunnock, who turned 100 last December, will ride in a 1971–1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88, provided and driven by Ron and Robin Garberick, members of the Sunset Cruisers Car Club.
“I think it’s good,” said Leota Sunnock, about her selection as the parade Grand Marshal.
Leota still lives in the Village of Climax home she and her late husband Stan moved into approximately 50 years ago.
She still does her own cooking and laundry but does have someone help her daily with other chores around the home.
Leota also enjoys walking to the Post Office when the weather is good.
She enjoys putting puzzles together, some drawing, playing games on the computer and she even monitors Facebook at times.
She keeps in touch with her two daughters regularly and visits with her grandson, who lives in Japan, using a computer.
The daughter of Del and Myrtle Coburn, Leota grew up in Scotts. She remembered working on the family farm during her school years.
Leota attended her first eight grades in school at a one-room school house on the corner of 33rd Street and N Avenue that is now a residence in Scotts. She could not recall the name of the school, but Bob and Jo Ramsdell of the Third Tuesday Scotts Historical Group, said it is the old Buck School at the Northwest corner of 33rd Street and N Avenue.
“I loved the school,” said Leota about her experience attending a one room school house.
She grew up at 6203 S 32nd Street, about one and one-half miles from the one-room school she attended. She said she would often walk to school, however when the weather was bad her father would take her to school by horse and wagon.
She later attended Scotts High School where she graduated in 1943.
She said she has many good memories growing up in Scotts.
A 100-year-old Village of Climax resident has been selected to be the grand marshal of the Memorial Day parade May 25 in Climax and is looking forward to the opportunity.
The Memorial Day parade, sponsored by the Climax-Scotts American Legion Post #465, starts at 10 a.m.
Leota Sunnock, who turned 100 last December, will ride in a 1971–1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88, provided and driven by Ron and Robin Garberick, members of the Sunset Cruisers Car Club.
“I think it’s good,” said Leota Sunnock, about her selection as the parade Grand Marshal.
Leota still lives in the Village of Climax home she and her late husband Stan moved into approximately 50 years ago.
She still does her own cooking and laundry but does have someone help her daily with other chores around the home.
Leota also enjoys walking to the Post Office when the weather is good.
She enjoys putting puzzles together, some drawing, playing games on the computer and she even monitors Facebook at times.
She keeps in touch with her two daughters regularly and visits with her grandson, who lives in Japan, using a computer.
The daughter of Del and Myrtle Coburn, Leota grew up in Scotts. She remembered working on the family farm during her school years.
Leota attended her first eight grades in school at a one-room school house on the corner of 33rd Street and N Avenue that is now a residence in Scotts. She could not recall the name of the school, but Bob and Jo Ramsdell of the Third Tuesday Scotts Historical Group, said it is the old Buck School at the Northwest corner of 33rd Street and N Avenue.
“I loved the school,” said Leota about her experience attending a one room school house.
She grew up at 6203 S 32nd Street, about one and one-half miles from the one-room school she attended. She said she would often walk to school, however when the weather was bad her father would take her to school by horse and wagon.
She later attended Scotts High School where she graduated in 1943.
She said she has many good memories growing up in Scotts.
“I remember when we went to high school in Scotts, the bus didn’t go out that far and they gave me a special permit to drive to Scotts to school. I wasn’t old enough for a license yet. Not only that, I took kids with me. We got a long fine. We didn’t have any problems,” recalled Leota.
She said when she and Stan got married they lived on her parents’ farm in Scotts before moving to the Village of Climax, a place she’s enjoyed calling home 50 years.
“We made a good choice when we moved out here,” said Leota.
Leota Sunnock is pictured (top row, fourth from left) in the 1943 Scotts High School senior class picture.
(Photos courtesy of the Third Tuesday Scotts Historical Group)
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