Leona Pearl Stewart

September 3, 1921 - February 23, 2017

Leona Pearl Stewart, 95, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 23, 2017 in Presbyterian Senior Care, Washington. A daughter of the late Harold and Lucy Strickland Ringstead, she was born in Layton on September 3, 1921. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, she was a member of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene. Leona enjoyed crocheting and was an animal lover. Survivors include two daughters, Rose Stewart of Belle Vernon and Janet E. Caputo of Brownsville, one son and daughter-in-law, James T. and Dorothy Stewart of Monongahela, seven grandchildren, Jackie Ortolona (Jack Campbell), Ron Ortolona (Christina), Denise Fundy (Fred), Jennifer Utterdyke (Steve), Jimbo Stewart, Jason Stewart (Melissa) and Jessica Stewart, and nine great-grandchildren, Anthony and Zachary Ortolona, Fred and Dominic Fundy, Reese Stewart, Reid and Thais Biagutis and Meghan and Jay Utterdyke. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Stewart on December 2, 1997, one grandson, Anthony J. Ortolona in 2002, a son-in-law, Richard S. Caputo in 2015, a brother, Harold T. Ringstead and a sister, Ida Catherine House. Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 P.M. Sunday in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. 724-929-5300 www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com Funeral services will be held at 8:30 P.M. Sunday with Jean Ferguson officiating. Interment will be in Monongahela Cemetery.