Ora Marie "Leora" Broeker 1
- Born: April 25, 1914, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa 2
- Marriage: Reverend Charles M. Palmer on May 30, 1937 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
- Died: August 11, 2001, Lenoir Home, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri at age 87 2
- Buried: August 14, 2001, Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri 2
 Noted events in her life were:
• Census, 1920, Yellow Spring Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. 3 Ora Broeker, daughter, female white age 5, single, attended school during the previous year, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, could speak English, occupation none
• Census, 1930, Yellow Spring Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. 4 Leora M. Broeker, daughter-H, female, white, age 15, single, attended school during the past year, could read and write, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, state code 65, could speak English, no occupation
• High School: Morning Sun High School, 1931, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa. 2
• Education: the John C. Proctor Hospital School of Nursing : Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. 2 Ora graduated from nursing school in 1936.
• Residence, 1960, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. 2
• Residence, 1997, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. 5
• Religion: Christian. 2 Leora's church was the Broadway Christian Church, 2601 West Broadway, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri
• Obituary: The Morning Sun News-Herald, August 2001, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa. 2 Ora "LeOra" Marie Palmer of Columbia, Missouri, died Saturday, August 11, 2001 at Lenoir Healthcare Center. She was 87.
Ms. Palmer was born April 25, 1914 in Morning Sun, Iowa, to William Frederick and Marie Elizabeth Taeger Broeker.
She graduated from Morning Sun High School in 1931. On August 15, 1936, she graduated from the John C. Proctor Hospital School of Nursing in Peoria, Illinois, as a registered nurse. On May 30 1937, she married the Reverend Charles M. Palmer in Peoria.
Ms. Palmer moved to Columbia in 1960. She was a member of Broadway Christian Church. She worked at Lenoir Retirement Community and Woodhaven Learning Center. She also volunteered at Boone Hospital Center.
"She cared for other people all her life," Orville Broeker, Ms. Palmer's brother, said.
Family was very important to Ms. Palmer. She liked to spend time with family in Morning Sun, Iowa. She spent a lot of time embroidering with her sister-in-law.
"One time, she brought some of the children from Woodhaven out to visit us for Easter, because they didn't have anywhere else to go," said Grace Broeker, Ms. Palmer's sister-in-law.
"She always spent summers with us," Grace Broeker said. "She will be greatly missed, let me tell you."
Services, conducted by the Reverend Kim Ryan, were at 10:30 am Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 17 W. Ms. Palmer was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Ms. Palmer is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Orville and Grace Broeker of Morning Sun; two sons, Jerry Palmer of Coon Rapids, Iowa, and Jack Palmer of Reston, Virginia; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Joellyn Marie Palmer, two brothers, Albert Broeker and Wallace Broeker; and a sister, Clara O'Lague, died earlier.
Memorials may be sent to the Joellyn Palmer Scholarship Fund at Broadway Christian Church, 2601 West Broadway, Columbia, Missouri 65203
Orville and Grace Broeker, Morning Sun, and Larry and Shirley Smith, Wapello, attended services for Ms. Palmer.
• Social Security Administration Information. 6 Leora M. Palmer; born: 25 April 1914; died: 11 August 2001; last residence: 65201 (Columbia, Boone, Missouri); state where issued: Illinois
• Newspaper Article/Notice: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, March 1, 1929, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. 7 Mediapolis is Declam Winner
Dale McConnell and Wendell Walker Win First in Wapello Contest.
Wapello, Ia. March 1. -- Mediapolis won two firsts and a third in the sub-county declamatory contest held here this week and Oakville won a first, a third and fourth, taking second honors.
The winners qualify for the sub-district meet and second place winners go into the county meet at Columbus Junction later.
The prizes were announced as follows:
Oratorical -- Wendell Walker, Mediapolis, first; James Chittum, Wapello, second; Leora Broeker, Morning Sun, third; Loren Williams, Oakville, fourth
Dramatic -- Pauline Smith, Oakville, first; Marion Cover, Wapello, second; Amogene McDonald, Mediapolis, third; Donna Patterson, Morning Sun, fourth.
Humorous -- Dale McConnell, Mediapolis, first; Robert Selzer, Morning Sun, second; Velma Baxter, Oakville, third; Irene Knight, Wapello, fourth.
Leora married Reverend Charles M. Palmer on May 30, 1937 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. (Reverend Charles M. Palmer died before 2001.)
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