Ackley, Ross & Gariepy Funeral Home

Greenwich-Iona May McLeland, 97, of Greenwich, New York, beloved mother of Jana Vaye McLeland of Shushan, New York, and Karyn Ann Sobing of Cambridge, New York, passed away peacefully at home on June 3, 2021 with her daughters by her side. She was born on a farm in Superior, Colorado on March 19, 1924 to Leon Louis Wattelet and Louise Mary (LeComte) Wattelet. During World War II she worked at a defense plant making bullets. After marriage she was a telephone operator in Boulder, Colorado. In the days before color photographs she colored by hand the black and white photos taken by her husband who was a professional photographer. She enjoyed fishing, picnicking, and the beauty of the...