A Celebration of Life Service for Emma Leonard age 86 of Chariton will be Thursday July 8 at 2:00pm at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Chariton. Internment will follow in the Chariton Cemetery. Family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6:00 until 8:00pm at the funeral home. Emma, the wife of the Rev. JC Leonard is survived by her husband of 71 years; daughters Linda Litwiller of Chariton and Becky (Bob) Gray of Tennessee; 6 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and 6 great great grandchildren.