Leva G. Leyendecker, a former longtime Lewiston homemaker and recently of Clarkston, died of a stroke Saturday at Clarkston Care Center. She was 90. She was born March 15, 1908, to Charles and Orrell Clemens McHone in Sun City, Kan. When she was 5 years old she moved with her family to Kooskia and attended grade school at Clear Creek Grade School near there. She graduated from Kooskia High School in 1928. She married Harry Chenoweth Sept. 12, 1932, at Asotin. During World War II they worked in the Bremerton shipyards. After the war they moved to Lewiston Orchards and later operated a chicken ranch for 15 years. They shipped chickens across the United States and supplied chickens to both the Chicken Broasters in Lewiston as well as other restaurants. She also worked for Smiths Frozen Foods sorting peas for 10 years during the harvest. He died May 9, 1970, and she moved to Sequim, Wash. She married Frank Leyendecker in 1971 at Klickitatt, Wash. They lived at Sequim. He died June 6, 1974. She moved to Clarkston in May 1997 and lived at Austen Manor. When she lived in the Orchards she supplied many of her neighbors and relatives with vegetables from her garden. She enjoyed camping, fishing, traveling and playing bingo. Survivors include a son, Theodore C. Chenoweth of Lenore; two brothers, Chuck McHone of Orofino and Lloyd McHone of Stites; a sister, Hazel Bowles of Moscow; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Gene I. Chenoweth, and a brother. At her request cremation will take place and no service is planned. Inurnment will be at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens in Lewiston.