Leona Sellner
Leona G. Sellner, 99, of Sleepy Eye, died on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye.
Visitation will be Thursday, Dec. 14, from 4 to 7 p.m. and will continue on Friday from 7:30 until 10 a.m. at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye. There will be a parish prayer service at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 15, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Sleepy Eye, with Monsignor Eugene Lozinski officiating. Interment will be at the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Sleepy Eye.
Leona Nachreiner was born to John and Theresa (Hoffman) Nachreiner on March 5, 1918, at home in Burnstown Township, Brown County, Minnesota. Leona attended School District 65 in a one-room school house in Burnstown Township for seven years and one year at St. Raphael Catholic School in Springfield. She was united in marriage to Norbert C. Sellner on Oct. 8, 1940, at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Springfield. They lived and farmed in Prairieville Township until July of 1977 when they moved to Sleepy Eye. Norbert died on Jan. 28, 1978. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Christian Mother’s Society, Catholic Aid Society and CCW. Leona loved the outdoors and would spend her summers working in her vegetable and flower gardens until she reached the age of 97.
She is survived by her daughters, Janet (Reynold) Evenson of Gibbon and Grace (Dale) Hoeper of Madelia; sons, Gerald (Mary) Sellner, David (Kathy) Sellner and Vincent (Judi) Sellner, all of Sleepy Eye; 20 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving Leona are sisters-in-law, Theresa Reiniger of Sleepy Eye, Delores Sellner of Sleepy Eye, Bernadette Fischer of Springfield; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Norbert; brothers, Leo, Hugo, Roman and Walter; sisters, Helen, Rose, Ottilia, Lydia and baby sister, Theresa.
Condolences may be left at www.sturmfh.com
The family would prefer memorial gifts in lieu of flowers.
Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye.