1931
Leo
2006
Leo Prisinger
June 15, 1931 — September 19, 2006
Funeral services for Leo Prisinger, age 75, of rural Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 22, 2006, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend James L. Wiese will officiate. Leo died on Tuesday, September 19th, at his farm home. Family members are asked to meet in the church fellowship hall by 10:00 a.m. Friday to attend services. Music will be presented by Sylvia Konstant, organist; Larry Tietjen, soloist; and the Faith Choir, special music. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. Visitation will continue in the church on Friday one hour before services. Honorary pallbearers will be all of his friends and neighbors. Active pallbearers will be his four grandsons: Darren, Dusty, Kraig, and Brandon Prisinger, and Jim Speidel and Geoff Benson. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery.
Leo Paul Prisinger was born on June 15, 1931, at Milbank, SD, the son of Antone and Annie (Meier) Prisinger. He attended Geneseo No. 3 country school through the eighth grade. Leo was united in marriage to Edna Bohlen on June 28, 1953, at Corona, SD. Following marriage, the couple farmed in Geneseo Township for ten years. They then moved to their present farm in Melrose Township, Grant County, SD. Following farming, he owned and operated his own truck and was an independent trucker for a year. Leo then did road construction on I-90 between Mitchell, Chamberlain, and White Lake, SD. He then worked for Sterner's Industries of Winsted, MN, for sixteen months installing dairy equipment. Next, Leo drove truck for Ivan Pratt. In 1968 he went to work for Valley Queen Cheese Factory in Milbank. He retired in 1991 as maintenance supervisor.
He was a member of the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. Leo will not only be missed by his family and friends, but by all who knew him, and who always enjoyed associating with him and his cheerful disposition, wholesome jokes, and general good spirit that always radiated good will and cheerfulness. In this respect, Leo seemed to never grow old.
Survivors include his wife Edna, rural Milbank; three sons and daughters-in-law, Duane and Pam and Dar and Barb, all of rural Milbank; and Dale and Linda, Big Stone City, SD; nine grandchildren; five great grandchildren; three sisters, Martha Poel and Margaret Van Sambeek, both of Milbank; and Anna Mae Gordon, Eugene, Oregon; and several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.
Leo was preceded in death by his parents and one infant brother.
Leo Paul Prisinger was born on June 15, 1931, at Milbank, SD, the son of Antone and Annie (Meier) Prisinger. He attended Geneseo No. 3 country school through the eighth grade. Leo was united in marriage to Edna Bohlen on June 28, 1953, at Corona, SD. Following marriage, the couple farmed in Geneseo Township for ten years. They then moved to their present farm in Melrose Township, Grant County, SD. Following farming, he owned and operated his own truck and was an independent trucker for a year. Leo then did road construction on I-90 between Mitchell, Chamberlain, and White Lake, SD. He then worked for Sterner's Industries of Winsted, MN, for sixteen months installing dairy equipment. Next, Leo drove truck for Ivan Pratt. In 1968 he went to work for Valley Queen Cheese Factory in Milbank. He retired in 1991 as maintenance supervisor.
He was a member of the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. Leo will not only be missed by his family and friends, but by all who knew him, and who always enjoyed associating with him and his cheerful disposition, wholesome jokes, and general good spirit that always radiated good will and cheerfulness. In this respect, Leo seemed to never grow old.
Survivors include his wife Edna, rural Milbank; three sons and daughters-in-law, Duane and Pam and Dar and Barb, all of rural Milbank; and Dale and Linda, Big Stone City, SD; nine grandchildren; five great grandchildren; three sisters, Martha Poel and Margaret Van Sambeek, both of Milbank; and Anna Mae Gordon, Eugene, Oregon; and several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.
Leo was preceded in death by his parents and one infant brother.