1923
Leona
2008
Leona Schiefelbein
September 23, 1923 — April 9, 2008
Funeral services for Mrs. Leona A. Schiefelbein, age 84, of Milbank will begin at 10: 30 a.m. on Monday, April 14, 2008, at the American Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milbank. Reverend Craig Werling and Reverend Janine Rew-Werling will officiate. Leona died on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at the Golden Living Center in Milbank. Carol Ydstie will be the organist. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Sunday from 3-5 p.m. and on Monday one hour prior to the services in the church. Family members are asked to meet in the church multi-purpose room by 10:00 a.m. Monday. Pallbearers will be her four grandsons, Chris Kemnitz, Joseph Kemnitz, Daniel Kemnitz, and Nathan Helm; and her two sons-in-law, Lenny Kemnitz, and Jim Weiss. Honorary pallbearers will be Milton Fischer, Alvin Schwarze, Pat and Wayne Schad, Joe and Alice Holtzmann, Bill and Elaine Mohr, Frank and Mary Brown, Charlotte Larson, and Orville and Irene Webb. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be directed to the American Lutheran Church.
Leona was born on September 23, 1923, in Clear Lake, South Dakota, the daughter of Carl and Ella (Laackmann) Hildebrandt. She was a graduate of Clear Lake High School and North West School of Medical Technology, Minneapolis, MN. Leona concluded an internship at Lutheran Hospital, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and worked at the Watson Clinic, Brookings, S. D., during World War II. She was united in marriage to Dean J. Schiefelbein on May 9, 1945, in Clear Lake, South Dakota. A medical technologist, Leona and her husband moved to Milbank in November, 1945, where she worked in the office of Dr. Walter Judge for three years. She was employed at St. Bernard's Hospital on an on-call schedule, and then she later was employed at the Milbank Clinic for 25 years. She retired in 1984.
Leona was a charter member of American Lutheran Church, WELCA; and co-founder of Matronnetts Extension Club, the first "Arts in the Park", and the Milbank Blood Bank.
Survivors include her husband Dean; three daughters, Mary Salmon and her husband Bill, Phoenix, Arizona; Nancy Weiss and her husband Jim, Omaha, Nebraska; Jean Kemnitz and her husband Lenny, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; a brother, Herbert Hildebrandt, Clear Lake, South Dakota; a sister, Marjorie Hildebrandt, Littleton, Colorado; seven grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents and great grandson, Matthew Helm.
Leona was born on September 23, 1923, in Clear Lake, South Dakota, the daughter of Carl and Ella (Laackmann) Hildebrandt. She was a graduate of Clear Lake High School and North West School of Medical Technology, Minneapolis, MN. Leona concluded an internship at Lutheran Hospital, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and worked at the Watson Clinic, Brookings, S. D., during World War II. She was united in marriage to Dean J. Schiefelbein on May 9, 1945, in Clear Lake, South Dakota. A medical technologist, Leona and her husband moved to Milbank in November, 1945, where she worked in the office of Dr. Walter Judge for three years. She was employed at St. Bernard's Hospital on an on-call schedule, and then she later was employed at the Milbank Clinic for 25 years. She retired in 1984.
Leona was a charter member of American Lutheran Church, WELCA; and co-founder of Matronnetts Extension Club, the first "Arts in the Park", and the Milbank Blood Bank.
Survivors include her husband Dean; three daughters, Mary Salmon and her husband Bill, Phoenix, Arizona; Nancy Weiss and her husband Jim, Omaha, Nebraska; Jean Kemnitz and her husband Lenny, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; a brother, Herbert Hildebrandt, Clear Lake, South Dakota; a sister, Marjorie Hildebrandt, Littleton, Colorado; seven grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents and great grandson, Matthew Helm.