Leona
Frances Efta, 74
Greenbush
- Leona F. Efta, 74, died on Wednesday,
February 4, 2004 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks,
N.D.
Funeral
services were held on 
Monday,
Feb. 9, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Leo,
with Father Don Braukmann and Father Eugene Wesely
officiating. Casket bearers included Deven Efta,
Dayne Efta, John Langaas, Vern Langaas, Dave Koski,
Lee Blavat and Albin Pulczinski. Interment was held
at St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery in Leo.
Leona
Frances Efta, the daughter of Daniel and Mary
(Mlodzik) Kalka, was born on June 4, 1929 in
Auburn, N.D. She grew to womanhood in the Drayton
and Bowesmont, N.D. communities, graduating from
Drayton High School in 1948. Leona was baptized and
confirmed in the Catholic faith. She worked as an
assistant to Dr. Waldron at the Drayton Clinic for
several years, and later taught for 6 months, in a
rural school near Hamilton, ND.
On
June 15, 1954, Leona was united in marriage to
Edward Efta at St. Edward's Catholic Church in
Drayton. Since their marriage, the couple has
farmed in Barto Township of Roseau Co., north of
Greenbush. She helped with planting and harvesting
on the farm over the years. She was a member of St.
Aloysius Catholic Church of Leo and presently of
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church of Greenbush and
of both the Holy Rosary Society of Leo and St.
Ann's Sodality of Greenbush. Also, she was a member
of the Greenbush American Legion Auxiliary for many
years.
Leona
was an avid gardener and enjoyed fishing and
sewing, and especially spending time with her
family.
Survivors
include her husband, Ed; one son, Myles (Sandy) of
Greenbush; three daughters: Renee (David) Koski of
Audubon, Debra Efta of Fargo, N.D. and Mary (Vern)
Langaas of Greenbush; seven grandchildren; three
brothers: Ray (Mary) of Ileon, N.Y., Chester
(Donna) and Laddie (Dorothy), both of Drayton; one
sister, Zenobia Smith of Austin, Texas; in addition
to several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
She
was preceded in death by her parents and one son,
John, in 1974. A00003B2004FB11
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