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Leona
Lien, 88
Twin
Valley - Leona B. Lien, 88, died Tuesday, April
30, 2002 at Lutheran Memorial Nursing Home in Twin
Valley.
Funeral
services were held Saturday, May 4, at 10:30 a.m.
at Wild Rice Lutheran Church, rural Twin Valley,
with Rev. Terry Hagensen officiating and a special
message by Rev. Kenneth Rust. Jolee Habedank was
the organist, and Teresa Dahlen and Mark Habedank
were the vocalists. Casketbearers were Roger
Bentley, Keven Paulsrud, Bruce Paulsrud, Brian
Swenson, Robert Swenson, Jarrod Lien, Brandon Lien,
Robert Dahlen, and Mike Schlichtmann. Interment was
in Wild Rice Lutheran Cemetery, rural Twin Valley,
with Anderson Funeral Home in Twin Valley in charge
of the arrangements.
Leona
B. Prestegord was born October 23, 1913 in Fossum
Township, the daughter of Theodore and Martha
(Baslie) Prestegord. She was baptized and confirmed
at Wild Rice Lutheran Church in Twin Valley and
attended local schools. She and her parents lived
for a short while in Grand Forks and Gilby, N.D.
On
April 21, 1936, Leona was united in marriage to
Odin Lien at the Wild Rice Parsonage, rural Twin
Valley. After their marriage, the couple took over
Odin's family farm in Flom Township where they were
actively engaged in farming for many years. After
retiring in 1965, they moved into Twin Valley where
Leona worked at Southside Café and Lutheran
Memorial Retirement Center for several years. Odin
died on July 20, 1973, and Leona moved into Johnson
Apartments in 1978. In 1992, she moved to Lutheran
Memorial Retirement Center and in 1996 to Lutheran
Memorial Nursing Home where she had since resided.
She
taught Sunday school and was active in Ladies Aid.
Leona
enjoyed gardening, raising flowers, crocheting,
knitting, tatting, quilting, and sewing clothes for
her family.
Survivors
include three daughters, Marlys (Eldo) Bentley of
Twin Valley, LuVerne (Eugene) Paulsrud of
Hillsboro, N.D., and Elaine (Charles) Swenson of
Thief River Falls; a son, Everett (Patricia) Lien
of Maple Grove; 10 grandchildren; and 15
great-grandchildren.
Preceding
Leona in death were her parents; an infant brother;
her husband; a son, Phillip; and a grandson, Jacob
Bentley. A00003B2002MY08
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