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Leon
Pribula, 84
Alvarado
- Leon J. Pribula, 84, died on Friday,
September 27, 2002 at the Altru Hospital in Grand
Forks, N.D.
Funeral
services were held on 
Monday,
September 30 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in
Oslo. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery in
Warren.
Leon
Joseph Pribula was born in Northland Township, the
son of Paul and Eleanor (Travnicek) Pribula. He was
raised in Northland Township. He was baptized on
April 21, 1918 and confirmed on July 13, 1930 at
Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Tabor. Leon
graduated from Alvarado High School and attended
St. John's Unversity in Collegeville. On August 18,
1942, he was united in marriage to Irene Vanyo at
the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Tabor. The
couple made their home in Alvarado, where he
farmed. In 1982, he was honored as a Red River
Agriculturist by NDSU and earned many state and
county grain awards. Leon was a two-term 2nd
District Marshall County Commissioner and also
served two terms on the Alvarado School Board. He
was one of the founding members of Valley State
Bank in Oslo in 1965 and he served on its board
until 1999. He was also an active member of the
Knights of Columbus.
Survivors
include his wife, Irene; seven children, Rev. Duane
Pribula of Akeley, Carol Pribula of Mesa, Ariz., M.
Michael (Sharon) Pribula of Santa Clara, Calif.,
Suzanne Nelson of Moorhead, Greg (Becky) Pribula of
Thief River Falls, Paula (Michael) Hamman of
Urbana, Ill. and Mari (Paul) Grinolds of Golden
Valley; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Emil
(LaVerne) of Warren and Ray (Marie) of Crookston;
two sisters, Dorothy Pribula of Crookston and
Bernice (Pershing) Sims of Fargo, N.D.; and many
nieces and nephews.
Leon
was preceded in death by his parents; a sister,
Martha; a brother, Robert; and son-in-law, Dan
Nelson. A00003B2002OT02
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