Funeral Services were held Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at Williams Dingmann Stein Chapel in Long Prairie for Leona Eggerth who died Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the CentraCare Hospital in Long Prairie. John Yourczek officiated. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery.
Leona was born January 30, 1950 in Long Prairie to Edward & Irene (Hale) Kasper. She married Roger Eggerth on November 17, 1973 in Burtrum. She worked at Hart Press for 43 years and cherished the many friendships she developed there. She had a passion for sewing and quilting, which occupied much of her free time. Leona was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She looked forward to the resurrection hope and living forever on a paradise earth.
Survivors include her husband, Roger; brothers, Robert (Susan) Kasper of Randall, Richard (Amanda) Kasper of Long Prairie; and sister, LaVonne Ahlers of Carlos.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and infant daughter; brother, Henry Kasper; sisters, LoAnn Poegel and infant sister, Leota Kasper; brothers-in-law, Pete Ahlers and Norman Eggerth.