Ramona Heurung, 98-year-old resident of Little Falls formerly of Elmdale died Friday, January 6, 2023 at St. Otto’s Care Center in Little Falls. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, January 10 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Upsala, MN with Father David Grundmann officiating. The burial was held in the parish cemetery.
Ramona R. Heisick was born on January 12, 1924 in Holdingford, MN to the late Mathew and Anne (Rudie) Heisick. She grew up in the Bowlus area and attended country school in Holdingford until the eighth grade and the school was located on the family property. She then attended and graduated with the class of 1941 from Upsala. She worked at Musingwear in Little Falls. After high school she lived and worked in the Twin Cities with her sister, Virginia. Ramona returned to Upsala, MN, where she was united in marriage to Ambrose “Andy” Heurung on June 18, 1947 in Elmdale, MN. The couple lived in Elmdale, Holdingford, Bowlus, Fargo, North Dakota throughout their married lives. The couple farmed and lived between Elmdale and Upsala for many years. Ramona was a homemaker her entire married life. She enjoyed canning, gardening, flowers and was an excellent seamstress. She enjoyed reupholstery work as well. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and was active in teaching Catechism and the Rosary Society and the American Legion Auxiliary. She will be loved and missed by all who called her mom, grandma and great-grandma.
Left to cherish her memory are her children, Jim (Susan) Heurung, Tom (Sharon) Heurung, Jeff Heurung, Deborah (Chuck) Sobiech, Cindy Nikko and Roxanne (Robert) Roehl, 18 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren; sister, Carol Kimsey and a sister-in-law, Helen Heisick.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Mathew and Anne Heisick; husband, Ambrose “Andy”; daughter, Mary Barkowitz; sons-in-laws, George Nikko and Garrett Barkowitz; siblings, Richard (Rita) Heisick, Kenneth Heisick, Virginia (Damon) Nouis; brother-in-law, Clay Kimsey and a great-grandchild, Madison Sobiech.
Emblom Brenny Funeral Service is Cherishing the Memory and Celebrating the Life of Ramona.
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