Obit for SWENSON, Leone Mae (b.1924 d.2005), Murray Co., MN

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Leone Mae Swenson  

  Leone Mae Swenson  was born May 21, 1924 to Clarence and Lena (Olson) 

on a farm and Ellsborough Township, Murray County, MN.  She was baptized 

and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended both countries school 

and Ruthton High School in Ruthton, MN.  

  On September 10, 1943 Leona married Sidney W. Swenson at the Sillerud 

Lutheran Church, rural Balaton, MN.  They made their home on several 

different farms in the Ruthton and in Balaton areas, moving into Ruthton 

in 1966 and after a brief time on a farm near Balaton they settled in 

Balaton in 1976. 

  Leone was a housewife all her life and a member of the Trinity Lutheran 

Church in Balaton.  She enjoyed playing games and cards, reading her Bible, 

loved dogs and was an avid Minnesota Twins fan.  Leone will always be 

remembered for her daily coffee parties in her endearing optimistic spirit.  

  In December of 2000 Leone became a resident of the Colonial Manor 

Nursing Home in Balaton, where she died Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 

the age of 80.  

  Leone is survived by her three daughters, Janeen (Byron) Kopelien of 

Cottonwood, MN, Sonja (Sheryl) Wait of Ihlen, and MN and Paula (Marty) 

Freeman of Slayton, MN Group report ; one son, Lonnie (Jeannine) Swenson 

of Ihlen, MN; 8 grandchildren, Brant and Brad Kompellen, Allison and 

Melissa Wait, Katie and Charlie Freeman, Jennifer Rice and Rebecca Swenson; 

5 great-grandchildren, Logan, Landon, Liesl, Avery and Olivia; one sister 

in law, Thelma Halsne of Tyler, MN: many nieces, nephews and cousins.  

  Her parents, husband, Sidney, three brothers and two sisters preceding 

her in death.  

  Funeral services were January 29th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Balaton, 

MN.  Rev Stevens Quist officiating.  Interment was Skandia cemetery, 

Skandia township, Minnesota.