Leona Werlinger Obituary (1924 - 2017)

Leona Werlinger, 92, Bismarck, North Dakota, passed away Monday, February 20, 2017, at CHI St. Alexius Medical Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, February 25, 2017, at Church of Corpus Christi, Bismarck with Rev. Paul Becker officiating. Visitation is scheduled for 5-7:00 PM, with a vigil/rosary service beginning at 7:00 PM, Friday, February 24, 2017, at DaWise-Perry Funeral Services, Mandan. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at 2:30 PM, in St. John's Cemetery, Zeeland, North Dakota. Leona was born November 19, 1924, at Hague, North Dakota, to Anton and Katherine (Jung) Senger. She was raised and educated in Emmons County. She married Ted Werlinger. They lived on a farm and had six children. He died in 1971. On September 26, 1980, she married Val Vetter and they lived in Bismarck. Val died in 1991. Leona remained in her home until her death. She enjoyed dancing and listening to old time music, but her favorite pastime was sewing. She is survived by one daughter, Betty (Dan) Weigand, Bismarck; five sons, Jerome (Helen), Bismarck, Francis (Sheila) Zeeland, Richard (Helen), Las Vegas, Nevada, Robert (Helen), Bismarck, and Jerry (Shirley), Foley, Minnesota; three sisters, Irene Wagner, Bismarck, Alice Schaffer, Bismarck, and Barbara (Jack) Glatt, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; two brothers, Jerome Senger, Strasburg, and Paul (Helen) Senger, Bismarck; 17 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, and special friends. Leona was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands, two brothers, Joe and Aloyus.