Leona Frances Prusha, 90, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at the Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following a short illness. Services will be 10:30 AM Saturday at St. Michael’s Catholic Church by Deacon Joe Behounek. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 PM Friday at the Hrabak Funeral Home with a scripture service at 6:30 PM.
She is survived by a son – Roger (Janet) Prusha of Belle Plaine; daughters – Jeanette (Wayne) Jensen of Guttenberg, Joanie (Wayne) Cassady of Cedar Rapids; sisters – Esther Thys of Belle Plaine and Marie Rusch of Englewood, CO; 10 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren, 4 step-great-grandchildren; and many nieces & nephews.
Leona was born on May 29, 1919, rural Hartwick, to Charles and Emma Polka Iezek. She attended and graduated from Hartwick High School in 1937. She was united in marriage to Sylvester Prusha on November 22, 1937 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Chelsea.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband – Sylvester, sisters – Ella Zradnachek and Lottie Hall.
