Leona H. (Potts) Petersen Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Leona H. (Potts) Petersen of Yankton, South Dakota, born in Hartington, Nebraska, who passed away on July 24, 2020, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Leona H. (Potts) Petersen to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her parents, John Feilmeier and Wilhelmina Feilmeier (Wieseler); her husbands, James Potts and Bob Petersen; her daughter-in-law Angie Potts; her grandchildren, Eric Potts and Mary Pinkelman; her great grandchild Connor Norgelas; her siblings, John Feilmeier, Mary Jansen and Sally Promes; and her siblings-in-law, Rosemary Feilmeier, Loraine Feilmeier, Mary Lou Feilmeier, Eleanor Feilmeier, Leonard Jansen, Herbert Boecker, Donald Klug, William Jaeger, Daryl Hochstein, Richard Heine, Joe Reifenrath, Larry Wieseler and Robert Potts.
She is survived by: her children, Jim Potts (Joani) of Hartington, Michael Potts (Brenda) of Norfolk, Mark Potts of Norfolk, MaryKay Frerichs (Jerry) of Elkhorn, NE, Karen Wolfe (Terry) of Norfolk, Diane Hopkins of Sioux Falls, SD, Judy Linhorst (Marvin) of Waco, NE, Janice Hefner (Kerry) of Coleridge, David Potts (Carol) of Hartington, Bill Potts (Rachel), Stephen Potts (Gretchen Gissel), Janelle Heikes (David) of Hartington, Lynette Pinkelman (Brian) of Bow Valley, NE, Tim Potts (Jodi) of Blair, NE and Tom Potts (Robin) of Hartington; her siblings, George Feilmeier of Yankton, Leonard Feilmeier, Jerome Feilmeier of Hartington, Harry Feilmeier (Mary Gay) of Hartington, Chuck Feilmeier (Bev) of Hartington, Wilhelmina Boecker of Bloomfield, NE, Ann Walz (Jay), Aggie Hochstein of St. Helena, NE, Alice Klug of Hartington, NE, Charleen Meyer (Dennis) of Syracuse, MO, Ruth Heine of Bow Valley, NE and Linda Trenhaile (Dale) of Yankton, SD; and her sisters-in-law, Donna Reifenrath, Rosemary Wieseler and Anita Potts. She is also survived by 41 grandchildren; 44 great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials be sent to the family for a charity to be determined by the family.
