Leona Anna (Thieschafer) Woksa (1918-2004)

Source: Joyce (Hansen) George

Leona A. Woksa

Leona Anna Woksa, 85, of rural Council Bluffs died Sept. 7 at home.

She was born Nov. 26, 1918, in rural Council Bluffs to Henry and Amelia (Enselman) Thieschafer. She attended Abraham Lincoln High School. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Country Church.

Mrs. Woksa and her husband, Frank J. Woksa Jr., would have been married 65 years on Sept. 21, 2004. She was preceded in death by her parents; infant daughters, Linda Kay and Janice Kay; brothers, Henry and Walter Thieschafer; and son-in-law, Kenneth Johnson.

Survivors in additiion to her husband include daughter, Lona Johnson, of Council Bluffs; grandson, Roger Johnson, and wife, Mary, of Council Bluffs; granddaughter, Rhonda Gunther, and husband, John II, of Lee's Summit, Mo.; great-grandchildren, Kendra and John Gunther III of Lee's Summit, Allison and Melinda Johnson of Council Bluffs; nieces and nephews.

Visitation with the family will be tonight from 7 to 8 at Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home. The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Joe Harter officiating. Burial will be in Plumer Settlement Cemetery, followed by a luncheon at St. Paul's Evangelical Country Church.

Memorials may be offered to St. Paul's Evangelical Country Church.

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Leona A. Woksa, 85, Council Bluffs

Leona Anna Woksa, 85, of rural Council Bluffs, Mills County, died Sept. 7, 2004, at her home. Funeral services were held Sept. 10 at the Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Chapel in Council Bluffs. Rev. Joe Harter officiated the ceremony. Burial was at the Plumer Settlement Cemetery.

Mrs. Woksa was the daughter of Henry and Amelia (Enselman) Thieschafer, born Nov. 26, 1918, in rural Council Bluffs. She attended Abraham Lincoln High School and was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Country Church.

Mrs. Woksa was preceded in death by her parents, infant daughters Linda Kay and Janice Kay, brothers Henry and Walter Thieschafer and son-in-law Kenneth Johnson. She is survived by her husband, Frank J. Woksa Jr. of Council Bluffs; daughter Lona Johnson of Council Bluffs; grandson Roger Johnson and wife Mary of Council Bluffs; granddaughter Rhonda Gunther and husband John II of Lees Summit, Mo.; great-grandchildren Kendra and John Gunther III of Lees Summit and Allison and Melinda Johnson of Council Bluffs; and nieces and nephews.

Memorials are suggested to St. Paul's Evangelical Country Church. Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.