Letha Kalenda/Osburn, 85, of Winner, SD passed away on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022 at the Butte Senior Living Center in Butte, NE.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 at 2 p.m. at the Winner United Methodist Church in Winner, SD. Burial followed in the Colome City Cemetery.
Letha E. Kalenda/Osburn was born April 23, 1937 in Ainsworth, NE to Mildred and Hans Johnson of Sparks, NE. Letha attended Valentine High School.
She met Joe Kalenda Jr. at Wewela Hall in 1958. They were married on March 1, 1960 in Valentine, NE. They then moved to the Big Dog Ear Lake south of Winner, SD. To this union they had 3 daughters: Elaine (Russ) Klug of Herrick, SD; Gloria (late Butch) Wilson of Winner, SD; and Vickie (Les) Sherwood of White River, SD.
Letha enjoyed being a farm wife, gardening, milking cows, raising poultry, and fishing. In the late 70’s Joe and Letha took in foster care children. Joe and Letha went to many dances. Joe passed away in 2001 and in 2004 she remarried Dick Osburn. Dick and Letha enjoyed life together. Due to health problems, she was placed in the TLC February of 2019. Later she was moved to Butte, NE where she passed.
She is survived by her three children, 9 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, 1st husband Joe Kalenda Jr., 2nd husband Dick Osburn, 2 granddaughters, 1 son-in-law plus a brother and a sister.
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