Letha Osburn

Funeral services for Letha Osburn were held on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at the Winner United Methodist Church in Winner, SD.

Burial was in the Colome City Cemetery. Mason Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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 three daughters were born: 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 70s, Joe and Letha took in foster 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 resided in TLC since February of 2019. Later, she was moved to Butte, NE, where she remained until her passing.

Letha Kalenda/Osburn, age 85, of Winner, SD, passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at the Butte Senior Living Center in Butte, NE.

She is survived by her three children, nine grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents; first husband Joe Kalenda Jr.; second husband Dick Osburn; two granddaughters; one son-in-law; a brother, and a sister.