Leona Ann Burton

Leona Ann Burton, 91 year old resident of Hopkins, MN, formerly of Little Falls, passed away on Thursday, November 5th at The Glenn in Hopkins. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, November 16th at 11:30 A.M. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Little Falls with Father David Maciej officiating. Visitation will be held from 10:00 A.M. until the service on Monday, November 16th at the church. The burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Little Falls. In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to the following: Mary of Lourdes Catholic Schools: 208 West Broadway Avenue, Little Falls, MN 56345 or CHI Hospice: 815 2nd Street SE, Little Falls, MN 56345. 

Leona Zetah was born on October 19, 1935 in Todd County to the late Thomas and Elizabeth (Wagner) Zetah. She grew up in Todd County with her siblings, Duane, Urban, Doris, Sr. Donna and Millie. She attended and graduated from St. Francis High School in Little Falls with the class of 1953. Leona Zetah was united in marriage to Gail Burton on October 19, 1954 at St. Michael’s Parish in Motley, MN. The couple made their home in Little Falls. Throughout her life she worked the following jobs: as a secretary at an insurance office in Wadena, MN, as a bookkeeper for Andy Revering Accounting in Little Falls and in the Radiology Department at St. Gabriel’s Hospital in Little Falls. They enjoyed their 61 years of marriage. She especially enjoyed the many road trips she and her husband, Gail, made throughout the United States. Leona enjoyed sewing, crafts, baking reading and spending time with her family. She was a member of the Mary of Lourdes School Board, and St. Mary’s Parish Council. She volunteered at St. Otto’s Care Center, Faith in Action and St. Gabriel’s Hospital. Leona was an active member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Little Falls, where she was a member of the Christian Mother’s. In her retirement years her faith was important to her and she continued as a lector and sacristan at The Glenn in Hopkins.

Left to cherish her memory are her, children, Mary Burton of Plymouth, MN, Meg Simmonds of Little Falls, MN, Gail Jr. (Lora) Burton of Pocatello, ID, Donna (David) Fritz of Redmond, OR, Tom (Gina) Burton of Sherwood, OR, Hope (Jerry) Karolevitz of Brooklyn Park, MN, Ann Burton of Coon Rapids, MN, Laura Lawrence of Plymouth, MN, Jennifer Kallemeyn Shakopee, MN; 18 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 4 great- great-grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gail Burton; daughter, Kristie Burton; siblings, Doris Mitchell, Sr. Donna Zetha, Millie Forester, Duane and Urban Zetah and a son-in-law, Roy Kallemeyn.

Emblom Brenny Funeral Service is Cherishing the Memory and Celebrating the Life of Leona.