Ramona Heurung

Ramona Heurung, 98-year-old resident of Little Falls formerly of Elmdale died Friday, January 6 at St. Otto's Care Center in Little Falls.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, January 10 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Upsala, MN with Father David Grundmann officiating. The burial will be held in the parish cemetery.  A visitation will be held from 9:30 A.M. until the hour of the service on Tuesday at the church.

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Ramona R. Heisick was born on January 12, 1924 in Holdingford, MN to the late Mathew and Anne (Rudie) Heisick.  She grew up in the Bowlus area and attended Holdingford country school which was located on the family property until the eighth grade. She then attended and graduated with the class of 1941 from Upsala. She worked at Musingwear in Little Falls.  After high school she lived and worked in the Twin Cities with her sister, Virginia.  Ramona returned to Upsala, MN, where she was united in marriage to Ambrose “Andy” Heurung on June 18, 1947 in Elmdale, MN. Throughout their married lives the couple lived in Elmdale, Holdingford, Bowlus, Fargo and North Dakota.  The couple farmed and lived between Elmdale and Upsala for many years.  Ramona was a homemaker her entire married life and was an excellent seamstress.  She enjoyed gardening, canning, tending her flowers and reupholstery work with her mother as well. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and was active in teaching Catechism. She was also a member of the Rosary Society and the American Legion Auxiliary.  She will be loved and missed by all who called her mom, grandma and great-grandma.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Jim (Susan) Heurung, Tom (Sharon) Heurung, Jeff Heurung, Cindy Nikko, Debbie (Chuck) Sobiech, and Roxanne (Robert) Roehl; 18 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Carol Kimsey and a sister-in-law, Helen Heisick.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mathew and Anne Heisick; husband, Ambrose “Andy”; daughter, Mary Bartkowicz; sons-in-law, George Nikko and Garrett Bartkowicz; siblings, Richard (Rita) Heisick, Kenneth Heisick, Virginia (Damon) Nouis; brother-in-law, Clay Kimsey and a great-grandchild, Madison Sobiech.

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