Leona Lauren Werner, 96, passed away October 17, 2022, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. She was born on August 15, 1926, on the farm near Hamberg, ND, to Oscar & Inga (Simensen) Ambers. She married John Frank Werner on October 5, 1952, at Viking Lutheran Country Church in ND. He died December 11, 2013.
A longtime Great Bend resident, Leona was a department head of TG&Y for several years and also had worked at St. Rose Hospital. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church where she took pride in teaching Sunday school for many years. Leona also loved spending time with her family.
Survivors include, two daughters, Karen Steffan and husband Jerry of Great Bend and Meri Werner of Manhattan; a sister, Norma Nicholson of Mandon, ND; and seven grandchildren, Kelly Martin (Ron) and their children Trevor and Rylee, Tara Dimick (Braden) and their children Hope, Cordell and Harmony, Ryan Steffan (Daytona) and their children Callie, Maxx, Connor, Payton and Logan, Tyler Currie, Tucker Currie and his daughter Violet, Brent Hayen, and Josh Werner and his children, Hallie Werner and Karis Davis. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John F. Werner; her children, Craig Werner and Cheri Werner; two brothers, Sander Ambers and Oscar Ambers; and a sister, Betty Nielson.
Visitation will be held from Noon to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 20, 2022, at Bryant Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend, with Reverend Randy Maki presiding. Interment will be in the Great Bend Cemetery.
Memorials have been designated to Trinity Lutheran Church, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.