Statler Family Obituaries
Friga, Leona Alvina (nee Obermann)
Leona A. Friga, 76 of Cape Girardeau, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born September 8, 1936, in Dutchtown, daughter of Arthur and Hermina Obermann;. She and Ralph L. Friga were married May 7, 1955 at St. Edward’s Catholic Church in Dutchtown. He survives.
Leona was a 1954 graduate of Chaffee High School. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson, and was very active in the ladies’ quilting group that donates many of their quilts to raise funds for local charities. She served as secretary/treasurer of Friga Construction Company, Inc in Springfield, MO, and was a licensed beautician/cosmetologist, having been the owner/operator for many years of the former Leona’s Beauty Shop in Jackson. She took great pleasure in traveling around the state and country visiting her grandchildren. Leona loved her family and enjoyed being with them, and the feeling was mutual. She will be greatly missed.
Loving survivors include her husband of nearly 58 years; two sons, Randy (Marsha) Friga of Springfield, MO and Steven Friga of Fredericksburg, VA; six grandchildren, Eric, Tara, Ryan, and Sara Friga, Steve Friga, Jr., and Erin Sumego; two great-grandchildren, Jackson and Elliott, and soon expecting the third. Also surviving are a brother, Arthur Obermann of Jackson; and a sister, Joann Moore of Cape Girardeau.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Bobby, Elmer, and Earl Obermann.
Friends may call Friday, April 12, 2013 from 4-8 PM at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, with Parish Prayers at 7:00 PM. The funeral Mass will be Saturday, at 10:00 AM at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with the Rev. John Harth officiating.
Interment will follow in Russell Height Cemetery in Jackson.
Memorials may take the form of contributions to Immaculate Conception Building Fund or Immaculate Conception Catholic School or the Siteman Cancer Center.
Printed in the Friday, April 12, 2013 edition of the Southeast Missourian Newspaper, Cape Girardeau, MO.
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