Miller resident passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018
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MILLER — Leona Hughes, 85, of Miller, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m., Saturday, February 24, at Reck Funeral Home in Miller. Burial will be in G.A.R. Cemetery at Miller. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Reck Funeral Home, Miller.
Leona was born April 1, 1932, in Loyal, Oklahoma to Robert and Flossie (Strain) Maxwell. She grew up in Loyal before moving to Enid, Okla. She was united in marriage to Jack Hughes December 31, 1949.
The couple followed the grain harvest for years from Texas to Montana to Ree Heights where they put down roots in 1970. They farmed and ranched for over 40 years until retiring to Miller in 2011.
She is survived by her husband, Jack; children, Bill (Tonna) Hughes of Ree Heights, Jackie (Jim) Keller of Trail City, John (Betty) Hughes of Whitewood, and Brenda (Ron) Pechacek of Burnet, Texas,; fourteen grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; sister, Thelma (Carl) Becker of la Grange, Ga.; twin brothers, Bill and Bob (Marlene) Maxwell of Oklahoma City, Okla; many nieces and nephews; and a special friend and caretaker, Jenise Krick.
Leona was preceded in death by her parents; sister-in-law, Betty Maxwell; and many aunts and uncles.
Reck Funeral Home of Miller has been entrusted with Leona’s arrangements.
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