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Leona Volk, 80, of Harvey died Monday September 20, 2021 at her daughters home in Horace, ND.

Funeral services will be held at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church of Harvey on Saturday September 25, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.

Visitation will be held at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church of Harvey on Friday September 24 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Prayer services will be at St. Cecilia Catholic Church on Friday at 7:00 p.m.

Burial will be in the St. Cecilia Catholic Cemetery of Harvey.

Leona Volk, age 80, of Martin, ND, passed away peacefully on September 20, 2021.  Leona was born on February 21, 1941, in Minot, ND, to Clemence and Margaret (Bartsch) Schatz.  She grew up on a farm in the Bergen area where she attended country school.  Later they moved to Balfour, ND where she attended school.  She started her first job at Weidler's Café where she witnessed how good food not only brought joy and satisfaction but also brought people together.  On September 7, 1959, Leona married the love of her life, Emanuel Volk in Balfour, ND.  They moved to Drake, ND, where she worked as a telephone operator.  For a short time they moved to Harvey, ND, and in 1970 they purchased their current farmstead near Martin, ND.

Leona and Emanuel served as Ma and Pa for numerous SEARCH for Christian Maturity retreats; thus, informally adopting numerous other children, especially close are Jesse and Anita Zapata, Donna, TX.  Love for their German heritage gave the children an idea to send them on a dream trip to Germany, Austria, and France for their 40 ^th anniversary.  Besides making beautiful music and reciting many prayers with Emanuel, parenting and grandparenting were her joy, and all the grandchildren and great grandchildren knew she liked to joke a lot.  Another joy of hers was baking, and she was known to have the best "buns" in town!  Leona was a member of St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Harvey, where she was a member of Catholic Daughters of America and had also recently joined the widows' group which she enjoyed going to.  She was also a member of the Harvey Eagles.  Leona, throughout the years, had various jobs to help support the family, such as waitress, clerk, bus driver, CCD coordinator, and cook.  In retirement she enjoyed putting jigsaw puzzles together, as well as more fervently praying.

She is survived by her nine children, David (Mary) Volk, Moorhead, MN; Debora (Paul) Lies, Bismarck, ND; Duane (LeeAnn) Volk, Coffey, MO; Jacinta (Nick) Schmaltz, Rugby, ND; Margaret (Darin) Keller, Horace, ND; Sandra (Rick) Keller, Casselton, ND; Kevin (Kristi) Volk, West Fargo, ND; Keith (Melissa) Volk, Tacoma, WA; Justin Volk, San Francisco, CA; 27 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren; sisters Bernadine Schiele, Mohall, ND; Luella (Albert) Vetter, Martin, ND; Linda (Curtis) Joern, Harvey, ND; sisters-in-law Tillie Reinowski, Harvey, ND; Agnes Volk, Bismarck, ND; as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Emanuel Volk, her parents, Clemence and Margaret Schatz, brother and sister-in-law Edmund and Rose Schatz, brother-in-law Jerome Schiele, sister and brother-in-law Florence and Carl Zeigler,  mother-in-law and father-in law, Joseph G. and Magdalen Volk, brother-in-law David Volk, sister-in-law and brother-in-law Lorraine and Clinton Dye, brother-in-law Lawrence Reinowski, grandchildren Theodore Volk and Corbin Volk and great grandchildren Elise Volk and Carson Reid.