Woeszner

In Touch with Prairie Living, May 2024
By Michael M. Miller

Leona (Woezner) Neu of Ashley, N.D., celebrates her 99th birthday on May 8th. Leona is well known as Ashley’s local historian, seamstress and cake decorator. Leona has many scrapbooks, obituaries and documents sharing the important history of Ashley, which was primarily settled by Germans from Russia. In 2013, Leona was named Queen at Ashley’s 125th Celebration.