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Leroy D. Hranicka
Visitation: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Kramer Family Funeral Home Trimont, Mn Visitation: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM United Methodist Church Trimont, Mn Service: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:30 AM United Methodist Church Trimont,, Mn Special Services: Pastor Joel Xavier will be Officiating	VIEW/SEND CONDOLENCES
Leroy Delfield Hranicka was born May 6, 1922 to John and Mary (Brabec) Hranicka in Atwater, Minnesota. He moved with his parents to Mora, Atwater and Sandstone until 1933 when they moved back to Jackson. He attended rural and public schools then worked for Coast to Coast Store and then at Dayton, Ohio before going into the U. S. Army 5th Air Force in November of 1942. Served in New Guinea, Luzon, Australia, Phillipines and Japan until 1945. He married Zola Christophel on June 1, 1947 at First Presbyterian Church in Alpha, Minnesota. He worked at Coast to Coast in Jackson, Minnesota until 1953. Then joined Peoples Natural Gas in January 1953 working in Cannon Falls, Blooming Prairie and then Trimont in 1970 and retired in June of 1984. Leroy was a member of United Methodist Church in Trimont, Minnesota. Foster-Bernhardt American Legion Post 373 in Trimont, Bohemian ZCBJ Lodge and volunteered at the Trimont Health Care Center. He greatly enjoyed playing cards, camping, going for coffee and visiting. Leroy died on Tuesday morning, October 14, 2008 at the Trimont Health Care Center in Trimont, Minnesota at the age of eighty-six years. He is survived by his two sons, Kevin Hranicka and wife, Sharon, of Keosauqua, Iowa, Gary Hranicka and wife, Karen, of Brownton, Minnesota; grandchildren, Aaron Hranicka of Champlin, Minnesota Matthew and Emily Hranicka of Hutchinson,Minnesota, Shellie and Gary Townsend of Auxvasse, Missouri; brother and sister-in-law, Harvey Christophel and wife, Bernice, of rural Alpha, Minnesota and Kenneth Kabe and wife, Joyce, of Fairmont, Minnesota; many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends. In addition to his parents, Leroy was preceded in death by his wife, Zola on November 29, 1996, one brother, brothers and sisters-in-law and other relatives. Interment will be in Elm Creek Cemetery in rural Trimont, Minnesota.