Leota Osborn Heinemann-Klug, age 92, of Hitchcock, SD, died Sunday morning, September 3, 2006, at the Huron Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be at 10:30 AM Friday, September 8, at the Hitchcock United Methodist Church with Rev. John D. Abbott, Jr. officiating. Burial will be at Altoona Cemetery, rural Hitchcock. Friends may call Thursday afternoon and evening at the Welter Funeral Home or prior to the service at the church Friday morning. There will be a Prayer Service at 7:00 PM Thursday evening at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established. Leota Klug was born Leota Osborn on August 24, 1914, to James and Lillian (Thomas) Osborn in Thompson, OH. She was one of nine children and the last surviving of the nine children. Leota was a 1932 graduate of Hitchcock High School. She received her state teaching certificate at what was then Northern State Teachers College and taught for several years in Hitchcock and the surrounding area. On June 10, 1938, Leota married John Heinemann on her parents farm east of Redfield. She and John raised a family of seven children before Leota returned to college to complete her B.A. degree in education. She then taught until she was 72 years old at the Hitchcock Elementary School. Her husband, John, died on August 31, 1977. On January 17, 1987, Leota married Arthur Klug in Hitchcock. Arthur died on December 14, 1990. Leota loved singing in the Sweet Adelines, participating in the Extension Club, activities at the Senior Citizens Center, her church, and most of all caring for her family. She was the oldest resident of Hitchcock at the time of Hitchcocks Quasquicentennial in July of 2006. She is survived by 3 daughters, LeAnn (John) Abbott of Indianapolis, IN, Jeannine (Jim) Albers of Rapid City, SD, and Charleen (Wendell) Gaddis of Green Valley, AZ; 2 sons, Lynn (Barbara) Heinemann of Rockford, IL, and Kirk (Nancy) Heinemann of St. Charles, MO; 11 grandchildren, Jim Heinemann, Jeffrey Heinemann, Kevin Albers, Scott (Bridget) Albers, Tracey (Jim) Abdallah, Chad Abbott, Lauren Abbott, Daniel Heinemann, Kristi (Hank) Rawlins, Tammi (David) Kiefer, and Nicole (Brian) Hangar; 14 great grandchildren; 1 daughter-in-law, Margery Heinemann of Lawndale, CA; 1 sister-in-law, Wava Osborn of Dell Rapids, SD; 1 brother-in-law, Gerald Austin of Loveland, CO; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; both of her husbands, John Heinemann, and Arthur Klug; and 2 sons, John Heinemann, Jr., and Kim Heinemann; and 8 brothers and sisters, Alice Peterson, Leon Osborn, Lester Osborn, James Osborn, Bernice Russell, Ruth Osborn, Julia Austin, and Harold Osborn.