Obituary of Irene G. Yaggie

Irene G. Yaggie, age 95 of Mission Hill, SD passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2013. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 27, 2013 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev. John Rutten officiating. Inurnment will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 PM, Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory, Yankton with a 7 PM rosary followed by a 7:30 PM Scripture service. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Urn bearers are her grandsons: Jason Yaggie, Joey Yaggie, Jim Yaggie, Matt Yaggie, Mike Yaggie and Mitch Yaggie. Honorary urn bearers are her granddaughters: Janelle Brenden and Jennifer DeJong. Irene G. (Vlasak) Yaggie was born December 6, 1917 to Albert and Christina (Merkwan) Vlasak at Tabor, SD and passed away on June 23, 2013 at home surrounded by her family. Irene grew up in Tabor, living above the general store that was owned by her family. She graduated from Tabor High School and then attended Business School in Sioux City. After graduation, Irene worked at Gurney Seed and Nursery where she scripted dictation. It was at that time that the bank owner in Tabor offered her a job. She became the first female teller in the area. Later, she moved to Yankton and worked at American State Bank. She met her future husband, Joseph while attending Sacred Heart Church. They were married on April 30, 1952 and she moved to the dairy farm west of Mission Hill. She loved helping out on the farm as well as tending to her large vegetable and flower gardens. She was well known to all those who visited that she loved to cook. She could often be found clipping recipes out of newspapers and magazines. You could always find a slice of homemade bread or fresh pie when you visited. Everything had to be neat and tidy including the milkbarn. When the boys were growing up, they kept her busy mending their clothes. She was a volunteer for the Yankton 4-H Club as well as Sacred Heart Church office and was also a member of the Altar Society. She is survived by 2 sons: Tom (Alecia) and John (Sandy) both of Mission Hill, sister-in-law Grace (Albert) Dutcher of Yankton, 8 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years Joseph on January 14, 2013, parents, brother, Emil Vlasak and sisters: Lillian Janiga, Helen Jardine, and Kay VanOsdel.