 Ella M. Cahoy, age 98 of Tabor, SD passed away Monday, December 10, 2007 at the Tyndall Good Samaritan Center in Tyndall, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Friday, December 14, 2007 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Tabor, SD with Rev. Joe Puthenkulathil officiating and Rev. Gerald Thury and Msgr. Carlton Hermann concelebrating. Visitations will be 3-9 PM, Thursday, December 13, 2007 at the Kostel Funeral Home in Tabor with a 7 PM prayer service with a rosary to follow. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the funeral home in Tabor. Pallbearers will be Roger Svanda, David Ruman, Ron Maruska, Dennis Cahoy, Gregg Cahoy, and Mark Cahoy.
Ella was born October 29, 1909 to Emil and Matilda (Nedved) Pishek in Geddes South Dakota. She attended Blacknick Rural School through the 8th grade near Tabor. Ella married Rudolph Cahoy on June 28, 1926 at St. Wenceslaus Church in Tabor. Rudolph and Ella farmed 4 1/2 miles N.W. of Tabor until 1969 when they moved to Tabor. Rudolph passed away in 1984. Ella moved into the Lidi Apartments in Tyndall, SD in 1991 and resided there until becoming a resident of the Tyndall Good Samaritan Center in Tyndall in 2003. She was a member of St Wenceslaus Church as well as the Altar and Rosary Society.
Ella is survived by her children Helen Maruska, Mesa, Arizona, Ed Cahoy of Tyndall, SD, Marie (Leonard) Hisek of Tyndall, SD, Marcy (Lumir) Ruman of Tyndall, SD, Steve (Janice) Cahoy of Tabor, SD, and Ray (Marilyn) Cahoy of Tabor, SD, and by 19 Grandchildren, 26 Great Grandchildren, 2 Great Stepchildren, and 6 Great Great Grandchildren. Her Step sisters Helen Thompson, Velma Klein, Marie Killian, and Norma Washburn all of Yankton, SD, Mae Cantrell of Anaheim, CA and a step brother James Krovoza of Aberdeen, SD.
She is preceded in death by her husband Rudolph, her parents, an infant son, 2 brothers, a son in law, 2 daughters in law, a grandson, a great granddaughter and 1 stepbrother.
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