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Della Kostel age 90 of Tabor, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the Avera Yankton Care Center, Yankton, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, December 3, 2011, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Tabor, with Rev. Joe Puthenkulathil and Msgr. Carlton Hermann con-celebrating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitations will be one hour prior to the service at the Opsahl-Kostel Memorial Chapel, Tabor, SD. Pallbearers will be Dennis and Betty Vellek, Terry and Vicky Vellek, David and Denise Vellek, Arlen and Norma Langle, and Gail and Carol Andrea.
Della was born March 17, 1921 in Tyndall, SD to William and Bessie (Bambas) Vellek. She received her schooling in Tyndall and Springfield. In 1941, she went to Santa Monica, CA and worked as a housekeeper for a short time. Della was known as "Rosie the Riveter" while she was employed at Douglas Aircraft, and was also a classified telephone operator for the United State Government.
On October 31, 1945, she married Joseph Kostel in San Pedro, CA then moving to Tabor, SD in 1946. In 1966, she worked at Dale Electronics in Yankton and retired in 1986. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Altar, Rosary Society, and the American Legion Auxiliary.
She is survived by her son, Roger Dale Kostel of Yankton, SD; a brother, Robert (Maureen)of Tyndall, SD; sisters-in-law: Hattie Vellek of Tabor, SD, Nelda Vellek of Sioux Falls, SD, and Ruth Vellek of Tyndall, SD; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bob and Betty Kostel of Los Angeles, CA and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph, her parents, daughter-in-law, Mary Lou Kostel; brothers: Emil Vellek and his wife Hazel, Raymond Vellek, Edward Vellek and his wife Bessie, Leo Vellek, and Charlie Vellek; sister, Helen Bame and her husband Jim; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Lawrence and Emiline Kaiser and brother-in-law, John Kostel.
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