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 Josephine (Josie) F. Kutilekage 93, of Tabor, SD passed away Sunday, May 01, 2011 surrounded by her family at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Tabor, with Rev. Joe Puthenkulathil officiating with Msgr. Carlton Hermann con-celebrating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitations will begin at 5:00 PM, Tuesday, at the Opsahl-Kostel Memorial Chapel, Tabor, with a wake service at 7:00 PM. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the memorial chapel. Pallbearers will be Joe Syrovatka, Jerry Yule, Del Ray Edelman, Kevin Edelman, Gary Kuchta, Wayne Pibal, and Randy Boska. Honorary pallbearers will be all her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Josephine and her twin sister, Frances were born September 12, 1917 to Frank and Mary (Koupal) Hale on the family farm in Yankton County. At the age of five, her mother passed away leaving her father to raise five daughters. She attended St. Wenceslaus Catholic School in Tabor and remained on the family farm until she married Emil Kutilek January 4, 1937 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Tabor. They moved to Utica, SD on a farm until 1947 and then moved to a farm near Tabor. In 1955, they purchased Lefty's Bar in Tabor changing the name to Emil's Bar. They worked side by side every day until their retirement in 1976. Emil passed away in 1985, Josie moved to Tyndall in 1992. In May of 2006, Josie moved to the Tyndall Good Samaritan Center.
Josie loved to garden, embroidering, and baking kolaches. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Altar Society, Czech Heritage, and she was the Czech Day Parade Marshall in 1996.
Those who will cherish her memory are her daughters: Marlene Syrovatka of Lesterville, SD; LaVonne (Ken) Yule of Springfield, SD; Jo Ann Kutilek of Sioux Falls, SD; Jeanene (Darrell) Edelman of Menno, SD; 15 grandchildren; 39 great grandchildren; 28 great great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Emil, her parents, four sisters: Hattie Petrik, Marie Kuchta, Lillian Pibal, and her twin, Frances Boska, son-in-law, Ervin Syrovatka, two grand sons-in-law: Jack Robertson and Paul Hemiller.
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