 Marcella A. Pechous, age 92, of Tyndall, formerly of Yankton, passed away Monday, April 21, 2008 at the Good Samaritan Center, Tyndall, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, April 24, 2008 at St. Benedict Catholic Church, Yankton, with Rev. Ken Bain officiating. Burial will be in the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, Tabor, SD, at approximately 1:30 PM Thursday afternoon. Visitations will be 6 to 9 PM, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at the Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory, Yankton, with a rosary at 7 PM followed by a scripture service at 7:30 PM. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Pallbearers will be William Bares, Gary Bares, Mike Pishek, Scott Pechous, Jeff Hauck, Robert Hauck, and Dean Rothschadl.
Marcella was born to John T. Sr. and Anna Hejl Vitek on December 9, 1915, on the family farm 2 miles north of Tabor, SD. She was the 9th of 10 children. She received her elementary education from St. Wenceslaus School and Blachnik #26. She graduated from Tabor High School in 1934. She was the only one in her family to do so. After high school she helped on the family farm.
On October 4, 1937, she married Emil Pechous. They farmed in the Tabor area until 1974 when they retired to Yankton. For a short time she worked at Gurney's filling spring orders and as a cook at Stockman's.
Her faith was very important to her. She enjoyed playing cards, holiday meals with her family, and canning garden produce. She shared her bounty with her family, friends, and neighbors. She was patient, kind, forgiving, humble, generous, and always there to lend a helping hand. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
Grateful for having shared her life are her husband of 70 years Emil of Tyndall, SD; four daughters, Donna Pishek of Storm Lake, IA, Eileen Bares of Tyndall, SD, Grace (Don) Rothschadl of Tyndall, SD and Joyce (John) Hauck of Tabor, SD; son Joseph (Sue) Pechous of Tabor, SD; one bother Ivan Vitek of Yankton, SD; 21 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sons-in-law Laddie Bares and Eugene Pishek, 2 grandchildren Mary Lauren Pishek and Teresa Vonnahme, 3 sisters; Pauline Houpt, Mary Dvoracek, and Ann VanBeek, and 5 brothers Joseph, James, William, Daniel, and John Vitek.
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