Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at the Kostel Funeral Chapel, Yankton, with Rev. David Garza officiating. Burial of the cremated remains will be 3:00 PM, Thursday, June 14, 2007 at St. Leo’s Catholic Cemetery, Tyndall, SD. Visitations will be 4 to 8 PM, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 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 funeral home.
Norma was born December 13, 1931 on a farm seven miles west of Tabor, South Dakota to Anton and Hattie (Bouska) Hovorka. She attended McCrea country school through the eighth grade. Norma served in the US Army during the Korean War and upon completion of her service, she returned to Yankton, South Dakota. She worked for many years at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in the housekeeping department. She retired to the Sunrise Apartments in Yankton and then in 2004 entered Avera Yankton Care Center.
She is survived by her daughter Christine Miller of Derby, KS and four grandchildren, Hannah, Tony, Jacob, and David; four sisters Marjorie Sternhagen of Yankton, SD, Delores Kortan of Billings, MT, Nancy Stulc of Yankton, SD, and Judy (Richard) Kornder of Aberdeen, SD; and one brother Joseph Hovorka of Jefferson, SD. She was preceded in death by her parents, Anton on January 15, 1987 and Hattie on September 10, 1966; brother James on March 23, 2005, John on June 20, 2001, and Anton Jr. (Butch) on September 10, 1982; and grandparents; Frank and Christina (Matuska) Hovorka and Frank and Anna (Sedlacek) Bouska.
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at the Kostel Funeral Chapel, Yankton, with Rev. David Garza officiating. Burial of the cremated remains will be 3:00 PM, Thursday, June 14, 2007 at St. Leo’s Catholic Cemetery, Tyndall, SD. Visitations will be 4 to 8 PM, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 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 funeral home.
Norma was born December 13, 1931 on a farm seven miles west of Tabor, South Dakota to Anton and Hattie (Bouska) Hovorka. She attended McCrea country school through the eighth grade. Norma served in the US Army during the Korean War and upon completion of her service, she returned to Yankton, South Dakota. She worked for many years at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in the housekeeping department. She retired to the Sunrise Apartments in Yankton and then in 2004 entered Avera Yankton Care Center.
She is survived by her daughter Christine Miller of Derby, KS and four grandchildren, Hannah, Tony, Jacob, and David; four sisters Marjorie Sternhagen of Yankton, SD, Delores Kortan of Billings, MT, Nancy Stulc of Yankton, SD, and Judy (Richard) Kornder of Aberdeen, SD; and one brother Joseph Hovorka of Jefferson, SD. She was preceded in death by her parents, Anton on January 15, 1987 and Hattie on September 10, 1966; brother James on March 23, 2005, John on June 20, 2001, and Anton Jr. (Butch) on September 10, 1982; and grandparents; Frank and Christina (Matuska) Hovorka and Frank and Anna (Sedlacek) Bouska.
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