ROSALENE PESICKA
Surrounded by family, Rosalene Mary Pesicka, 86, of Lake Andes passed away December 27, 2019 at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls. Funeral service was January 4 at First Presbyterian Church in Lake Andes with burial following in Inman Cemetery at Inman, Nebraska. Koehn Bros. Funeral Home in Lake Andes was in charge of arrangements.
Rosalene Mary (Carl) Pesicka was born on April 27, 1933 to John and Evelie (Snyder) Carl rural O’Neill, Nebraska. She attended Rural School Dist 136 and graduated from O’Neill Public School, 1951. She married Louis F Pesicka on March 5, 1951 at Sioux City, Iowa. To this union nine children were born.
Rosalene loved her family and farm life, raising her children as her primary objective.
Among her many very talents, she was an accomplished seamstress, the family hair stylist, loved crocheting and tending house plants. She also loved baking and cooking. She was active with costume making and performing in a parent involved small play held in the Ravinia School.
The family moved to many different farms throughout the first 14 years and within those multiple neighborhoods gained many close life-time friends.
Rosalene was involved in the dairy operation, spending many years milking by hand and raising calves, hogs and chickens. There were many pet dogs and cats and most recent, her special Yorkie fur baby, Holly Berry.
After Grandpa Jim Carl’s passing in Jan 1957, she never missed a Memorial Day gathering with the many family members and friends.
She began working during 1966 with Head Start in the Ravinia School and later as a secretary/ bookkeeper for South Central Community Action Program. While working there, she became Administration Business Manager, Fiscal Manager for South Central Child Development, Inc. Head Start Program, Wagner. During this time, she was also actively working with Planning and Development, Yankton. She worked professionally for 32 years retiring in 2002.
During retirement, Rosalene had more time for her numerous hobbies, outdoor flower gardening and landscaping. She loved to mow and always grew a vegetable garden and had a small orchard.
She was a Life Member of Lake Andes VFW Auxiliary #3239.
Thankful for having shared her life are: daughter, Diane Eldridge of Lake Andes, son, Michael “Mickey” (Tracy) Pesicka of Lake Andes, daughter, Cheryl Pesicka-Chapman of Rapid City, son, Perry (Colleen) Pesicka of Lake Andes and daughter, Carla Pesicka of Lake Andes. Eleven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. One sister, Eileen Uthe of Presho, one sister-in-law, Evelyn Patocka of Lake Andes and numerous nieces and nephews.
Rosalene was preceded in death by her husband, Louis, an infant son and three infant daughters, her parents, John and Evelie Carl, brother, Jerry Carl, sisters, Jeanette Stoebner and Patricia Hoffman, four sons-in-law, Scott DeGeest, John Eldridge, Kevin (Radar) Lehmann and James Chapman.