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newsletter • summer 2014
published by the Yankton Catholic Community Foundation
Sacred Heart School
Class of 1964 Reunite
Graduating Class of ‘64
First Communion
October 27, 1957
Pictured
(From left, front row)
Row 1
Kay Dendinger, Joyce
Goeden, Deborah Folken,
Janis Bernard, Colleen
Cimpl, Dianna Saffel,
Gary Gullikson, Fred
Binder, Tom Frady, Robert
Buehlmann, Harry Lane,
Charles Peterson
by Roger Holtzmann
50
th
Anniversary
Row 2
Katherine Schaefer, Marcia
Arndt, Lora Wuestewald,
Nadine Wootton,
Mary Goed, Douglas
Larson, Roland Heimes,
John Mattern, Jerome
Neuhalfen, Jerry Slowey,
Micheal Lowe
Row 3
Elizabeth Kehrwald,
Lee Lemon, Maureen
Thompson, Connie
Hausmann, Theresa
Shreve, Judy Schaefer, Billy
Novotny, Jerry Melick,
Terry Hacecky, Danny
Kaiser, Sean Mahan, James
Kaiser
Row 4
Rebecca Conklin, Linda
Schulte, Connie Bauska,
Caroline Kollars, Carolyn
Rusch, Jesse Kendall, Terry
Foxhoven, Kevin Baker,
Paul Morgen, Dale Svatos,
James Heil
Row 5
Gilbert Larsen, Duane
Jones, Jeffrey Fitzgerald,
Stephen VanGoor, Donald
Morman, David Tacke
SACRED HEART SCHOOL’S Class of
64 will be holding their 50-year reunion
during the Riverboat Days festival in
Yankton this summer. Lee (Lemon)
Barkley, Carolyn (Kollars) Leader, Jerry
Melick and Terry Hacecky gathered in
April to plan the event over coffee and
pumpkin bars.
“How about we get taverns from Tastee
Treat for the meal on Friday,” said Hacecky.
This motion carried unanimously, which
took care of the planning. The remainder of
the evening was devoted to remembering,
sharing stories and laughing – lots and
lots of laughing.
Hacecky and several other students
attended first through third grade at the
Model School, as the teacher training
program at Mount Marty College was
known. They transferred to SHS in fourth
grade, creating a class of 43.
“We were actually one of the smaller
classes,” said Barkley. “Most of the others
had around 50.” In later years class sizes
at SHS were capped at half that many
students, and the rooms in the old building
were plenty full with that many desks.
“Nobody thought anything of [having 50
desks shoe horned into a classroom],” said
Kollars. “That’s just the way it was. That’s
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Reunion Schedule of Events
Sat. Aug 15th: A get together at
Ben’s Brewery while enjoying
Riverboat Days fireworks
6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Sun. Aug 16th: Mass and tour of
the new Sacred Heart
School 4:30 p.m.
Dinner at Checkers 6:30 p.m.
Summer 2014
Fr. Mark Lichter
Pastor, Sacred Heart Parish
Fr. Ken Lulf
Pastor, St. Benedict Parish
BLUE RIBBON TEAM
The Blue Ribbon team is a faith-filled group that
envisions a dynamic future for the ministries of the
Yankton Catholic Community. They prayerfully,
morally and financially support the operations of the
Foundation Office.
Anonymous
David & Gina Abbott
Kevin & Elizabeth Bray
Eric & Sara Heine
Phil & Evie Dohn
Denny & Jan Everson
Tim & Susan Fanta
Jim & Sheila Fitzgerald
Jay & Kathy Fitzgerald
Elmer Hasker
Mike & Gerrie Healy
Rena Hebda
Florence Heine ~ Ron Heine
Dan & Paula Hicks
Richard Hunhoff
Wayne & Lori Ibarolle
Randy & Linda Johnson
Daryl & Jill Kleinschmidt
Eugene & Karon Kocer
Danny J. Lammers ~ Bud Lange
Fr. Tim Lange ~ Larry & Lori Leader
Fr. Mark Lichter
Darold & Geri Loecker
Fr. Ken Lulf
Dan & Kelly Rafferty
Bryan & Angie Schoenfelder
Brian & Marie Steward
Rich & Mary Strom
Leonard Tacke Family Endowment
Brad & Jessica Woerner
Tim & Lorie Mulhair
Jon and Michelle Baumann
Leo & Carol Kopetsky
Rob & Lori Stephenson
Ken & Carol Guenther
Gail & Deb Gubbels
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what we were used to.”
Fitting 43 students into a classroom
was one thing. Teaching and
maintaining discipline for that many
was another proposition entirely, but
the Benedictine sisters from Sacred
Heart Convent were up to the task.
“Some of those nuns would have been
great mothers. They were as nice
and loving as you could ever find.
Others would have made great prison
wardens,” said Melick with a laugh.
Mark Renner began first grade with
the class in the fall of 1955, but he was
with them only one year. He drowned
in Lewis and Clark Lake, which was
created by the closure of Gavins Point
Dam that same year, in the summer
between first and second grade.
His parents, Tony and Ann Renner,
donated a teacher’s desk to Sacred
Heart School in his honor, and it is still
in use today.
Harold and Francis Tacke lived outside
of Yankton, and every morning they
would load their children in a van and
bring them to SHS. Mike Tacke, who
was two years with the Class of 64,
broke his leg at one point and it didn’t
heal
properly.
For months they
brought
him
to school on a
gurney,
then
carried him up the
steps so he could
attend class.
There was no tuition charged at SHS in
those days. If your family was part of
Sacred Heart Parish you could attend
for free; the parents’ only cost was for
textbooks. Kollars
brought along the
receipt for her
book bill in fourth
grade:
$12.10
total, with charges
ranging from 53
cents for a reading
workbook to $1.80
for a geography
Girls and women
book.
were required to
“That was tough
have some sort
for our families
of covering on
to pay back then,”
their heads while
she said.
at Mass in those
For art class, the
days. If they forgot
students pasted
to bring a scarf or
post cards of
hat along that day
famous paintings
they would take
into a notebook,
a bobby pin and
then copied down
attach a Kleenex
Graduate Invite
the artists’ name and
to their hair to meet
description, which Sister wrote on the
the letter of the law.
blackboard. Barkley still has her book,
though it’s a bit ragged thanks to mice
Students got a milk break in the
who were no respecters of fine art.
middle of the afternoon. Hacecky and
Sparky Johnson were detailed to fetch
Each school day began with Mass at
the milk for the class one day, and on
8:15, but Hacecky, Melick and other
their way back Sparky picked a most
SHS boys got an even earlier start by
inopportune moment to be clever.
serving the 6:30 Mass at Sacred Heart
“He said, ‘You got ants in your pants
Convent. When they were done the
when you do the hula hoop dance,’”
nuns would feed them breakfast.
recalled Hacecky. “I laughed so hard
“You were treated well,” said Hacecky.
I dropped all the milk. I wasn’t very
“Sometimes the breakfasts weren’t all
popular that day.”
that good,” said Melick. “There was
Like nearly every other member of
something about their sausages.”
their generation, the SHS Class of 64
remembers the day of President John
F. Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22,
1963.
possibility of being sent to Vietnam.
Several boys from this class served in
“We were pretty lucky in that regard,”
said Melick.
Rubber
bands
figure
prominently in Hacecky’s grade
school memories: shooting
bobby pins at the ceiling and
erasers at his friend Tom
Brady, and building a whoopee
cushion-type device from a
rubber band and a washer.
“I still have [the rubber bands]
in my trumpet case,” he said
with a laugh.
Be warned, then, Class of 64:
bring your own rubber bands
or else!
“I heard about it on the
playground, and I thought
it was joke,” said Barkley. “I
mean, who ever heard of the
president getting shot?”
“Fred Binder went home for
lunch and came back and
told us,” said Melick. “It was
one of the darkest days I
remember, and it was gloomy
for a long time after.”
Another shared experience
for the boys who left grade
school in 1964 was what
awaited them after graduating
from high school: the draft, and the
the military and at least one did go to
Southeast Asia, but none died there.
Foundation Office Staff
Office Staff
Development OfficeDevelopment
Staff
Tim McCaffrey
Tim McCaffrey
Executive
Director
Director
of Planned
Giving
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605-665-4585 (office)
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Sheila Haas
Tim McCaffrey
Jerry Keeley
Director ofGala/SCRIP
Planned Giving Coordinator
Bookkeeper
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Jerry Keeley
Jerry Keeley
Bookkeeper
Bookkeeper
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Carol Guenther
Adminstrative Assistant
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Yankton Catholic Community Upcoming Events
June 12-16
Yankton Catholic Community Stuebenville Youth Conference Trip
June 25
Ladies Bunco Night-6pm social hour-7pm start - Ben’s Brewery
Michelle Flannery
July 13
DevelopmentAssistant
605-665-4585 (office)
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August
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Michelle
Carol Guenther
Heidi Sandal
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Guenther
Knights
of Columbus Pancake
Breakfast at KC Hall-after
all masses
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Knights of Columbus Pancake
Breakfast at KC Hall-after
all masses
August 18
Sacred Heart Middle School Open House and Book fair in Link Auditorium
August 19
Sacred Heart Elementary School Open House and Book fair in Link Auditorium
August 20
First day of School at Sacred Heart Elementary and Middle School
September
Watermelon Feed at Sacred Heart School-Date TBD
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One Heart • One Mind • One Spirit... In Christ!
PHASE II
A special thank you to the following members of the community who have generously pledged
a lead gift to Phase II of our current capital campaign.
Gary and Arlene Heine
Rob and Lori Stephenson
Denny and Jan Everson
Fr. Mark Lichter
Dan and Paul Hicks
Mark and Patricia Hunhoff
Ron Heine
Larry and Jane Rupiper
Dan and Deb Specht
Steve and Yavonne Slowey
Gail and Debra Gubbels
Larry and Marge Murphy
Dan and Patti Eisenbraun
Brad and Sheryl Dykes
M. Deletta Campbell
Mike and Gerrie Healy
Tom and Beth Kaltsulas
Howard and Kelly Kathol
Wayne and Lori Ibarolle
Geneva Lichter
Bill and Lisa Berry
Tim and Emilee McCaffrey
Steve and Linda Frick
Jim and Stacy Schramm
F
or the last several years the Sacred
Heart School Spirit of Service Award
has been awarded to two graduating
senior students from
Yankton High School.
The criteria for this
award stipulates that
the winners be graduates
of Sacred Heart School
and demonstrate through
their actions a dedication to
serving their church and their community. This year
Don and Margaret Schiedel
Ken and Carol Guenther
Tim and Susan Fanta
Brad and Nancy Wenande
Larry and Lori Leader
Kevin and Bette Bray
Dick and Theresa Kulbel
Lou Ella Machin
Don and Donna Dejean
Mary Ann and Patrick King
Larry and Irene Hames
the scholarship will award two prizes; a $2000 and
$1000 Scholarship.
$2000 Scholarship Winner
Jordan Hejna
(son of Mark & Renee Hejna)
$1000 scholarship is awarded
Greta Hans
(daughter of Dominic & Zita Hans)
Congratulations to both of you and we pray for God’s
blessings on your future.
Sacred Heart School
2014 Gala Update
Thank you!
There is no way to fully express
the appreciation that Sacred Heart
School has for all the volunteers
that helped make the 2014 Gala a
huge success! From the beautiful
ice sculpture to the décor and the
awesome auctioneer, it was a night to remember. Total
proceeds for the night exceeded $208,000!
Our new Gala Coordinator and our dedicated
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volunteers did a fabulous job of pulling everything
together. Planning is already beginning for next year, so
if you want to be involved with an awesome community
building event and fundraiser, contact Sheila Haas in
the Foundation Office at 605-665-4585.
Grand Raffle Prizes:
Denny & Jan Everson: Grand Prize $15,000
Mike Schurman: $1000
Elaine List: $1000
Matt Dvorak: $500
Gerald Petersen: $500
Mike Peterson: $500
John & Patricia Gebhart Charitable U
nitrust
Benefitting the Yankton
Catholic Community
In this newsletter, special thanks must be
extended to John and Patricia Gebhart
for their generosity and thoughtfulness.
This past spring these two fine people
initiated the first ever charitable unitrust
with the Yankton Catholic Community
Foundation (YCCFO). In partnership
with the Catholic Foundation for Eastern
South Dakota(CFESD), the YCCFO
entered into a charitable trust agreement
with the Gebharts and it was a win-win
situation for all! How does an agreement
like this benefit both the Gebharts and
the Church? Most importantly it allows
generous people like the Gebharts to
help out many people through the sale of
an asset, in this case, The Gebhart family
farm. In Johns words, “we didn’t know
so many people could be helped with the
sale of our farm.”
Indeed many people benefit from a
trust of this kind. First, St. Benedict
Church, as the Gebhart’s adopted parish
in Yankton will see a monetary benefit.
Also, other causes like R.E.A.C.H
(Religious Education for all Children) in
the Diocese will see a monetary benefit.
Along with helping all these people, the
Gebharts themselves receive a benefit.
While John is already retired from his
first career and from farming, both he
and Pat still work, so the benefit of extra
John & Patricia Gebhart
income for the rest of their lives from the
Trust is a big benefit to them. Also, since
they are giving the remainder of the trust
to the Church when they pass away, they
also receive a large tax benefit. When
the sale of an appreciated asset, like land
or stock, takes place the seller has to
pay a large amount of capital gains tax.
However, when a charitable unitrust is
initiated by the seller before the sale of
the asset, the seller receives a large tax
deduction, an income and doesn’t pay
any capital gains tax.
While there are great benefits on all sides
of the equation, the most important
thing is the grace that is spread around
to so many from the openness of heart
of a couple of people like the Gebharts
who take the time to look at the options
available and choose the one that helps
more than just themselves. Thank you
John and Pat, you are an example to us
all.
For more information on the benefits
of a chairtable unitrust please call
605-665-4585 or
©650-660-5491
and ask for Tim. You may also email
[email protected]
for
more information.
Gifts to Sacred Heart School
Learning for Life
Max Adams Memorial
Endowment for Music at
Sacred Heart School
The grandson of Richard and Dee Grosz,
Max Adams loved music. He passed away at
age 5 of leukemia. He established an online
relationship with the students of SHS,
who prayed for him daily. This fund keeps
his memory alive by assisting the music
program at Sacred Heart School.
Memorials
donors
Gary Wilkes........... Richard & Diana Grosz
Lynn Wysuph.......................Daniel & Carol
Rademacher
Frank Wysuph..................... Daniel & Carol
Rademacher
Roma Cimpl... Daniel & Carol Rademache
Battin Family Endowed
Scholarship
This fund was established upon the death
of Austin Battin in 2003. He was a 1935
graduate of Sacred Heart School, and many
members of the Battin family, through
several generations, also attended SHS.
This fund recognizes their commitment to
educating young people in their Catholic
faith, and provides tuition assistance to
families wishing to attend Sacred Heart
School
Gifts
Cheryl Battin
Memorialsdonors
Ruth & Austin Battin.......Robert & Sandra Battin
Eugene and Evelyn Bulian
Family Endowment
This fund was established by the Bulian
family, upon the death of Evelyn Bulian, in
appreciation for their Catholic faith.
Lorenz and Fran Fox
Family Endowment
This fund was established upon the death of
Lorenz Fox in 2010. Lorenz and Fran were
long time supporters of SHS. Their children
and grandchildren all attended the Catholic
school.
MemorialsDonor
Francis Horacek........................... Fran Fox
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Friends of Sacred Heart (FOSH)
Memorial Endowment
Phyllis and Bob
Karolevitz Endowment
This fund was established by the Friends of
Sacred Heart in memory of two parents of
SHS students who passed away. It provides
tuition assistance to families wishing to
attend Sacred Heart School.
This fund, established by Bob and Phyllis
Karolevitz, provides tuition assistance to
families wishing to attend Sacred Heart
School. Bob is a 1936 graduate of SHS, and
his grandson attended the school.
Albert and Agnes
Gamiere Endowment
HONORS DONORS
Jill Karolevitz.................. Pat & Jan Garrity
Pete Petersen................... Pat & Jan Garrity
Phyllis Karolevitz............ Pat & Jan Garrity
This fund, established by Agnes in memory
of Albert and in appreciation for Catholic
education, provides tuition assistance to
families wishing to attend Sacred Heart
School.
Joe and Ethel Goeden
Endowment for St. Benedict Parish
Established upon the death of Joe Goeden,
this fund benefits all the ministries of St.
Benedict Parish. Joe and his wife Ethel have
been very actively involved in the parish
and community throughout the years.
Thomas F. Healy Family
Endowed Scholarship
This fund was established by the Healy
family upon Thomas’ death. His children
and grandchildren attended SHS, and
through this fund they honor his memory
and provide tuition assistance to families
who also wish to attend.
MemorialsDonor
Roma Cimpl…………….........……….Theresa
Winterhalter
Jean Hunhoff
Endowed Scholarship
Jean Hunhoff was a much-loved employee
of SHS. She suffered from cancer and left a
legacy of courage, faith and love to all those
who met her. This fund, established by her
family in her memory, provides tuition
assistance to families wishing to attend
Sacred Heart School.
MemorialsDonor
Roma Cimpl.......................... Dick Hunhoff
Dennis Hacecky..................... Dick Hunhoff
Diane Peterson..... Mike & Joannie Olenich
thanksgiving
In thanksgiving for Christmas
at the Cathedral trip............. Dick Hunhoff
Ernest and Thomas Kappel
Memorial Endowment
Brothers Ernest and Thomas attended
SHS. This fund was established upon their
deaths by members of the family to provide
tuition assistance to families wishing to
attend Sacred Heart School.
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Learning for Life Tuition
Assistance Endowment Fund
Established by an anonymous gift, this
fund provides tuition assistance to families
wishing to attend Sacred Heart School.
Gifts
Donald Fanslow
Lance & Deb Lahr
John & Sandy Yaggie
Anonymous
MemorialsDonor
Lorraine Steward.................. Yankton Area
Chamber of Commerce
Yankton Area Progessive Growth
Larry & Jean Anderson
Jim & Betty Cox
Lyla Hirsch
Tom & Beth Kaltsulas
A. R. & Patricia Kraft
Mick & Tami Wiepen
John & Linda Lichter
Roma Cimpl........Gregory & Jane Adamson
Wes & Evelyn Cimpl
Friends & Family of Roma Cimpl
Neil & Marcia Dahlquist
Edna Dendinger
Jay & Joyce Hubner
Greg & Jennifer Kaschmitter
Pat & Mary Ann King
Kevin & Stephanie Nealer
Dan & Judy Wallbaum
Wendell McNeely................Edna Dendinger
James & Cynthia Filips
Fran Fox
Ken & Mary Alice Halverson
Lyla Hirsch
Chris & Lesa King
Merle & Virginia Larson
Robert & Virginia Macy
Dorice McEvoy
Loraine McNeely
A. D. & Marilyn McNeely
Ron & Connie Rucker
Robert & Sylvia Fejfar .......... Richard Fejfar
Dennis Heine............ Ken & Carol Guenther
Jem & Chris Hof
Regan & Julie Manning
Anne Renner................... Bob & Renae Hicks
John & Barb Schneider
Lawrence Halbur....Howard & Kelly Kathol
Kaitlyn Erickson..... Regan & Julie Manning
Gregory Nedved Endowed
Tuition Assistance Fund
SHS alum Gregory Nedved established
this fund in thanksgiving for his education
at SHS. He graduated in 1972, and now
resides in Washington, DC, where he works
with the federal government as a Chinese
translator. This fund provides tuition
assistance to families wishing to attend
Sacred Heart School.
Gifts
Greg & Kelly Nedved
Lawrence and Christine O’Brien
Family Endowment
Upon the death of Lawrence in the spring of
2011, Christine established this endowment
fund in honor of the Catholic faith they
shared with each other and their children.
memorialsDonors
Lawrence O’Brien..... Jeff & Jolene Pravecek
Marjorie Ryken
Memorial Endowed Scholarship
This fund was established by the children of
Marjorie Ryken upon her death. It provides
tuition assistance to families wishing to
attend Sacred Heart School.
Sr. Margo Tschetter Endowment
This fund was established to commemorate
the long SHS teaching career of Sr. Margo
Tschetter. She graduated from SHS in 1959,
and in the 127-year history of the school, she
has the longest tenure of any teacher. This
fund provides tuition assistance to families
wishing to attend Sacred Heart School.
memorialsDonors
Eleanor Steward..........Mark & Lois Halbur
Katterhagen
Vivian Solay.................Mark & Lois Halbur
Katterhagen
Dennis Heine............... Daryl & Anne Mello
Sacred Heart
Tuition Assistance Needy
gifts
Greg & Jill Kouri
Kynan & Nancy Trail
Anonymous
Anonymous
memorialsDonors
John Hiltner...................Evangeline Hiltner
Gifts to Sacred Heart School
Benedictine Legacy
Teacher Endowment for Sacred
Heart School
This fund was established at the 2006 Gala
to honor the more than 500 collective years
and 119 consecutive years of service to SHS
by the Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart
Monastery. This fund assists with teacher
salaries.
Don and Edna
Dendinger Endowed Scholarship
Upon Don’s death in 1997, the Dendinger
family established this fund in honor of
their commitment to their faith, their
parish and to Sacred Heart School. This
fund provides tuition assistance to families
wishing to attend Sacred Heart School
Memorialsdonors
Fran Horacek..................... Edna Dendinger
Lorraine Steward.............. Edna Dendinger
Don Dendinger.......Dan & Mary Pat Guier
Larry & Susan Krisl
Anne Renner..............Jim & Rosemary Nett
Elizabeth Donegan
Collier Endowed Scholarship
This fund was established by the seven
children of Elizabeth and Guy Collier, upon
Elizabeth’s death in 1988, in honor of their
mother’s commitment to SHS. She was the
much-loved “neighborhood mom.” This
fund provides tuition assistance to families
wishing to attend Sacred Heart School.
Memorialsdonors
Dennis Heine.......John & Kathleen Baldwin
Elizabeth Collier....... James & April Collier
Honorsdonors
Jim Collier’s Birthday........... Evelyn Gaines
Jim Collier at Christmas....... Evelyn Gaines
gifts
John & Beth Hanna
Edward English
Family Endowment
This fund was established by Jean English
in thanksgiving for the Catholic education
their children received at Sacred Heart
School. These funds provide tuition
assistance to families wishing to attend
Sacred Heart School.
Jim and Betty Mattern
Endowment for SHS
Established to honor Jim and Betty’s
commitment to their parish and to SHS,
which their children all attended, this fund
helps provide for a quality education at
Sacred Heart School now and in the future.
Bettie Merkwan
Memorial Endowment for the
Visual and Performing Arts of
Sacred Heart School
Bettie Merwan loved the arts, and all of her
children attended SHS. In her memory her
family established this fund to aid the arts
programs at SHS.
Modde-Phillips Tuition
Assistance Endowment
Margaret Hunhoff established this fund in
memory of her grandparents, who were a
great example of faith and tenacity to her.
It provides tuition assistance to families
wishing to attend Sacred Heart School.
gifts
Mark & Patty Hunhoff
Honorsdonors
Margaret Hunhoff........... Christian & Betsy
Hunhoff
Memorialsdonors
John Joseph Hiltner.........Margaret Hunhoff
Tracy Jonas........................Margaret Hunhoff
Stella Hanson...................Margaret Hunhoff
Jeanette Anderson...........Margaret Hunhoff
Wendell McNeely.............Margaret Hunhoff
LuVern and Martha Rusch
Scholarship Endowment
This fund was established by the children of
LuVern and Martha Rusch in appreciation
for the faith their parents passed onto them
through SHS.
Sacred Heart School Budget
This fund helps meet the ongoing budgetary
needs of Sacred Heart School.
gifts
Fred & Jana Binder
Jim & Pat Gokie
Dan & Paula Hicks
Darold & Geri Loecker
Tim & Emilee McCaffrey
Greg & Kelly Nedved
William & Shawna Reardon
Michael & Mary Lee Villanueva
Brad & Jessica Woerner
Anonymous
Memorialsdonors
Anna Reuss............................... Janet Kolich
Wendell McNeely.................. Leona Bouska
Howard & Joyce Combs
Rose Kabeiseman
Mildred Wooten.................... Leona Bouska
Mary Grovijahn................Agnes Grovijahn
Kaitlyn Erickson...........Dan & Paula Hicks
Sacred Heart
School Endowment
This fund was started in 1972 and provides
assistance to the general budget at Sacred
Heart School.
Gifts
Jason & Janet Dahlerup
Thomas & Carol Smith
Memorialsdonors
Wendell McNeely...Ward & Karen Domogalski
Richard & Charlotte Erickson
Warren & Delores Hatch
David & Mary Jane Henderson
Laddie & Pam Kostel
Chuck & Leta Levinger
Darold & Geri Loecker
Paul & Mary Pietila
Bob & Carol Winter
Dan & Paula Hicks
Rob & Mary Marchand
Adeline Frick........................... Gerald Frick
Vivian Solay...................Dan & Paula Hicks
Roma Cimpl............. Craig & Gail Kennedy
David & Carol Rockne
Frances and Harold Tacke
Family Endowment for
Sacred Heart School
Harold and Frances established this fund
to benefit SHS after Harold and all their
children attended the school. Harold and
Frances were devout Catholics, involving
themselves in various church organizations
and always supporting Sacred Heart School.
This fund provides budget assistance for
SHS.
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Honorsdonors
Pat & Mary Ann King Family at
Christmas time........ Don & Diane Edwards
Memorialsdonors
Greg Bierle............. Bill & Rose Kabeiseman
families
Mike, Barb, Kathy Kabeiseman & John Lee
David Tschetter Memorial
Watermelon Feed Endowment
and Scholarship Fund
This fund was established upon Dave’s
death to carry on the 32+ year tradition
of the watermelon feed, established by the
Tschetters when their children attended
the school. Dave was a 1957 alum of SHS,
former school board member and was
always willing to help and support the
school in any way.
Frank and Margaret
Yaggie Family Endowment
Scholarship
This fund was established upon the deaths
of Frank and Margaret Yaggie by their
children. Frank attended SHS, graduating
in 1927, as did all of their children. Frank
and Margaret were involved parishioners.
This fund provides tuition assistance to
families wishing to attend Sacred Heart
School.
Lois Zdenek Memorial
EndowedScholarship
Memorialsdonors
Roman Drotzman...Bruce & Patricia Bailey
Tony & Barb Perk
Ruby Zdenek
Wendell McNeely........Mark & Lois Halbur
Katterhagen
Joseph F. Vyborny........... Tony & Barb Perk
Ella Fuks.......................... Tony & Barb Perk
Abbott Owen................... Tony & Barb Perk
Dick Clark....................... Tony & Barb Perk
Irma Helgeland............... Tony & Barb Perk
Lawrence Halbur............. Tony & Barb Perk
Bernice Curk................... Tony & Barb Perk
Edward Cwach................. Tony & Barb Perk
Joyce Suga........................ Tony & Barb Perk
A teacher and lifelong learner, Lois Zdenek
loved education. Her grandchildren
attended SHS, and her family established
this fund upon her death to provide tuition
assistance to families wishing to attend
Sacred Heart School
Gifts to One Spirit in Christ Campaign
PHASE I
One Heart, One Mind, One
Spirit in Christ Campaign
Established in 2009, this campaign is a joint
effort between Sacred Heart Parish and St
Benedict Parish to build a parish center and
ONE HEART • ONE MIND • ONE SPIRIT... IN CHRIST!
religious education space for Sacred Heart
Parish, a new middle school building for
SHS, and to renovate Link Auditorium.
Carol Bye................ Regan & Julie Manning
Lorraine Steward........Joseph & Barb Rezac
Memorialsdonors
Irma Helgeland............................. Fran Fox
Amy Rokusek..............Mark & Lois Halbur
Katterhagen
Combined Parish Gifts
Jill Kaiser
Youth Endowment
Jill Kaiser, daughter of Rod and Marlys
Kaiser, was tragically killed in a car accident
at a young age. Jill’s passion was working
with youth, and as a college student her
goal was to become an elementary teacher.
This fund in her memory was established
to perpetuate youth programs in both
Catholic parishes.
Memorialsdonors
Jill Kaiser at Christmas....Rodney & Marlys
Kaiser
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Yankton Catholic Community
Foundation Office Budget
gifts
Dennis & Jan Everson
Ray & Loretta Graber
Matt & Barb Hanson
memorialsDonors
Irma Helgeland................. Edna Dendinger
Randy & Joleen Smith
Roman Drotzman...........Mary Ann Kathol
Our Lady of Humility
Endowment
This fund was established in honor of Brab
Rezac’s long service to the Yankton Catholic
Community Development Office. It will
be used to support the office’s ongoing
operations.
Memorialsdonors
Irma Helgeland.............. Pat & Jan Garrity
Radio Rosary
Memorialsdonors
Irma Helgeland....... David & Carol Rockne
Gifts to Saint Benedict Parish
St. Benedict Parish Budget
This fund was established to help meet the
ongoing budgetary needs of St. Benedict
Parish.
St. Benedict Parish Religious
Education Endowment
This fund was established by Larry and Irene
Hames in thanksgiving for the Religious
education program at St. Benedict Parish.
Gifts to this fund are matched by the Hames
family each year and provide supplies and
necessary items for the program.
Honorsdonors
Larry & Irene Hames.... Dan & Deb Hames
at Christmas
Christmas....................................Joe Hames
Larry & Irene Hames..Steve & Deb Labahn
Wes & Evelyn Cimpl............. Darold & Geri
60th Anniversary Loecker
gifts
Michael & Geraldine Healy
Gifts to Sacred Heart Parish
Melvin, Helen and
Melvin Jr. Kirwan
Endowment for the Needy of
Sacred Heart Parish
This fund was established by one of the
Kirwans in memory of family members and
will perpetually provide assistance to those
who are in need at Sacred Heart Parish.
gifts
Eugene Kirwan
Earl & Genevieve Erickson
Ron & Ann Oswald
Don Oswald
Richard Pillar....................Myrtle Andersen
Richard Bahm family... James & Ann Bahm
Irma Helgeland.................... Nancy Ellwein
Jean Lethcoe.....................Rose Kabeiseman
Jon Huitema............ Gary & Yvonne Slowey
Sacred Heart Parish Nurse
Endowment
This fund helps meet the ongoing budgetary
needs of Sacred Heart Parish
This fund helps meet the health care and
social needs of homebound parishioners
of Sacred Heart Parish by supporting the
visiting nurse position.
gifts
Dorothy Schmidt
Memorialsdonors
Dennis Heine.......................Agnes Grovijahn
Sacred Heart Parish Budget
Memorialsdonors
Dennis Oswald...... Dennis & Sandy Blaalid
Sacred Heart Parish
Maintenance Endowment
Established by an anonymous donor, this
fund provides assistance each year for the
maintenance needs of the parish.
Memorialsdonors
George Grovijahn,
Frank Lillian & Roger Soukup..... William
& Donna Grovijahn
Berle Petersen fund to
benefit Religious Education
gifts
Mark & Lois Halbur
Katterhagen
Memorialsdonors
Berle Petersen............... Steve & Linda Frick
God bless you for your generosity!
Summer 2014 • 9
From the Desk of Tim McCaffrey, Director
awesome event. What a blessing for our youth; and for
me, who will be helping chaperone this year’s trip.
Change is a fact of life. As much as we become comfortable
with the familiar, rest assured, change will come along
and unseat us from our chair of familiarity. However,
amidst the changes we go through, God is always with us,
blessing our lives and those of our loved ones, friends and
neighbors.
This Spring also saw us begin Phase II of the One Heart,
One Mind, One Spirit In Christ Capital Campaign.
People have been very generous and also very dedicated
to paying off the remaining debt from the building
project completed in 2010. One of the biggest differences
from Phase I to Phase II is the entire administration and
management of the campaign will be carried out by the
Foundation Office instead of hiring outside council. This
will mean a significant savings to the community and a
greater ability to involve as many people as possible in our
community over the next few years.
Development Office Staff
The
Yankton
Catholic
Community will say goodbye
to some very memorable
people this summer. Fr. John
Rutten, who has served as the
Sacred Heart Parish Associate
We will always have new challenges and changes to adjust
for the past two years, has
to, but no matter what life throws at us God’s Blessings
been appointed Pastor of St.
Abound.
Lambert’s Parish in Sioux
Tim McCaffrey
Tim McCaffrey
Falls. Joining him in Sioux
Tim McCaffrey
Jerry Keeley
Falls will be Regan Manning who
has served
the Yankton
Director
of Planned
Giving
Bookkeeper
Catholic Community as principal of
Sacred Heart
School
605-665-4585
(office)
605-665-4585 (office)
for the past seven years. [email protected]
will be taking a position as
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principal of Holy Spirit Elementary School. Both of these
fine men will be missed in our community but will take a
little piece of Yankton with them when they go.
It is never easy to say goodbye to people who are well
loved and have positively impacted our community. Yet,
amidst these challenging changes there have been many
positive changes in our community this last six months.
The Yankton Catholic Community Foundation has seen
steady growth both in terms of assets and in financial
assistance to our catholic community. The Foundation
had its first ever Uni-trust completed this past March that
will benefit several entities
within
the Yankton Catholic
Michelle
Flannery
Community. The Foundation
also
raised
DevelopmentAssistant$10,000 to help
sponsor the annual 605-665-4585
trip to Stuebenville,
(office) Ohio for the
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Catholic Youth conferences.
While this money will not
all be used this year, the organizers of the trip will be able
to carry the funds over for future years. This year, the
Yankton Catholic Community organizers o f this event
will be taking a second bus of kids. That means 90 + kids
will be making the trip and will be participating in this
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From the
fullness of his
grace we have
all received one
Carol Guenther
Blessing
DevelopmentAssistant
605-665-4585 (office)
[email protected]
after another.
John 1:16
Heid
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St. Benedict Parish
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Both Parishes
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Yankton Catholic Community Foundation Office
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Sacred Heart School Endowment
Sacred Heart School Operating Budget
Bettie Merkwan Memorial Endowment for Art of SHS
Max Adams Memorial Endowed Fund for SHS Music Dept.
Future High School Fund
Dave Tschetter Watermelon Feed and Scholarship Fund
Tuition Assistance for a Deserving Family
Learning for Life Endowed Scholarship
Elizabeth Donegan Collier Endowed Scholarship
Gregory Nedved Endowed Scholarship
Edward English Family Endowed Scholarship
Agnes and Albert Gamiere Endowed Scholarship
Jean Hunhoff Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Ernest and Thomas Kappel Endowed Scholarship
Marjorie Ryken Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Frances and Harold Tacke Family Endowed Scholarship
Don and Edna Dendinger Family Endowed Scholarship
Friends of Sacred Heart Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Phyllis and Bob Karolevitz Endowed Scholarship
Battin Family Endowed Scholarship
Lois Zdenek Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Thomas F. Healy Family Endowed Scholarship
Sr. Margo Tschetter Endowed Scholarship
Benedictine Legacy Teacher Salary Endowment
Jim and Betty Mattern Endowment for SHS
Frank and Margaret Yaggie Family Endowed Scholarship
Lorenz and Fran Fox Family Endowment
Modde-Phillips Tuition Assistance Endowment
LuVern and Martha Rusch Family Endowment
Lawrence and Christine O’Brien Family Endowment
Eugene and Evelyn Bulian Family Endowment
Shower for Sacred Heart School and Catholic Community
Donald and Delphine Schmidt Advised Fund
Yankton Catholic Community
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Summer 2014 • 11
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Summer 2014
Graduating Class of ‘64 - 8th Grade Graduation
Pictured
(From left, front row)
Row 1
John Mattern, Collen Cimpl, Jerry Melick
Fred Binder, Patrick Cody, Harry Lane,
James Balentine, Gary Gullickson, Mary
Goeden, Sean Mahan
Row 2
Connie Hausman, Janis Bernard, Theresa
Shreve, Virginia Lemon, Deanna Saffel,
Janice Tacke, Ann Klopstad
Row 3
Patricia Hohenthaner, Terry Hacecky,
Thomas Brady, Paul Vinatieri, Charles
Curtice, William Novotny, Kirk
McDonald, Deborah Folkers
Row 4
Connie Bauska, Laura Link, Betty
Kehrwald, Kay Dendinger, Carolyn
Kollars, Carolyn Rusch, Linda Schulte,
Janice Felber
Row 5
Dale Svatos, David Tacke, Jerome
Neuhalfen, Gilbert Larsen, Msgr. James
A. Reilly, Steven VanGoor, Kevin Baker,
Jeff Fitzgerald, Michael Lowe
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