Louis Rezac

Dante, SD

?, Ft. Meade,

Louis Rezac, 83, Dante, died Friday (Jan. 4, 2002) at St. Michael's Hospital, Tyndall.

Funeral mass is at 10:30 a.m. today (Monday) at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Dante. Burial is in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Dante. The Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home, Wagner, is in charge of arrangements.

He was born Jan. 7, 1918, at Greenwood to James and Mary (Kozel) Rezac. He attended Lone Tree School. He entered the Civilian Conservation Corps at Ft. Meade, Sturgis. On Sept. 10, 1940, he married Mary Emma Slaba at St. Ann's Catholic Church, Geddes. In 1942, he purchased a farm south of Dante and lived there the remainder of his life. He was an Archer Oil dealer for 55 years.

He was an active member of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Dante; Catholic Workmen and Fr. Desmet Council of Knights of Columbus.

Survivors include his wife, Mary; his children: Darlene (Robert) Kolda, Yankton; Stephen (Arlene) Rezac, Dante; Dorothy Fink, Delmont; LaVern (Marcella "Sally") Rezac, Dante; Daniel Rezac, Yankton; Romaine (Ruby) Rezac, Sioux Falls; Juliann (Paul) Tolsma, Avon and Michael (Laurie) Rezac, Renner; a brother-in-law: Paul Vogt, Sioux Falls; a sister-in-law, Helen Rezac, Springfield; 26 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three grandsons, two brothers, two sisters and a son-in-law.

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