Obituary
Clara Annette Kost, just short of her 103rd birthday, slipped home into the arms of Jesus, her Savior and Lord on Sunday, September 18, 2016, while living at Maryhouse in Pierre.
Her funeral service was held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, September 24th, at the American Lutheran Church. Burial was in the Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Clara Annette was born on her dad's birthday, October 26, 1913, to Alexander and Lydia (Meillaud) Jans at Creighton, South Dakota. She had two brothers, Elmer and Herman; and a baby sister, Alma. Years later, her mother remarried and she gained four step-brothers, Filmore, Howard, Albert and Earl; one step-sister, Irene; and one half-sister, Esther.
On October 25, 1929, Annette married Richard Kost. They had one daughter, Velda, and farmed near Ree Heights. In 1946, they moved their trucking business to Miller, South Dakota. In the spring of 1955, they purchased the Zesto Drive-In at Huron, South Dakota, which they operated until retiring in 1970. Richard, her beloved husband, passed away in 1998.
She was never bored because of her many hobbies and passions. She was an accomplished seamstress and loved sewing for herself and her family. Family members were the recipients of her beautiful quilts, crochet, and knitting projects. She was a member of the American Lutheran Church and very involved in various ministries of the church, including making many baby layettes packages for World Relief.
She was a hospital volunteer, ceramics maker, and a bell choir ringer, member of Senior Citizens, line dancer, and always had a prayer of Christian quote that she was memorizing. She loved God's word and was involved in many bible studies.
Annette leaves behind her daughter, Velda Rediger of Pierre, South Dakota; three grandchildren, Sonya (Duane) Yager of Missoula, Montana, Corliss (Ben) Wyatt of Aurora, Colorado and Russell (Donna) Rediger of Aberdeen, North Carolina; five great-grandchildren, Jason (Melinda) Yager of Churchill, Montana, Kevin (Karina) Yager of Bozeman, Montana, Robbyn (Luke) Anderson of Bozeman, Montana, Jarad Wyatt of Calgary, Canada, Jeff Wyatt of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska; six great great-grandchildren, Sofia, Rebecka, Laura, Clara and Katharine Yager and Riley Anderson; and one sister, Esther (Abe) Richhardt of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Her funeral service was held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, September 24th, at the American Lutheran Church. Burial was in the Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Clara Annette was born on her dad's birthday, October 26, 1913, to Alexander and Lydia (Meillaud) Jans at Creighton, South Dakota. She had two brothers, Elmer and Herman; and a baby sister, Alma. Years later, her mother remarried and she gained four step-brothers, Filmore, Howard, Albert and Earl; one step-sister, Irene; and one half-sister, Esther.
On October 25, 1929, Annette married Richard Kost. They had one daughter, Velda, and farmed near Ree Heights. In 1946, they moved their trucking business to Miller, South Dakota. In the spring of 1955, they purchased the Zesto Drive-In at Huron, South Dakota, which they operated until retiring in 1970. Richard, her beloved husband, passed away in 1998.
She was never bored because of her many hobbies and passions. She was an accomplished seamstress and loved sewing for herself and her family. Family members were the recipients of her beautiful quilts, crochet, and knitting projects. She was a member of the American Lutheran Church and very involved in various ministries of the church, including making many baby layettes packages for World Relief.
She was a hospital volunteer, ceramics maker, and a bell choir ringer, member of Senior Citizens, line dancer, and always had a prayer of Christian quote that she was memorizing. She loved God's word and was involved in many bible studies.
Annette leaves behind her daughter, Velda Rediger of Pierre, South Dakota; three grandchildren, Sonya (Duane) Yager of Missoula, Montana, Corliss (Ben) Wyatt of Aurora, Colorado and Russell (Donna) Rediger of Aberdeen, North Carolina; five great-grandchildren, Jason (Melinda) Yager of Churchill, Montana, Kevin (Karina) Yager of Bozeman, Montana, Robbyn (Luke) Anderson of Bozeman, Montana, Jarad Wyatt of Calgary, Canada, Jeff Wyatt of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska; six great great-grandchildren, Sofia, Rebecka, Laura, Clara and Katharine Yager and Riley Anderson; and one sister, Esther (Abe) Richhardt of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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