Mildred Mae Hovorka

OFFICIATING
Ken Skokan
MUSIC
Organist ~ Carol Burtz
Congregational Hymns
"My God and I"
"Amazing Grace"
Accordion Music by Bob Rueb
CASKETBEARERS
Dennis Corcoran
Joseph Novak
Chuck Hovorka
Dennis Hovorka
Ron Hovorka
Dave Hovorka
Roger Hovorka
Tim Hovorka
Perry Delzer
Mildred Mae Hovorka was born Friday, September 28, 1917 to Joseph and Josephine (Jilek) Novak at the Jilek farm south of Tyndall, the oldest of eight children. The family lived near Geddes, Avon and Tripp, South Dakota while Mildred was growing up. Mildred worked at Buche’s in Wagner, at a bomber factory in Omaha during World War II, and at Rivin’s and the Dime Store in Tyndall before her marriage to Herman Hovorka on April 9, 1949 in Yankton. They were the parents of two sons, Larry and Dale. Herman and Mildred had just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on April 9, 2009.
Mildred enjoyed being a farm wife, tending her gardens, especially her flowers, planting trees on the farm and raising chickens, ducks and geese. She spent many years taking loving care of her parents, Joseph and Josephine Novak in their later years. She was a talented seamstress and created many beautiful dolls and square dance outfits, as well as oil painting and photography. She loved to read and she also loved to shop. Mildred loved to dance and she and Herman were members of a square dance group in Yankton for many years. She also enjoyed Czech music, listening to Herman play the accordion and playing the piano. Nearly blind the last ten years, Mildred still enjoyed life on the farm and listening to her books on tape. Mildred died at the Tyndall Good Samaritan Center on Friday, April 24, 2009 at the age of 91 years, 6 months and 27 days.
Grateful for having shared her life are her husband of 60 years, Herman of rural Tabor; son, Larry and Sheila Kremer; Sheila’s children, Becky, Katy and Zane Kremer; sisters Sylvia Corcoran of Spencer, Iowa and Gladys (Donald) Pechous of Tyndall Good Samaritan Center; brothers Jim Novak of Wyoming and Charlie Novak of Yuba, California; sisters-in-law Margie Novak of Mitchell and Rose Novak of Tyndall; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her son Dale in 1994; her parents, Joseph and Josephine Novak; sister and brother-in-law Irene and Bob Ruman, beloved brother Joe Novak and brother Milo Novak, brother-in-law Don Corcoran and sister-in-law Jan Novak, as well as her beloved aunt and uncle Lydia and Louis Kreber and other relatives.