Viola Lorraine Bauder

CLERGY
Rev. Jonathan Vehar
REMEMBRANCES
Linda Kluthe
Senator Frank Kloucek
MUSIC
Organist ~ Jan Kocer
Congregational Hymns
“How Great Thou Art”
“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
“God Be With You ‘Til We Meet Again”
CASKETBEARERS
Conrad Finck
Cornelius Finck
John Cihak
Kenny Bauder
Bill Breen
Larry Wentz
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS
Richard & Marian Soma
Harold & Erna Pirner
Otto & Ann Holder
Orville Buechler
Viola Lorraine (Wentz) Breen Bauder was born on Wednesday, September 19, 1923 on a farm three miles east of Scotland to Robert and Bertha (Goecken) Wentz. She was baptized and confirmed, both in German, in the Evangelical Reformed Church in Scotland by Rev. Ulrich Zogg. She attended elementary school and graduated from Scotland High School in 1941. She attended the Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing in Yankton and completed her Registered Nurse examination. On September 19, 1944, her 21st birthday, Viola was united in marriage to Lawrence Breen at her parent’s home in Scotland. Lawrence died in March of 1983 in Winner. She married John Bauder on June 2, 1987 at the First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. John died in July of 1992 in Yankton.
During Vi’s long and accomplished career as a nurse, she became a Certified Nurse Aide Instructor in 1965, a Certified Restorative Nursing Instructor in 1968, and became licensed as a Nursing Home Administrator in 1974. In 1980, she completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health Care from Mount Marty College. She served in many clinical positions throughout the Midwest, and earned numerous citations and awards for her achievements in the nursing field. She was instrumental in establishing hospital and nursing home auxiliaries in several towns, including the auxiliary for Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital in Scotland. In addition to her nursing career, Vi was an active member of the communities in which she lived. She was a member of the Scotland Development Group, the Scotland Historical Preservation Society, the Scotland Civic Club, Scotland Senior Citizens, Sodak Stamm for Germans from Russia, Life Enrichment for the Elderly (LEE), and the VFW and American Legion Auxiliaries. She also devoted many years to the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and various church offices. Viola passed away on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Society of Scotland at the age of 86 years, 8 months, 29 days.
Viola is survived by one son, Bob Breen of Tempe, Arizona; a step-daughter, Pauline Finck of Tripp; four step-sons: Marvin (Dianne) Bauder of Tyndall, Duane (Shari) Bauder of Yankton, Rev. Larry (Kaye) Jerke of Mitchell and Norman (Marva) Jerke of Madison; three grandchildren, thirteen step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and fifteen step-great-grandchildren; three brothers-in-law and seven sisters-in-law.
In addition to her parents, Vi is preceded in death by a brother, Allen Wentz; her daughter, Jean Olson; and her first and second husbands, Lawrence Breen and John Bauder.