CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF Theresa Salvatori

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Theresa M. Salvatori

YANKTON, S.D.- Theresa M. Salvatori, 95, Yankton, S.D., died Dec. 28, 
1999, at the Yankton Care Center, Yankton.

Visitation was Dec. 30 at Kostel Funeral Home, Yankton.

Funeral services were Dec. 31 at Benedict Catholic Church, Yankton, with 
Rev. Rodney Farke, Rev. Matthew Eickhoff, Rev. Jeffrey Eickhoff, and 
Rev. Mr. Clarence Jansen officiating.

Burial was held at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Yankton.

Pallbearers were Kate Sullivan, Linda Kruasse, Steve Jansen, Mary Parish, 
Mike Stratman, Tim Salvatori and Frank Becvar. 

Theresa was born May 14, 1904, to Henry and Elizabeth (Holstein) 
Schroeder on the family farm in rural Menominee.  She grew up in the 
Menominee area, attending grade school until eighth grade.  She lived 
on the family farm and worked for several area families during the 
summer as a nanny.  She married Charles Salvatori May 26, 1931, at St. 
Boniface Catholic Church, Menominee.  They lived in Yankton until 1943 
and then farmed on the family farm in Menominee until 1954.  They moved 
back to Yankton in 1954.  She was the head cook in the kitchen at Sacred 
Heart Hospital for thirty years, retiring in 1984.

She was a past Grand Regent of the Catholic Daughters of America, a past 
president of the Royal Neighbors of America, the treasurer of the National 
Society of Catholic Foresters, a past president of the Army Relief Corps, 
a past president of the Madonna Circle, and a member of St. Benedict 
Catholic Church.

She is survived by five daughters, Geraldine (Xavier) Becker, Hillsboro, 
Ore.; Angela (Clarence) Jansen, Menominee; Theresa Stratman, Yankton, 
S.D.; Joan (Larry) Eickhoff, Omaha; Karen (Lawrence) Becvar, North Platte, 
one son, Raymond (Jean) Salvatori, Yankton, S.D.; one daughter-in law, 
Joyce Salvatori, Omaha; 46 grandchildren; 81 great-grandchildren; three 
great-great grandsons; and one sister-in-law, Elizabeth Schroeder, Yankton, 
S.D.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one son, one infant 
daughter, two grandchildren, one son-in-law, four brothers and three 
sisters.

 

Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000-CEDAR COUNTY NEWS



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