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Lydia Marie Bender White
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Birth: Apr. 13, 1916
Scotland
Bon Homme County
South Dakota, USA
Death: Dec. 27, 2012
Yankton
Yankton County
South Dakota, USA
Lydia White, age 96, of Yankton passed away Thursday, December 27, 2012 at the Avera Yankton Care Center, Yankton, SD.
Lydia Marie Bender Oorlog White was born April 13, 1916 to Jacob & Rosina (Heihn) Bender in the sod house on the Bender homestead south of Scotland, South Dakota. She was baptized in the Scotland Reformed Church and confirmed in the Salem Reformed Church in Menno, South Dakota. She attended Plattner School district No. 13 south of Scotland, South Dakota through the eighth grade.
Her mother passed away when she was 11 years old and she continued to live with her father and brothers on the homestead until January 26, 1936 when she married Henry Oorlog. They made their home in Olivet, SD for 30 years. While there, Lydia attended the Olivet Evangelical United Brethren Church where she taught Sunday school and was a member of the Ladies Aid. She was employed part time at the Wintersteen, Shaeffer & Kratz grocery stores. Lydia was also a postal clerk at the Olivet post office the last three years while living in Olivet.
Due to her husband's illness, they moved to Yankton, SD in 1961, where she was employed at the Human Services Center for 14-1/2 years. Her husband passed away in October, 1966; at this time Lydia pursued and received her G.E.D.
In 1968, Lydia joined the Riverview Park Reformed Church. On August 4, 1972, she married Thomas White of rural Gayville, SD where they lived on the farm until 1991 when they moved to Yankton, SD with Tom passing away on March 9, 2001.
She is survived by her daughter, Nyla (DeWayne) Kozak of LeMars, IA; step-daughter, Phyllis White of Gayville, SD; step-son, Warren (Mary) White of Yankton, SD; step-daughter -in-law, Rose White of North Platte, NE; grandchildren: Mike Pulkrabek of Black Hawk, SD, Barry (Louise) Hollman of Yankton, SD, Darrin (Kathy) Kozak of Glidden, IA, Mike Kozak of LeMars, IA, Chris (Dena) Kozak of Sioux City, IA, Wayne White of Yankton, SD, Mark White of Vermillion, SD, Alicia White Herchenhan of North Platte, NE, and Eric White of North Platte, NE; ten great grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren.
Lydia was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, one sister, five brothers, her daughter, Darlene Hollman and her husband Robert Hollman, stepson, Merit White, and her granddaughter, Thea Pulkrabek.
Obituary & Photo is from The Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home
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Parents:
Jacob Bender (1880 - 1954)
Rosina Heihn Bender (1879 - 1927)
Spouses:
Henry Oorlog (1912 - 1966)
Thomas J. White (1916 - 2001)
Children:
Darlene D Oorlog Hollman (1936 - 2008)*
Nyla Rose Oorlog Kozak (1943 - 2014)*
Siblings:
Bertha J Bender Kayser (1901 - 1964)*
Henry Bender (1902 - 1954)*
George J Bender (1903 - 1964)*
Theodore E. Bender (1905 - 1981)*
Jacob M. Bender (1906 - 1982)*
Lydia Marie Bender White (1916 - 2012)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Rose Hill Cemetery
Scotland
Bon Homme County
South Dakota, USA
Created by: Memories 4 ever
Record added: Dec 31, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 102865479
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1916 - 2012 (96 years)