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Nyla Rose Oorlog Kozak
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Birth: Sep. 14, 1943
Olivet
Hutchinson County
South Dakota, USA
Death: Aug. 12, 2014
Le Mars
Plymouth County
Iowa, USA
courtesy of Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home:
Nyla R. Kozak, 70, of Le Mars, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars.
Funeral services will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 16, 2014, at the Le Mars Bible Church. Pastor Fred Gums will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Cemetery in Le Mars. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 15, 2014, at the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. The family will be present to greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m., with a prayer service scheduled at 7:00 p.m. There will also be one hour of visitation at the church prior to the funeral service on Saturday.
Nyla Rose Oorlog was born on September 14, 1943 in Olivet, South Dakota, to Henry and Lydia (Bender) Oorlog. Her father passed away and Lydia remarried Thomas White. Nyla attended school in Olivet and later graduated from high school in Menno, South Dakota. After graduation, Nyla attended Stewart’s School of Cosmetology in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She worked in a beauty shop in Yankton prior to her marriage.
On April 4, 1964 Nyla and DeWayne Kozak were united in marriage at Olivet. They lived in Vermillion for a year prior to moving to Yankton. In 1969 the family moved to Le Mars. After her boys were raised, Nyla took a position with Ben Franklin Variety Store. When it closed, she went to work at Walmart in the receiving department, where she worked for the next 20 years.
Nyla was a longtime member of the Le Mars Bible Church. God and her faith were at the center of her life. She participated in women’s fellowship and had served as its president. In her spare time Nyla enjoyed singing at church, crocheting, and sewing. She loved to cook and host family gatherings.
Grateful to have shared her life is her husband of 50 years, DeWayne of Le Mars; three sons, Darrin and Kathy of Glidden, Iowa, Mike of Akron, Iowa, and Chris and Dena of Brentwood, Tennessee; grandchildren, Erica, Alison, and Katelynn and her fiancé Nathan Johnston, Christopher and Joslyn Pappadackis, and Stephanie Pappadackis; a great-grandson, Levi; a stepsister, Phyllis White of Gayville, South Dakota; a stepbrother, Warren and Mary White of Yankton, South Dakota; stepsister-in-law, Rose White of North Platte, Nebraska; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; stepfather, Thomas White; sister, Darlene and Robert Holman, and stepbrother, Merritt White.
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Parents:
Henry Oorlog (1912 - 1966)
Lydia Marie Bender White (1916 - 2012)
Spouse:
DeWayne Laddie Kozak (1937 - 2014)*
Sibling:
Darlene D Oorlog Hollman (1936 - 2008)*
Nyla Rose Oorlog Kozak (1943 - 2014)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Memorial Cemetery
Le Mars
Plymouth County
Iowa, USA
Created by: Bill Bates
Record added: Nov 02, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 138204697
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1943 - 2014 (70 years)