Obituary of Kathleen M. Sedlacek

Kathleen "Kathy" M. Sedlacek, age 63, of Tabor, SD passed away Wednesday, March 05, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, March 8, 2014 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Tabor, with Rev. Steven Jones and Msgr. Carlton Hermann officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitations will be from 5 to 7 PM, Friday, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Tabor, with a Wake service at 7:00 PM. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. The Opsahl-Kostel Memorial Chapel, Tabor, is assisting with service details. Kathleen was born on March 25, 1950 to Alfred and Leona (Hoesing) Haberman, Sr. on the family farm in rural Menominee, NE. She graduated from Crofton High School in 1968 and then moved to Houston, TX to attend cosmetology school. Kathy met the love of her life, Thomas Sedlacek of Tabor and they were united in marriage on September 27, 1969 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Menominee, NE. She was employed at Valley State Bank in Yankton as a bank teller. She was very fortunate to stay at home to raise her children and enjoyed working on the farm. After her children graduated, she went to work at Avera Home Medical Supply in Yankton from 1990-2012 when her illness forced her to stop working. She loved her grandchildren and loved hearing her favorite word which was "Grandma". She enjoyed going to all their school and sporting events. She was an amazing cook and loved gardening. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Altar Society and the Kortan-Hatwan American Legion Auxiliary in Tabor. Kathy was a kind, loving and courageous person with an amazing smile who was very giving and would help anyone. She accepted her illness with dignity through it all and never questioned why. Those who will always cherish her memory are her husband, Thomas Sedlacek Sr. of Tabor, SD; son, Thomas (Jennifer) Sedlacek Jr. of Yankton, SD; daughter, Julie (Shannon) Herrboldt, Menno, SD; seven grandchildren: Emma, Addison and Jace Sedlacek and Drew Delvaux, all of Yankton, SD and Cody, Christina, and Carly Herrboldt, all of Menno, SD; siblings: Karen Sudbeck of Blair, NE, Duane (Sara) Haberman of Fordyce, NE, Berenice (Brad) Lubbers of Omaha, NE, Keith (Brenda) Haberman of Fordyce, NE; sister-in-law, Mary Haberman of Fordyce, NE; brother-in-law, Alan Fleer, of Houston, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews. Those who preceded Kathy in death are her parents, brother, Alfred Haberman, Jr., sister, Mardell Fleer, and brother-in-law, Claude Sudbeck.