Agnes C. Noecker

YANKTON, S.D. — Agnes C. Noecker, 98, Yankton, S.D., died May 5, 2023, at Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m., May 10, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Crofton, with Rev. Jim Keiter officiating. Burial will be in the St. Rose of Lima Cemetery, Crofton. Pallbearers are Michael Noecker, Michael Broker, John Thompson, Jamie Thompson, Bob Sudbeck, Michael Guenther and Franny Guenther. Honorary pallbearers are the Legion Auxiliary Women. Visitation with a rosary and vigil service, was May 9 at the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home, Yankton. Agnes (Rothluebber) Noecker was born Oct. 5, 1924, to William and Effie (Wilson) Rothluebber, at St. Libory. Agnes was born at five minutes to 5 p.m., on the fifth day of the month and was the fifth child in a family of five girls and five boys. She married Arnold Noecker on the 5th day of the 5th month in 1942, at St. John the Baptist Church, Fordyce. From this union, Agnes and Arnold had five children, Loren, James, Marilynn, Ellen and Nancy. Agnes died peacefully at Sister James Nursing Home in Yankton, SD on the 5th day of the fifth month of 2023; a little under five hours after the completion of the fifth full moon (the Flower Moon) of the year.

Agnes graduated from Crofton Public High School in 1942. She worked as a flexible clerk in the Crofton Post Office for 18 years. She then worked for 15 years as a part time clerk in the Upper Missouri Trading Company, Crofton, for Doc and De Carlson. Agnes left the Upper Missouri Trading Company at age 81 in October 2005, when she moved to Sunrise Apartments, Yankton.

Agnes was a member of St. Rose Guild, Christian Mothers, and the Ministry of Peace Prayer Group at St. Rose Catholic Church, Crofton. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary for over 60 years.

Agnes loved to do crossword and cryptoquote puzzles. She also loved playing Scrabble and e-mailing family members. Her other hobbies included reading, knitting, crocheting and watching the Minnesota Twins and Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Survivors include three daughters, Marilynn Broker, Yankton, S.D.; Ellie (Randy) Thompson, Redding, Calif.; and Nancy (Terry) Tate, Miltonvale, Kan.; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Francis Rothluebber, Idylwild, Calif., and Alvina Meirose, Sturgis, S.D.; and one brother, Hubert “Hop” Rothluebber, Los Angeles, Calif.

Agnes was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold Noecker, April 6, 2001; her parents; two sons, Loren and James Noecker; one grandson, Chris Sukup; four brothers, Lawrence, William, Leonard and Frank; and two sisters, Alice (Jerome) Meirose and Anna (Richard) Roe.