Connie L. "Cora" Kappes

Aberdeen: Mass of Christian burial for Connie “Cora” L. Kappes, 97, Aberdeen, is 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 409 Third Ave. S.E. Burial following at St. Mary's Cemetery. Father Tom

Anderson will officiate.

Liturgical wake is 7 p.m. Tuesday at Schriver's Memorial Mortuary and Crematory, 414 Fifth Ave. N.W. Visitation is 3-7 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary and one hour prior to the funeral Wednesday at the church.

Connie died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at Golden Living Center, Groton.

Connie Louise was born to Martin and Lucia Mardian on June 20, 1911, near Hosmer where she grew up and attended school. After the death of her first mother, Connie became very close to her stepmother: Anastasia Hummel Mardian.

Connie married Frank Yealey in 1929. She later married Herbert Kappes in 1946. She worked in the housekeeping department at St. Luke's Hospital and retired in 1977.

Connie was a member of both St. Mary's and Sacred Heart Catholic Churches. Connie enjoyed caring for her family, baking and cooking German food, playing cards, doing puzzles, doing any type of needlework or sewing and watching game shows. She also enjoyed traveling to many different sporting events to watch her grandchildren compete.

Connie had five children, 19 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren. In recent years, Connie lived at Nano Nagle and Mother Joseph Manor in Aberdeen and the Golden Living Center, Groton.

Connie is survived by three children, Angela Mardian Berget, Norman Kappes, and Deborah Kappes Davies; two daughters-in-law, Frances and Dorothy Yealey; a sister-in-law, Goldie Mardian; and a son-in-law Bob Davies.

Two sons, Edward and Lee Roy Yealey, preceded her in death, along with her parents; stepmother; three brothers, Wendell, Adam (Goldie) and Philip (Frances) Mardian; one sister, Betty (Peter) Mardian Malsom; and one great-grandchild, Dawn Gonsor.

Pallbearers are eight of her grandchildren: Eve (Terry) Gonsor Yun, Tony (Mary) Gonsor, Sid Gonsor, Les (Julie) Gonsor, Paulette Gonsor Olivera, Sarah (Tom) Gonsor Jones, and Christopher (Cyndi) and Corey (Kelly) Davies. Honorary pallbearers will be the rest of her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.