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- Bio: Esther Winckler, age 71, of Yankton, died peacefully while listening to Scripture on Friday, May 6, 2011 at Avera Yankton Care Center. She was surrounded by members of her loving family as she departed this earth to meet her Savior, Jesus Christ.
- Funeral services for Esther will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Monday (today) at Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home Chapel in Yankton, with the Rev. Joseph Mason officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories, Yankton. Visitations will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Pallbearers will be Maxwell Hunhoff, Ethan Breen, Justin Breen, Thomas Winckler and Preston Van Zee.
- Honorary pallbearers include Landon Breen, Douglas Breen, Tiffany Galvan, Emily Van Zee, Olivia Hunhoff, Elizabeth Winchell, Andrew Winchell, Karla Fathke and Katherine Breen.
- Esther Arleen Winckler was born Oct. 11, 1939 in Bon Homme County to Konstantine and Martha (Suess) Winckler. She grew up on the family farm in rural Tabor.
- On April 27, 1958, Esther married Laurie E. Breen in Yankton. The couple was married 36 years and raised three children.
Esther operated a daycare service at her home in Yankton. She spent many years nurturing the children entrusted in her care.
- Esther enjoyed cooking, reading her Bible, watching religious programs on television, playing Solitaire on the computer, visiting with dear friends at her Marne Creek Apartments building, and playing various games with her grandchildren. She was a strong and faithful servant of the Lord who placed God above all else.
- Esther is survived by her three children: David Breen, of Wall Lake, Iowa; William (Bill) Breen, of Yankton; and Roxann Hunhoff, of Yankton; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Donald Winckler, of Yankton; one sister, Violet Sullivan, of Sioux Falls; a son-in-law, Brian Hunhoff, of Yankton; a daughter-in-law, Carolyn Breen, of Wall Lake, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Carolyn Winckler, of Tyndall; and several nieces and nephews.
- Esther was preceded in death by her parents, Konstantine and Martha; and one brother, Karl.
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