John Misterek
April 9, 1948 ~ April 18, 2008
Served by: Luce, Luze & Reck Funeral Homes
John Misterek, 60, of Marion and formerly of Harrold, died Friday, April 18, 2008 at his home in Marion from complications of diabetes.
Funeral service were held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 24, 2008 at the Luze Funeral Home in Highmore with Rev. Brian Lemcke officiating. Burial was in Medicine Hill Cemetery, Harrold. Visitation was held at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 23 at the Luze Funeral Home.
John David Misterek was born on April 9, 1948 with twin brother Joe at Pierre, SD to John H. and Leona (Miller) Misterek. He grew up at Harrold where he graduated from Harrold High School. After graduating from South Dakota State University in Brookings with a BS degree, he worked in the ag industry. He was a sheep shearer for many years.
Survivors include 4 daughters, Josie (Rich) Benz, Sioux Falls, Angie (Rich) Barnett, Augusta, KS, Paige Misterek and Jahne Misterek, both of Dickinson, ND; a stepson, Ryan Kenjalo, Harrisburg, SD; 3 grandchildren; a sister, Kathi Owens, Wichita, KS; and 4 brothers, Dick, Blunt, SD, twin Joe, Lincoln, ND, Tom, Pierre, SD, and Tim, Harrold, SD.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Chuck.
Luze Funeral Home of Highmore was entrusted with his arrangements.
Funeral service were held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 24, 2008 at the Luze Funeral Home in Highmore with Rev. Brian Lemcke officiating. Burial was in Medicine Hill Cemetery, Harrold. Visitation was held at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 23 at the Luze Funeral Home.
John David Misterek was born on April 9, 1948 with twin brother Joe at Pierre, SD to John H. and Leona (Miller) Misterek. He grew up at Harrold where he graduated from Harrold High School. After graduating from South Dakota State University in Brookings with a BS degree, he worked in the ag industry. He was a sheep shearer for many years.
Survivors include 4 daughters, Josie (Rich) Benz, Sioux Falls, Angie (Rich) Barnett, Augusta, KS, Paige Misterek and Jahne Misterek, both of Dickinson, ND; a stepson, Ryan Kenjalo, Harrisburg, SD; 3 grandchildren; a sister, Kathi Owens, Wichita, KS; and 4 brothers, Dick, Blunt, SD, twin Joe, Lincoln, ND, Tom, Pierre, SD, and Tim, Harrold, SD.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Chuck.
Luze Funeral Home of Highmore was entrusted with his arrangements.
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Josie, Angie, Paige and Jahne,
I was so saddened to hear about your Dad, my Uncle John.
Josie and Angie -we had some very fun summers at the farm with grandpa and grandma Misterek and Uncle John.
Grandma Misterek would enjoy seeing her family together. Wish I could be there, too, but please know I’m thinking of you all.
Please keep in touch.
Love,
Cousin Kelly Misterek and Katelyn
To: Dad,Uncle Joe, Aunt Kathi, Uncle Tom and Tim:
My sincere sympathies with the loss of your brother, Uncle John.
Times like this makes it hard to be so far away from home. Wish I could see everyone and you could see my Katelyn, too.
The 4th of July family reunions in Harrold were highlights of my childhood. Eating grandma’s cooking and playing with the cousins always was something I’ll cherish.
I can remember Uncle John shooting bottle rockets with us kids. He had a great smile and a hearty laugh and some say he looked like Robin Williams. He had a special bond with Uncle Joe, grandma even said they had their own language.
Of course, when I personally think of Uncle John, I remember our 4-H sheep. He always helped us kids with picking out our livestock exhibits and we often won trophies because of him.
He truly loved his kids. When they were with him – you could tell he was happy.
After all of these years, every so often, he’d call me out here in Washington; just to visit – like I remember Grandma doing with her out-of-state family.
We’ll all miss Uncle John, but know he’s up with the rest of the “flock” in heaven.
Love,
Kelly
John worked for me at the Yale Farmers Coop for a little while a few years ago, I was manager at that time, myself I always got along with John he was a very special individual. I had truly hoped John would have worked out but it wasn’t because he didn’t try, he was a very hard worker and as I heard at the funeral today very committed to his family. John and I had many conversations about children and family and was easy to see family was everything to him. We are all different in our own way that is just how God created us,I don’t really know what John thought about me but I always had a fondness for John and thought he was a wonderful man, I feel for the family in this grieving time and I can assure you all, John now has a stable home with God.
A freind of John Misterek
Gary Doering
p.s. if there is anthing I could help with I would sure be glad to try
Tom & I want to express our sympathy for your loss. John’s families will be in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time.
To the family of John Misterek,
I am sorry to hear of the passing of John. My thoughts and prayers goes out to all of you during this time.
With my deepest sympathy,
Lori
Kathi and family,
Sorry to hear about John’s passing so early in life. Fighting diabetes seems to be too common these day. Thoughts are with you.