Jean Brech

Jean Brech, age 89, passed away June 12, 2015 at the Avera Yankton Care Center, Yankton, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 am, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at St. Benedict Catholic Church, Yankton, SD with Rev. Ken Lulf officiating. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Yankton, SD. Visitations will begin at 5:00 PM, Monday, June 15, 2015 at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home, Yankton, SD with a Scripture service at 7:00 PM. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the church.

Jean was born September 27, 1925 in Yankton, SD to James and Catherine (Hilmer) Stanage. Jean graduated from Yankton High School in 1944. She married Vincent Brech in 1947 at Sacred Heart Church, Yankton, SD. She worked for Northwestern Energy for three years and for James Wagner Attorney as a secretary. She also worked for James Goetz and then for the City of Yankton for 27 years, retiring in 1989.

Jean is survived by her son Darold Brech of Yankton, SD and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Vincent, and one sister Carol Conrad.