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.