Obituary of Elsie Heisinger

Elsie Heisinger, age 95, of Yankton, passed away at her residence at Walnut Village, Yankton, SD. Memorial services will be 11:00 AM, Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at the 1st United Methodist Church, Yankton, with Rev. Ron Johnson officiating. Visitations will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Burial of the cremated remains will be in the Gracehill Municipal Cemetery, Tripp, SD, at approximately 1:30 PM Tuesday afternoon. The Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory, Yankton, is assisting with service details. Elsie was born July 23, 1918 in Tyndall, SD to Dan and Anna (Marek) Schmoll. She attended Tyndall, SD High School and then obtained a teaching certificate from Southern Normal Teachers College, Springfield, SD. She taught in rural Bon Homme County Schools. She married Werner Heisinger December 1941. After his military service in WWII, she farmed with her husband in the Parkston and Tripp, SD areas. She received a Bachelor's Degree from Southern State Teachers College in 1968 and then taught in the Delmont, SD Schools. After her husband's death, she taught at Albion, NE and Flandreau, SD. Elsie retired in 1983 in Aberdeen, SD and then Yankton, SD in 1998. She was skilled in mathematics and was an avid reader. She is survived by her son, Randy (Sharon) Heisinger of Yankton, SD; daughter, Vicki Cooley, Spangdahlem Air Force Base, FRG; sister, Barb Mach of Yankton, SD; grandsons: Bryan Cooley of Manila, Philippines, Justin (Rebecca) Heisinger of Jackson, WY, and Chris (Angela) Heisinger of Chicago, IL.