Kourkulas, Jessie 1912-2004

KOURKULAS, SEMPLE, BILLINGS

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/18/2009 at 20:36:09

MADISON, S.D. -- Jessie Kourkulas, 91, of Madison died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, at Beverly Health Care Center in Madison.

Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Weiland Funeral Chapel in Madison, with the Rev. Verlyn Hanson officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery in Madison. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. today at the funeral chapel.

Mrs. Kourkulas was born Aug. 16, 1912, in Akron, Iowa, to Allen and Carrie (Billings) Semple. She grew up in Madison and graduated from Madison High School in 1931.

She married Peter Kourkulas on Oct. 14, 1936, in Madison. He died in 1986.

She worked as a waitress prior to her marriage, and then operated Pete's Grill in Madison with her husband.

She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and a member of First Baptist Church since 1929.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

She also was preceded in death by five brothers and four sisters.

~Source: The Sioux City Journal
~Part of the Darrell E. Obituary Collection