Elsie Pacovsky

Elsie Frances Pacovsky was born on April 24, 1927 to Casper and Frances Belshan Kycek in Freeborn County. She grew up in rural Hayward and attended grade school in Hayward District #35 and high school in Albert Lea. On June 10, 1949 she was united in marriage to Joseph Pacovsky at the First Lutheran Parsonage. Elsie and Joe lived on their farm since 1949. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Glenville and a member of the ZCBJ Lodge where she received her 75 year pin. Elsie loved animals and truly loved being a housewife. She was so proud that all 6 of her children received college educations and that there were 3 doctors in the family. Elsie loved to make pies, piecrust, and kolaches. She also enjoyed playing bingo. Elsie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her family was the light of her life and she cherished the time she spent with her family. Survivors include her husband, Joseph; children, Joseph Katherine Pacovsky, Elaine Pacovsky, Barbara Robert Nathanson, Karen Harry Nyenhuis, Franklin Pacovsky and Fredrick Pacovsky; grandchildren, Kara Peter Carman, Krista Mike Pack, Jill Donovan Craig, Rachel and Lisa Nathanson, Alexander, Logan, and Mackenzie Pacovsky, and Elise and Brady Nyenhuis; great-grandchildren, Joanna, Eliza, Joseph and Willa Carman, Dylan and Maya Pack, and Steven Craig; brother, Leland Casper Kycek; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sylvia Kycek, Violet Kycek, Alice Kycek, John and Darlene Pacovsky, and Viola Bruns. Elsie was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Margaret Nerad, Frank Kycek, Victor Kycek, Ernest Kycek, Leonard Kycek, Richard Kycek, Marie Kycek and Frances Kycek in infancy; in-laws, John and Celia Pacovsky. Blessed be her memory.