Lori Chyrl (Sorenson) Kloucek

CLERGY
Rev. Dean Schroeder
MUSIC
Organist ~ Donna Bohlmann
Congregational Hymns
"How Great Thou Art"
"Amazing Grace"
"What a Friend We Have in Jesus"
"Rock of Ages"
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS
All of Lori's Family
CASKETBEARERS
Scott Kloucek
Andrew Kloucek
Eric Sorenson
Pete Sorenson
Carol Kloucek
Chantel Kloucek
Lori Chyrl (Sorenson) Kloucek was born on Saturday, March 21, 1959 in Brookings, South Dakota to LeRoy and Rita (Bushnell) Sorenson. She graduated from Tyndall High School in 1977 and attended South Dakota State University in Brookings for one year.  Lori married Jim Kloucek on February 4, 1978. They moved to Sibley, Iowa in 1980.
Lori gave freely of her time and talents and spent much of her life helping other people. Lori attended Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Worthington, Minnesota and graduated in 1990 with  an Associate’s Degree in Occupational Therapy. As a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, Lori provided occupational therapy services to many challenged people in facilities across southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa. She worked for many years at Village Northwest Unlimited, a rehabilitation facility in Sheldon, Iowa.
Lori’s passion in life was her music. She was an accomplished pianist and organist, played the flute and loved to sing. For many years, Lori gave private piano lessons. She had been organist at several churches during her life, and at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sibley, where she was a member. For several years, she sang with “Miss Musicale,” a women’s vocal group in Sibley. Lori will always be remembered for her beautiful music.
Most important to Lori was her family. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. Growing up, Lori was always present at her boys’ athletic and extracurricular activities and encouraged them in all they did. Her grandson and granddaughter, Tanner and Taylor, were the light of her life. She was a loving mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and aunt.
Lori died on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 49 years, 2 months and 20 days.
Lori’s memory will be cherished by her two sons: Scott (Chantel) Kloucek of Estherville, Iowa and grandchildren, Tanner and Taylor, and Andrew Kloucek of Yankton, South Dakota; her father, LeRoy Sorenson and special friend, Donna Bohlmann, of Tyndall; three siblings: brother Eric (Tracy) Sorenson of Atlanta, Georgia and their children, Brian, Megan and Brittany, sister Amy McKenna of San Diego, California and her son, Austin, and brother Pete (Lorraine) Sorenson of Tabor, South Dakota and their children, Ethan and Claire; her grandfather, Laurence Sorenson of Tyndall; and her friend and former husband, Jim Kloucek of Tabor.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Rita Sorenson on June 12, 2003, her paternal grandmother, Signe Sorenson and her maternal grandparents, Roy and Chyrl Bushnell.