Agnes M. Hayda

Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at St. Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Long Prairie, for Agnes M. Hayda, 99, Waite Park, formerly of Long Prairie, who passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Fr. Mark Willenbring officiated and burial was in the St. Mary’s Cemetery, Long Prairie.
Agnes Hayda was born June 29, 1916, in Browerville, MN to Thomas and Mary (John) Wrobel. Agnes was the oldest of seven girls and was nine years old when her mother died and her youngest twin sisters were two weeks old. She married Isidore Hayda on April 22, 1939, in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Browerville and farmed near Browerville 26 years before moving to Long Prairie in 1965. She had been employed as a cook by the Long Prairie Hospital and Nursing Home, Sauk Centre Truck Stop and as a cook and a waitress at Con Kaluza’s restaurant and as a waitress at Marie’s Café in Browerville. She also worked at Fingerhut in Sauk Centre and Melrose. She was a member of St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church and most recently resided in Waite Park.
Agnes enjoyed baking, canning, gardening, fishing and after retiring, helping people in need, especially the aged, along with lots of charity work.
Survivors include sons and daughters, Richard (Cheryl) of St. Louis Park, Frances, Waite Park, Lucille Schaefer, Chanhassen, Mary Stoecker, Eden Prairie and Isidore Jr. (Gary), five grandchildren, Alan (Tammy) Hayda, Dana (Randy) Tellock, Mark Hayda, Jake Stoecker and Brittany (Tyler) Riopelle, six great grandchildren and sisters Tillie Olson, Vero Beach, FL and Marcella Kotula, Browerville, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, son Jerome, and infant Jo and sisters, Adeline West, Irene Hines, Josephine Brandt and MaryAnn Fay.
Pallbearers were Jake Stoecker, Alan Hayda, Dana Tellock, Mark Hayda, Travis Tellock and Chad Hayda.