Annette Rose (Hodek) Costello

Annette Rose (Hodek) Costello, 78.
Born on March 4, 1893 in Minnesota to Antone and Anna Hodek.
She married Aloysius (Al) Costello on June 4, 1912 in Minnesota. The family came to Rapid City in 1936 and Al founded the Highland Beverage Company. He predeceased Annette, dying in a car accident on June 1, 1951.
Annette lived at 411 Brennan Street, with Rapid Creek in her backyard. She refused to leave her home despite the pleas from her family and friends, expecting things to be not as bad as predicted.
She was survived by two sons, Kenneth and Richard Costello, and a grand-daughter, Saundra Jean Costello-Fleming. Kenneth worked the days prior to the flood, sand-bagging local schools and businesses. He was found by rescuers holding on to a tree in the swift water, not knowing at the time that he had lost his mother in the flood. Having lost everything, Kenneth relocated to Arkansas where his daughter Saundra lived.
Annette is buried in the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Rapid City, SD.