1945-2020
William N. âBillâ Jennewein, 75, of Yankton, South Dakota, passed away on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton from complications of COVID-19 virus.
A private family Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Yankton with the Rev. Fr. Larry Regynski as celebrant. Burial was at Sacred Heart Cemetery with military honors accorded by Ernest Bowyer VFW Post 791 Honor Guard and SDARNG Honor Guard.
Online condolences may be made at: www.opsahl-kostalfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory in Yankton.
Bill was born April 19, 1945, in Olympia Washington to William P. and Evelyn (Bruning) Jennewein, both of Breda, Iowa. After his fatherâs discharge from the Army the family returned to Breda, where Bill attended elementary school and graduated from St. Bernard Catholic High School in 1963. During these years Bill was active in Boy Scouts, speech, drama and music, performing in school choirs and boysâ quartets and often featured as a soloist. This early natural aptitude for music would follow him the rest of his life.