Mathew Andrew Yatsak

Mathew Andrew Yatsak, 92, passed away July 15, 2010 at Madison Memorial Hospital, in Rexburg. He was born June 21, 1918 in a small village named Specialville, Illinois which is now known as Dixmoor Illinois. He was the fifth of eleven children born to Mathew S. And Victoria Theresa Yatsak who came to the United States from Poland.

At an early age Matt learned to work hard. He worked for his father in his shoe shop trimming soles and heels, also cleaning and polishing the shoes. He also worked at a defense plant in New York during the war. Matt worked at a little of everything throughout his life. He worked in cabinet making with his brothers, selling insurance, and worked in sales.

Matt in his younger years loved to roller skate, play harmonica, and banjo. He also enjoyed reading and writing poetry. He found great joy in his retirement years learning to play the organ and spent hours practicing.

Everyone who knew Matt would agree that he had a great sense of humor and loved a good practical joke. He loved life and always had a smile on his face. Matt will be greatly missed and loved forever.

Mathew Andrew Yatsak is survived by a sister, Joan Hoeksema of Grenada, Mississippi, his dear wife Vera Jean, and a daughter Joyce Yavenue of Henderson, Nevada.

He is preceded in death by his father, mother, five brothers, John, Stanley, Frank, Michael and Izak. He is also preceded in death by four of his sisters, Victoria, Marian, Eva and Genevieve, along with his son, Ron.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 19, at Flamm Funeral Home, 61 N 1st E, Rexburg, ID. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the funeral home prior to services. Interment will be in the Sugar City Cemetery.