Grace Luella LUKHART ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

SD MARRIAGES, 1905-1949: Vernon Steinbach of Yankton, Yankton Co, SD, 23, b. SD, bachelor and Grace Lukhart of Manhattan, Riley Co, KS, 19, b. IA, maiden were married Dec 31, 1934 at Elk Point, Union Co, SD by Oliver I. Munson, Justice.

1940 SD CENSUS, Yankton Co, Yankton city:
Vernon Steinbach, 27, H, b. SD, 1935: same place, sales ward(?) manager, shoe(?) Dept Store;
Grace L., wife, 23, H-2, b. SD, 1935: same place;
Richard L., son, 4, b. SD.

1950 IA CENSUS, Marshall Co, Marshalltown:
Vernon C. Steinbach, 37, b. SD,shoe salesman, shes dept. store;
Grace L., wife, 33, b. IA, clerking, dept. store;
Richard L., son, 14, b. SD;
Gary D., son, 8, b. IA;
Charls V., son, 5, b. IA.

SSDI:
Name: Grace Luella Steinbach
Social Security Number: 503-09-1223
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1916
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: South Dakota
Last Residence: 57078, Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota
Death Date: 24 Nov 2006

OBIT: Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan, Nov. 30, 2006: Grace L. Steinbach, age 90, of Yankton, South Dakota, died Friday, November 24, 2006 at Wakonda Heritage Manor in Wakonda, South Dakota. A memorial service will be at 2:00 PM, on Thursday, November 30, 2006, at Wintz & Ray Funeral Home in Yankton with Reverend Oliver Omanson officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the memorial service.
Grace was born on July 2, 1916, at the family home in Sloan, Iowa to Harry and Jessie (Muckey) Lukhart. She married Vernon Steinbach on December 31, 1934 and raised three sons, Richard, Gary, and Charles. They lived and worked in Marshalltown, Iowa and Fort Dodge, Iowa before returning to Yankton in 1967, where they both worked for Fantles Department Store. Grace worked for Fantles in all three locations for about 40 years. She still said she would like to go back to work if she could. She enjoyed ceramics, bowling, her dogs, family, and having coffee with friend
Survivors include two sons, Richard (Claudia) Steinbach of Anaheim, California and Gary (Donna) Steinbach of Yankton, South Dakota; daughter-in-law, Susan Steinbach of Rochester, Minnesota; a sister-in-law, Celesta Koblas of Vallejo, California; niece, Muriel Hall of Elk Point, South Dakota; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Vernon, of 66 years; son, Charles; five sisters, Arline, Irene, Matilda, Harrietta, and Hellen; two brothers, Lawrence and Wilbur; and great-grandson, Isaac Boye

Grace married Vernon Charles STEINBACH on 31 Dec 1934 in Elk Point, Union Co, SD.¹ (Vernon Charles STEINBACH was born on 15 Jul 1912 in Yankton, Yankton Co, SD ^{3 5 6} and died on 27 Oct 2000 in Yankton, Yankton Co, SD ³.)