DeDe Nagan Yankoski

Dolores “De De” Nagan Yankoski (nee Vander Loop) died on June 20, 2019 at St. Paul Manor, after enduring many years of dementia.

She was born in Kaukauna on October 22, 1932, the daughter of Arnold and Cecelia (Van Heuklon) Vander Loop. DeDe married David Nagan at Holy Cross Church in Kaukauna on June 9, 1951, and later married John Yankoski on July 15, 1978.

She was a State Champion baton twirler, drum majorette for the Green Bay Packers, and taught baton twirling for 27 years to over 2,000 students. She was the first Student Activity Coordinator at Fox Valley Technical College in 1970, and then worked at several companies. She and John started Special Touch, Inc. in 1985 - she participated in Private Industry Council-Northern Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin Women Entrepreneurs, Chamber of Commerce-Fox Cities, and on Board of Trustees at Fox Valley Technical College. In retirement they traveled to many countries always returning to their wooded property in Fremont often called ‘DeDe’s National Forest’.

She was a woman of many talents and always full of smiles, hugs and positive advice to everyone she came in contact with.

She is survived by a brother: Jim (Dottie) Vander Loop of Tampa, Florida and sisters Rita (Bob) DeBruin of Kaukauna, Joyce Fiannaca of Kaukauna and Donna Vander Loop of Fond du lac; the father of her children:David Nagan;

her sons and daughters and their children:

Dale (Renate) Nagan of Germany and their children Christina (Oli) Wollbacher;

Tom (Rita) Nagan of Little Chute and their children Melissa (Josh) Anders, Brett (Krista) Nagan, Steffanie (Kyle) Wallin;

David (Mary Ann) Nagan Jr. of Kaukauna and their children Aaron Nagan and Allison Holub, Justin Nagan and Trisha Sonkowsky;

Brenda (Russ) Leeman of Appleton and their children James (Liz) Leeman and Elizabeth (Ryan) Doney;

Penny te Groen of California and her daughter Brianna (Micheal) Simmons;

Michelle (Bill) Greely of Bear Creek;

Her great-grandchildren are Cameryn, Mackenzie, Mathew, Jackson, Savannah, Sawyer, Brighton, Violet, and Ari.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband John, brothers Louis, Bob, Bill, son Steve, son-in-law Steve te Groen, and granddaughter Amanda Leeman.

The funeral liturgy for DeDe will be held at 12:00 Noon on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at Holy Cross Catholic Church, located at 309 Desnoyer Street in Kaukauna. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to gather at the church on Saturday, July 13, from 9:00 AM until the time of the service.