On Wednesday, December 31, 1919 in Prior Lake, MN (formerly known as Frog Town), Anada Mary was born to parents Ed and Jessie (Morehouse) Felix. She was the youngest of four children. Anada’s childhood years were spent on the family farm, swimming in the lake and ice skating in the winter. She attended the Prior Lake School District and later graduated from the Shakopee High School in 1937.
At the Church of St. Michael in Prior Lake, MN, Anada married Willis F. Kuboushek on Saturday, September 20, 1941. They were blessed with three children, Mary Ann, Jim and Betty. Living their earlier years in Minneapolis and Bloomington, Anada and Willis later built a home in Prior Lake in 1955. Life changed for her on June 10, 1998, when Willis passed away. In 1999, Anada moved to her present home on Pleasant Street allowing her to walk to church and the V.F.W.
Most of Anada’s career was spent in the food service area. For over 20 years, she was a cook for the Prior Lake School District. In her earlier years, Anada also worked for the Embassy Restaurant, Lucky Twin Drive-in and throughout her life at the Prior Lake V.F.W. A talented woman, she could also decorate wedding cakes and bake a mean kolacky and sweet rolls.
Each spring, Anada waited patiently for the garden to be tilled, so she could tend to the vegetables the rest of the season. She spent countless hours cutting the lawn, working in the yard and shoveling snow. Anada loved sewing, playing cards, dancing, playing bingo and watching Lawrence Welk. She also enjoyed spending mornings watching the sun rise, with an orange and a cup of coffee in her hands at the cabin in Danbury, WI.
An active and life-long member of the Prior Lake V.F.W. Post #6208 Ladies Auxiliary, Anada truly enjoyed spending time working events, dancing and socializing with the members.
A caring and loving wife, mother and grandmother, Anada taught us grace, dignity and character through her love and devotion to God, love for the family by her steadiness, guidance and commitment to her church and community. One of her favorite lines was “Preach the Gospel always and use words if necessary.”
A resident of Prior Lake, Anada Kuboushek , age 92, was reunited with her husband in heaven on Thursday, January 26, 2012, when she passed away unexpectedly at her home. She lived life to the fullest and could be heard saying,”I have never been bored a day in my life.”
Forever loved, Anada will be deeply missed by her children, Mary Ann (F. Jerry) Giles of New Market, Jim (Luanne) Kuboushek of Prior Lake, Betty (Jerry) Veldhuis of Eagle River, Alaska; grandchildren, Catherine Anada (Fred) Haese, Victoria Nesset, Jason (Terresa) Kuboushek, Joe (Keri)Kuboushek and Suzi (Ben) Britton; great-grandchildren, Emma, Abby and Noah Kuboushek, Tyler, Natalie and Andrew Kuboushek, Anna, Sam and Molly Britton; sister-in-law, Ellen Plautz of Marshfield, WI; many other loving relatives and friends.
Anada is preceded in death by her husband, Willis; parents; siblings, Edmund Felix, Meda (John) Kop and Noel Felix . Pall bearers for Anada will be her family, Mary and Jerry Giles, Jim, Jason and Joe Kuboushek, Betty and Jerry Veldhuis.
Visitation will be on Monday, January 30 from 4-8 p.m., at the Church of St. Michael 16311 Duluth Avenue SE, Prior Lake and also one hour prior to the mass at church. The Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday, January 31 at 11 a.m. at church. Pastor Tom Sieg will officiate. Anada will be laid to rest next to her husband at St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery in Prior Lake, MN.
