Eileen Goracke, age 92 of Prior Lake, passed away on September 13, 2017 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center. A visitation will be held from 9-11AM on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 with Mass of Christian Burial at 11AM all at St. Michael Catholic Church, Prior Lake. Eileen will be laid to rest at St. Michael Catholic Cemetery. Father Tom Walker will preside.
Eileen Virginia Goracke was born on April 1, 1925 in Morris, Minnesota to William and Mabel (Brouillet) Riley. She was the youngest of nine children. Eileen was raised on the family farm until she graduated high school when she moved to the city of Morris where she worked at a bank and Swift and Company.
Eileen married the love of her life, Hubert “Herb” Goracke, on October 14, 1948, at Assumption Catholic Church in Morris, Minnesota. Eileen and Herb moved to a farm in Brandon, Minnesota where all ten of their children were born.
Eileen was an avid gardener, she loved to play cards, bird watch, and fish. She was a member of the Senior Citizen Card Club, delivered food with Meals on Wheels, led the rosary at Church, volunteered for Adoration, was active in bible study, helped with funeral luncheons, sang at weddings when she was young, and gifted her weight in blood to the Red Cross. She was a loving wife to her husband of 55 years, and loving mother to her ten children, twenty-two grandchildren, and twenty-three great-grandchildren.
Eileen is survived by her sons, Jerry (Carol) Goracke of Prior Lake, Dick (Nila) Goracke of Prior Lake, Joe (Cathy) Goracke of Prior Lake, Hubie (Mary) Goracke of Orlando, FL, Mark (Randi) Goracke of Prior Lake, Alan (Pam) Goracke of Blaine; daughter, Ann (Mark) Monnens of Prior Lake; 22 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; beloved sister, Marie Grossman of Chokio.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert; daughters, Coleen Heckel, Kathy Luthy, and Maureen Goracke; sons-in-law, Lynn Luthy and David Strom; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; parents; brothers, Thomas, Vincent, Leo, Edward, William, George, and Donald.
The Goracke family extends a special thank you to the staff of McKenna Crossing and St. Francis Regional Medical Center for their exceptional care and compassion.
The Goracke Family is proudly cared for by the staff of Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home & Cremation.
