Stayce Tachenko

Funeral Service for Stayce V. Tachenko 94, of Grassy Butte will be 11:00 am, Sunday, November 29, 2009 at the Grassy Butte Seventh Day Adventist Church with Pastor Bob Forbes officiating. Burial will be in the Grassy Butte Seventh Day Adventist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Stevenson Funeral Home in Killdeer, ND. Visitation will continue on Sunday one hour prior to the service at the church. Stayce passed away Monday, November 23, 2009 at the Hill Top Home of Comfort in Killdeer, ND. Stayce Violet Moseanko was born on July 17, 1915 in Butte, North Dakota the daughter of Victor and Olga (Borisuk) Moseanko. Stayce attended grade and high school in the Butte area. After receiving a teaching degree at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, she taught elementary school in Colorado as well as in the central North Dakota area. On July 9, 1945 Stayce married Gus Tachenko. They lived on the M Lazy T Ranch in western North Dakota near Grassy Butte where she was a ranch wife as well as continuing her career as an elementary school teacher. They had two children, Cody and Shirley. She loved her role as a leader in church and community activities and as an elementary school teacher. She was a cherished family member. She is survived by her children, Cody (Janell) Tachenko, Grassy Butte and Shirley Tachenko Achord, Lincoln, NE; grandchildren Angi Kennedy, Belfield, ND and her children, Thomas, Sierra and Christopher; Bryan (Julie) Tachenko, Beach, ND and their children, Kyle & Caleb; Mindy (Esley) Henderson, Keene, ND and their children, Taten & Rahnie Grace; Samuel Achord, London, England and John Achord, Lincoln, NE; and numerous nieces and nephews. Stayce is preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Anne Karpenko, and her brothers, Alex, William, John and George. Any memorials will be given to Adventist Community Services.


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Burial Date: November 29, 2009
Funeral Home Dickinson, ND

Funeral Service: Sunday, Grassy Butte Seventh Day Adventist Church, Grassy Butte, ND