Diana Yorek

Diana T. Yorek, age 67 of Albany, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at the CentraCare Hospital in Melrose, Minnesota.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 26 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Albany with Rev. Anthony Christoffels officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church.

Diana Therese Johannes was born September 22, 1955 in Little Falls, Minnesota to Leonard and Josephine (Maile) Johannes. On May 4, 1979 she was united in marriage to Dennis Yorek in Little Falls. The couple lived in Upsala where she was a daycare provider for many years; allowing Diana to take care of their own children which was important to her. They moved to Albany in 2004 where she began working at Mother of Mercy Nursing Home. She was currently working at Serenity Village in Avon. Diana always enjoyed taking care of others. When she wasn’t working, she enjoyed sewing, crafts, crocheting, doing seamstress work, and most of all spending time with her grandchildren. She never turned down a fishing or shopping trip and liked cooking and baking but left the grilling for Dennis.  

She was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Albany.

Survivors include her husband, Dennis Yorek of Albany; son, Robin Yorek of Avon and his long time girlfriend, Rita Robertson of Buffalo; daughter, Nicole Yorek of St. Stephen; grandchildren, Kitana and Mason Yorek, and Kylee and Wiley Nieman; sisters, Alverna (Myron) Voss, Kathleen (Jerome) Ebnet, Delores Pilarski, and Mary Mader; brothers, Gerald (Carol) Johannes, Kevin (Pam) Johannes Allen (Donna) Johannes, and Arnie (Kay) Johannes.

Diana was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, LeRoy and Kenneth Johannes; and brothers-in-law, Martin Pilarski and Robert Mader.

Urn bearers will be Robin, Kitana, and Mason Yorek and Kylee and Wiley Nieman. Readers will be Brenda Utsch and Mason Yorek. Eulogy will be by Lisa Beuning.