Funeral services for Anita Kling, age 55, of Lemmon, SD, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the New Hope Worship Center in Lemmon, SD. Rev. Derrick Jones will officiate with burial in the Greenhill Cemetery.

Serving as casketbearers are Greg Wiesinger, Shannon Wiesinger, Austin Wiesinger, Chad Abel, Vance Trogstad, Lynn Meade and Gene Kling. The Band "Thunder Road", the Dakota Lodge employees and all of Anita's friends and family are considered honorary casketbearers.

Anita Mae Kling was born on February 14, 1959, in Elgin, ND, to Roy and June (Meade) Kling. She grew up on the farm 10 miles north of Morristown. She was the youngest of 3 girls. In 1967 the family moved to Lemmon because of her dad's health. Anita attended 2nd through 12th grade in Lemmon; graduating in 1977 from Lemmon High School.

She cooked at the Town & Country Café (now the China Garden), in Lemmon for 14 years. In 1989, she moved to Bismarck and attended Interstate Business College and Bismarck State College. She worked as a CNA for Edgewood Vista Assisted Living, Maple View Memory care, St. Alexius Home Health Care and Hospice, and Burleigh County Home Care.

Anita has two sons, Bodine (1993) and Bleau (1997), the joys of her life. Anita wa a member of 1st Presbyterian Church in Bismarck where she taught Sunday School and kids programs on Wednesday evening.

Anita and her two boys moved back to Lemmon in 2008 where she was the manager at the Dakota Lodge and was still presently employed there.

Anita was very proud of her excellent staff, and made life-long friends with most of her guests. It was her "home away from home". Anita served on the Lemmon City Council and Lemmon Chamber of Commerce.

She will be remembered for her quick sense of humor, honesty, and being a kind and compassionate friend to all that knew her. Anita lived life with a positive attitude, enormous strength and courage and always remained humble. She was well known for her hospitality, and making everyone feel welcome in her home. She always put other first, herself second, and was an open and loving person. Hugs were always abundant. She enjoyed spending time with her family.

Anita passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at the Five Counties Nursing Home after a courageous battle with cancer.

She is survived by her sons, Bo and Bleau; sisters, Arvetta Wiesinger and Deb Thom; special friend, Brent Voigt; nieces and nephews, Greg and his children, Amber and Austin, Shannon and Kara Weisinger and their children, Melinda and Brittney, Jesse Thom and family and Melanie her husband Pete Travis.

Greeting Anita in heaven are her parents, Roy and June Kling; brother-in-law, Richard; grandparents; Jim and Viola Meade and Martin and Clara Kling; and a host of other family and friends.

Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. followed by a gathering of family and friends at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 all at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.