Arlene L. Kari, age 90 of Bison, passed away on Friday evening, April 3, 2020 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.

A Mass will be said during services at 8:30 am on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Bison with Fr. Bryan Sorensen, officiating.  A family gathering will be held at the Ernerst and Arlene Kari residence in Bison following the mass.

Burial was on April 8, 2020 at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD.

Arlene Louise Miller was born August 16, 1929 to Louis and Clara Miller at Lemmon, S.D. She grew up on the ranch East of Summerville. The school was on the side of a hill and they lived close so they would walk to school and go home and eat lunch and then back to school. The Ham's were their close neighbors and they would walk over and play with them.

In 1939 a storm came up, they lived in a two story house, her and her sister Shirley, brothers Loren and Duane were told to get their butts into the house. They went up to their room and stood up against the North wall. The tornado went thru taking the South side of the upstairs off. They opened their bedroom door and could see outside. The house was shaking a lot! When Arlene was in grade school, she got scarlet fever and missed a whole year of school. She said they didn't know if they would lose her or not. Duane was a year younger and helped
her with school and they graduated together from Lemmon High School in
1947.

In 1948 she married Ernest Kari and they had five children, Dennis, Virginia, Kevin, Rene and Blane. She was a stay at home mom and after everyone was out of high school she helped out at the store, she cut and wrapped meat and stocked shelves. Blane had her helping stock
shelves after Chad Barnes bought the store last year. Chad's daughter, Mattie would tell mom how to do it. Mom would say, "That little girl was trying to tell me how to stock shelves."

Arlene passed away April 3, 2020 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.

She is survived by her four sons Dennis (Doris) Kari, Kevin (Susan) Kari, Blane Kari all of Bison, SD; Rene (friend Diane Regan) Kari of Devils Lake, ND; one son-in-law Terry (Linda) Bohnet of Vale, SD; five grandchildren, seven great grand children, one brother and two sisters-in-law, Joann Miller, Lemmon, SD; and Duane (Marianne) Miller of Rapid City, SD; two sisters-in-law Dorothy (Mrs. Cliff) Seidel, Lemmon, SD, Bernice ( Mrs. Pete) Kari, Meadow, SD; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her husband Ernest; her parents Louis and Clara Miller, one daughter Virginia Bohnet, grandson Damon Bohnet and sister Shirley Becker and a brother Loren Miller on July 3, 2020.