Courtney Elizabeth Limpert age 17 of Buffalo, died Sunday April 1, 2007 at the Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center in Denver, CO surrounded by her family.

The funeral service will be held 10 am Thursday at the Buffalo High School Auditorium in Buffalo with Rev. Jean Helmer officiating. Visitation will be held 4 to 8 PM Wednesday at the Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche, and one hour prior to the service. Casketbearers will include Shawn and Rob Lyons, Sam Olson, Jeremy Limpert, Scott Peterson, and Jared Lei. Interment will be held in the Limpert Ranch Family Cemetery, near Buffalo.

In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to the Courtney Limpert Memorial.

Courtney Elizabeth Limpert was born May 13, 1989 in Rapid City, South Dakota. She was the daughter of Sandy and Jacki (Johnson) Limpert. Courtney grew up on the family ranch near Buffalo and attended school at the Harding County High School in Buffalo. At a young age, Courtney was diagnosed with a very rare form of dwarfism called Primordial Dwarfism. Throughout her lifetime she faced over 60 surgeries, and many health obstacles. Since this past September she has been hospitalized in Boston, Denver, and Rapid City and for the past 6 weeks at the Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center in Denver.

Words to describe Courtney would include special, funny, strong, confident, joyful, optimistic, giving, loving, cheerful, and big. Even though she wasn't the biggest person God made, you couldn't tell Courtney that. She looked at herself as a "big person" and expected everyone to treat her that way as well. She didn't feel sorry for herself either, and she never wanted anybody else's sympathy. She loved animals, especially her dog Toto. She liked to garden, enjoyed motor cycle rides, arm wrestling, and climbing apple trees and throwing apples down on her friends. She loved life and she loved people. Music was a big part of her life and she made memories at a wedding dance, dancing with her new friend Bob Morris, who enjoyed flirting with her back and forth. God gave Courtney a special heart that really affected people. She's touched people's lives in a special way, that can't really be described. She will be always remembered for it, and she will be greatly missed by her many friends, and her family.

Courtney is survived by her parents, Sandy and Jacki Limpert and her brother, Brodie all of Buffalo; grandparents, Jerry and Judy Johnson of Belle Fourche; aunts, Audrey (Tyler) Bickerdyke of Belle Fourche, Linnea (George) Burnham of Spearfish, Cindy (Harley) Holman of Miles City MT; uncles, Dave (Jenni) Johnson of Custer, Albert (Margaret) Limpert of Belle Fourche, Mark (Rebecca) Limpert of Monticello MN; and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Bill Limpert and Kay Limpert-Scherr.