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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Garth Austin
Garth
Austin
d. Jul 3, 2009
Garth Austin's Obituary
Funeral services for Garth W. Austin, age 52 of Lemmon, will be held at 2:00 pm Friday, July 10, 2009 at the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Lemmon. Pastor Ron Jensen will officiate with burial in the Hettinger Cemetery.
Special music will be provided by Darrel and Marcia Klitzke.
Serving as casketbearers are Steve Hintz, Willard Barnes, Gerald Meidinger, Randy Austin, Lyle Austin, and Ramon Barnes. The Lemmon High School Class of 1976 is considered Honorary Bearers.
GARTH WILLIAM AUSTIN was born May 14, 1957 in Lemmon, SD to Leslie and Helen (Anderson) Austin. He grew up on a farm northwest of Lemmon and attended the Davison School in Dakota Township in Adams County. He attended Lemmon Public School and graduated from Lemmon High School in 1976.
Garth was united in marriage to VeRene Ericsson in the Cedar Valley Church north of Lemmon on April 4, 1981. Two children, Grant and Somar were born to this union.
He farmed and ranched with his father. In 1986, they moved to Arizona where he was employed at Karsten Ping Golf Club factory in Phoenix. He worked there for eight years and in 1994, he returned to North Dakota due to his failing health. For the past ten years, Garth has been taking dialysis treatments in Dickinson, ND.
He was a generous person always willing to help others. He attended all activities of his children when possible, and was always happy to go fishing with his son. Garth enjoyed friends and loved his family very much. He will be greatly missed by his family and all who knew him. Garth passed from this life on Friday morning, July 3, 2009 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Dickinson at the age of 52 years, 1 month, 19 days.
Surviving family members include a son, Grant Austin, Dunn Center, ND; daughter, Somar Austin, Torrington, WY; mother, Helen Austin, Lemmon, SD; sister, Joyce Mitchell, Mesa, AZ; nephew, Preston Hochhalter and his wife Lindsay, Mesa, AZ; and a great niece, Paige Hochhalter, Mesa, AZ.
He was preceded in death by his father, Leslie Austin in 1994, and a brother-in-law, Lane Hochhalter.
A memorial has been established.
Visitation will be Thursday, July 9, 2009, 1:00 to 7:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am to 12 noon, at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.
Special music will be provided by Darrel and Marcia Klitzke.
Serving as casketbearers are Steve Hintz, Willard Barnes, Gerald Meidinger, Randy Austin, Lyle Austin, and Ramon Barnes. The Lemmon High School Class of 1976 is considered Honorary Bearers.
GARTH WILLIAM AUSTIN was born May 14, 1957 in Lemmon, SD to Leslie and Helen (Anderson) Austin. He grew up on a farm northwest of Lemmon and attended the Davison School in Dakota Township in Adams County. He attended Lemmon Public School and graduated from Lemmon High School in 1976.
Garth was united in marriage to VeRene Ericsson in the Cedar Valley Church north of Lemmon on April 4, 1981. Two children, Grant and Somar were born to this union.
He farmed and ranched with his father. In 1986, they moved to Arizona where he was employed at Karsten Ping Golf Club factory in Phoenix. He worked there for eight years and in 1994, he returned to North Dakota due to his failing health. For the past ten years, Garth has been taking dialysis treatments in Dickinson, ND.
He was a generous person always willing to help others. He attended all activities of his children when possible, and was always happy to go fishing with his son. Garth enjoyed friends and loved his family very much. He will be greatly missed by his family and all who knew him. Garth passed from this life on Friday morning, July 3, 2009 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Dickinson at the age of 52 years, 1 month, 19 days.
Surviving family members include a son, Grant Austin, Dunn Center, ND; daughter, Somar Austin, Torrington, WY; mother, Helen Austin, Lemmon, SD; sister, Joyce Mitchell, Mesa, AZ; nephew, Preston Hochhalter and his wife Lindsay, Mesa, AZ; and a great niece, Paige Hochhalter, Mesa, AZ.
He was preceded in death by his father, Leslie Austin in 1994, and a brother-in-law, Lane Hochhalter.
A memorial has been established.
Visitation will be Thursday, July 9, 2009, 1:00 to 7:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am to 12 noon, at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.
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