Funeral services for Inez G. Bail, age 98 of McIntosh will be 10:30am Saturday, December 30, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in McIntosh. Pastor Christian Sulzle will officiate with burial in the McIntosh Cemetery.


Special music for the service will be provided by Colleen Schaffer, organist and Keith Gall, soloist.


Serving as casketbearers are Roger Bauer, Bradley Bauer, Dennis Evenson, Dwane Moser, Harley Hanson, Gary Bubbers, and Kermit Kruger.


INEZ GOLDENE ROSSMAN was born April 24, 1908 in Thorp, WI to Henry and Hilda (Ramberg) Rossman. At an early age she moved with her parents to a farm in Reseberg where she was confirmed in St. Paul's Lutheran Church on November 6, 1921. She attended the Reseberg State Grad School through the eigth grade and then high school in Thorp. Following graduation from high school she attended college in Eau Claire, WI and then taught at various schools in the Thorp vicinity for eight years.


In 1943, Inez came to McIntosh, SD to visit relatives and decided to stay and teach school here, which she did for 6 more years. On October 11, 1947, she was united in marriage to George Bail at Lemmon. They lived on a ranch southwest of McIntosh and where companions in every way.


They were members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Inez loved music and played several different instruments and always encouraged children to become interested in music. Later in life, rug weaving was her hobby. She lived a long, useful life having God as her guide in times of joy and sorrow.


On October 19, 2006, Inez entered Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon. She passed from this life there on Tuesday, December 26, at the age of 98 years, 8 months, 2 days.


Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, George, a resident of Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon; several nieces and nephews; special cousin, Ethel Johnson, Lemmon; and a host of friends.


She was preceded in death by her parents, 1 brother Reuben Rossman; and 1 sister, Leona Lewin.