Funeral services for Jean A. LaDue, age 72 of Keldron, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Grace Baptist Church in Bison with Pastor Phil Hahn and Pastor Loyd Veal, officiating.

A time of fellowship and a luncheon will be held at the Grand Electric Social Room in Bison prior to the burial in the Prairie City Cemetery.


The visitation for Jean will be held on Thursday evening from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon; and on Saturday the visitation will be from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Grace Baptist Church in Bison.


Special music will be provided by Gloria Veal, Peggy Veal, Phil and Vicki Hahn, and Janet LaDue.


Serving as casketbearers are Kent, Brittney, Bethany, and Brian LaDue; Scott, Vicki, and Levi Walters and Jessie Coleman. Dale Campbell, Lloyd and Carol Dale, Don Benson family, Gary and Margie LaDue, Bob and Dee Nelson, Loyd and Gloria Veal, Ridge and Peggy Veal, Gary and Lori Wilken, Ernie Kari and all friends and family are considered honorary bearers.


JEAN ALLYN DAYTON was born on April 6, 1936 in Lemmon, SD to Adon and Vivian (Kempton) Dayton. She grew up on the Dayton place in Adams County, north of Lemmon. Jean attended a local country school and graduated from Lemmon High School in 1954. She attended Dickinson Normal where she earned a teaching certificate. Jean taught for three years in Adams County.


She was united in marriage to Dean LaDue on June 1, 1958 in Lemmon. The LaDue's moved to Prairie City and Jean taught at the Scotch Cap, North Strool, and Fredland (Lodgepole area) schools. In 1962, the LaDue's moved to the McIntosh area where she taught in a rural school and Kindergarten in McIntosh for one year. They moved to a ranch south of Keldron in 1968 where Jean assumed her ranch duties in addition to a fulltime stay at home mom to children Ronna Jean and Kent. Due to Jean's health, they have been residing between the ranch and their home in Bison.


Jean accepted Christ as her Savior at the age of 12 during a summer Youth Bible Camp. Her faith and trust in the Lord sustained her through the years. Part of Jean's ministry was sending or handing out the Our Daily Bread devotionals to her family and friends.


Jean passed away on Sunday evening, February 15, 2009 at her home in Bison.


Jean was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Bison and the Grand River Homemakers Club.


Surviving family members include her husband Dean, Keldron, SD; son and daughter-in-law, Kent and Janet LaDue, Meadow, SD; three grandchildren, Brittney, Bethany, and Brian LaDue; her mother, Vivian Dayton, Lemmon, SD; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Verna Burton, Spring Valley, OH; Myrna and Cal Nikont, Riverside, CA; one brother and two sisters-in-law, Lowell and Dorothy Dayton, Lemmon, SD; Julie Dayton, Lander, WY; and numerous nieces and nephews.


She was preceded in death by her father, 1 daughter, Ronna Jean LaDue; 1 brother, Jerry Dayton.


A memorial has been established to Sunshine Bible Academy.