Funeral services for Judith "Judy" Buer, age 94, of Meadow, SD will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at the Indian Creek Lutheran Church south of Meadow. Pastor Joe Burgess will officiate and following a time of fellowship and refreshments, burial will take place in the Bison Cemetery at Bison, SD.



Special Music will be provided by Pete Buer, Todd Buer and Pam (Buer) Anderson.


Serving as active casketbearers are Tami Ellison Conrad, Travis Ellison, Shawn Buer, Zack Buer, Bailee Buer, Yancy Buer and Trevor Conrad.

Honorary casketbearers are Taylor Conrad, Tara Baker, Brandon Buer, Braydon Buer, Amber Ellison, Jake Ellison and Chance Ellison.

Judith Bertine (Dale) Buer was born August 6th, 1917 to John and Kristina Dale near Lily, SD. She was the youngest of eight children. She attended grade school near Bradley and graduated from Lily High School in 1935. After graduation, she worked at various jobs in the local community. She returned to the family farm after the passing of her mother. While working at the family farm, she met a handsome hired man named Harold Buer. In 1940, Harold traveled to California to find work at a dairy farm. A short time later, he sent for Judy and they were married on August 15th, 1941 in Gardena, CA.


To this union, three children were born. Dennis Buer was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1942. She and Dennis moved to Crawford, NE with Harold after he enlisted in the US Coast Guard. They moved back to California after Harold was reassigned by the Coast Guard to work in the Douglas aircraft plant near Modesto, CA.


The family then returned to South Dakota in 1946 and purchased the Hunt place east of Meadow, SD. Their daughter Connie was born in 1946 and son John in 1960. In 1963, they purchased the John Hofer place after a fire destroyed their home.


She was a wonderful homemaker and mother and enjoyed gardening, crocheting, cooking and helping on the ranch wherever needed. She enjoyed following the lives and activities of her numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.


In 1983, a traffic accident near Hermosa, SD claimed the life of her oldest son Dennis and his daughter, Denise. Following this tragedy, Judith's strength and faith in God never waivered. Five years later, her husband of 45 years passed suddenly from a heart attack. She continued to live in the Athboy area until 1999, when she moved her house to her son's ranch near Coal Springs.


She continued to live independently until suffering a stroke in 2009. She moved to the Good Samaritan nursing home in Mott, where she lived until her passing on the evening of June 16th, 2012.


She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, John and Dixie Buer, Meadow, SD; one daughter and son-in-law, Connie and Larry Ellison, Morristown, SD; six grandchildren, Tami (Ryan) Conrad, Travis (Carol) Ellison, Shawn (Susan) Buer and Zack, Bailee and Yancy Buer; eight great-grandchildren, Trevor and Taylor Conrad, Amber, Jake and Chance Ellison, Tara Baker and Braydon and Brandon Buer; numerous nieces and nephews; and her extended family of residents and staff at the Mott Good Samaritan Nursing Center.


Judy was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harold; one son, Dennis; one granddaughter, Denise; her seven siblings; and one step-grandson, Ricky Johnson in 1972.


Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, June 20, 2012 at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon and one hour prior to services at the church in Meadow on Thursday.