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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Luella Mae Vetter
Luella Mae
Vetter
Mar 10, 1926 — Jul 30, 2005
Luella Mae Vetter's Obituary
LUELLA MAE VETTER, 79, passed from this earth on July 30, 2005 at Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon. Luella had fallen and injured her back on June 30. While in the hospital, she became very ill and had a couple strokes.
She was quoted to say, "If I can dance every dance at our 60th Anniversary party, the good Lord can come and take me tomorrow." Forty seven days later, He did.
Luella was born on March 10, 1926 at Leola, SD to William and Pauline (Sperle) Smith. She attended grade school at Stony Butte, one year of high school in Spearfish, before graduating from Bison High School.
Luella married Frank Vetter on Jun 13, 1945 at Baker, MT. They lived in Tacoma, WA for a short time before returning home to the Vetter homestead. In 1956, they moved to their current home in Bison. They were blessed with three children.
Luella loved to fix hair, bowl, dance, play cards, and hear the jingle of the machines in Deadwood. Legally blind, she still loved to make dish rags and scratchers. Her family and friends were blessed with her famous noodles and watermelon, sour cream raisin pie, and date filled cookies. She always had a pot of coffee on and cookies in the freezer.
The memorial service for Luella will be held at 10:00am Thursday, August 4, at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Bison with Fr Brian Fawcett officiating.
Special music will be provided Tracy Buer. Honorary Bearers are Russel & Penny Nelson; Jared, Tracy, and Kelly Vetter; Shane and Shad Dukat; Shawnda Carmichael, and Shelley Dukat.
Grateful for sharing her life are her husband Frank, daughter Betty (Jerry) Nelson; son Randy (Diane) Vetter, and daughter Tamara Ulmer, all of Bison; 1 brother, Bill (Charlotte) Smith, Meadow; 3 sisters, Carol (Gene) Diebert, Kathleen (Bud) Krank, both in Michigan; Vernice Ray in Arizona; 9 grandchildren, Russel, Penny, Jared, Tracy, Kelly, Shane, Shad, Shawnda, and Shelly; 11 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren; sister-in-law, Elizabeth Loughlin, Sturgis; brother-in-law, Steve (Alice) Vetter, Bison; along with numerous nieces and nephews.
Luellla was preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers, Leo and Bob, and 1 sister, Delores.
Visitation will be on Thursday, 9:00 to 10:00am at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Bison.
A memorial has been established to the blind.
She was quoted to say, "If I can dance every dance at our 60th Anniversary party, the good Lord can come and take me tomorrow." Forty seven days later, He did.
Luella was born on March 10, 1926 at Leola, SD to William and Pauline (Sperle) Smith. She attended grade school at Stony Butte, one year of high school in Spearfish, before graduating from Bison High School.
Luella married Frank Vetter on Jun 13, 1945 at Baker, MT. They lived in Tacoma, WA for a short time before returning home to the Vetter homestead. In 1956, they moved to their current home in Bison. They were blessed with three children.
Luella loved to fix hair, bowl, dance, play cards, and hear the jingle of the machines in Deadwood. Legally blind, she still loved to make dish rags and scratchers. Her family and friends were blessed with her famous noodles and watermelon, sour cream raisin pie, and date filled cookies. She always had a pot of coffee on and cookies in the freezer.
The memorial service for Luella will be held at 10:00am Thursday, August 4, at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Bison with Fr Brian Fawcett officiating.
Special music will be provided Tracy Buer. Honorary Bearers are Russel & Penny Nelson; Jared, Tracy, and Kelly Vetter; Shane and Shad Dukat; Shawnda Carmichael, and Shelley Dukat.
Grateful for sharing her life are her husband Frank, daughter Betty (Jerry) Nelson; son Randy (Diane) Vetter, and daughter Tamara Ulmer, all of Bison; 1 brother, Bill (Charlotte) Smith, Meadow; 3 sisters, Carol (Gene) Diebert, Kathleen (Bud) Krank, both in Michigan; Vernice Ray in Arizona; 9 grandchildren, Russel, Penny, Jared, Tracy, Kelly, Shane, Shad, Shawnda, and Shelly; 11 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren; sister-in-law, Elizabeth Loughlin, Sturgis; brother-in-law, Steve (Alice) Vetter, Bison; along with numerous nieces and nephews.
Luellla was preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers, Leo and Bob, and 1 sister, Delores.
Visitation will be on Thursday, 9:00 to 10:00am at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Bison.
A memorial has been established to the blind.
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