Funeral services for Robert "Bob" S. Kile, 85, of Lemmon, SD will be Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the New Hope Worship Center in Lemmon. Pastor Steve Thomas will officiate. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until the service at the Church on Thursday morning. Bob's wishes were to have his remains donated to the Medical School at the University of South Dakota.

ROBERT S. "Bob" KILE was born in Cottonwood, SD to Walter and Gertrude (Stephen) Kile on March 30, 1922. They lived near Gettysburg and later Lebanon, SD. Bob served his country in the US Army Air Corps during WWII at the rank of Corporal. He spent time in the Phillipines and Europe. Bob was a tail-gunner and photographer in the B-24 Bomber. After active duty, Bob served in the reserves. In 1947 Bob married Marion Stanley in Perkins County, SD. In 1952 he graduated from the N.W. Bible College in Minot, ND as a Minister.


Bob was an avid hunter and an excellent marksman. He had a zeal for life and the outdoors.. He worked as a lumberjack and later as a contract painter and took pride in doing a job well.


He resided at the Victorian Assisted Living from August 2005 through April 2007, when he was moved to the hospice unit at Ft. Meade. His family is truly grateful for the excellent and loving care he received at these places.

Bob Kile passed away quietly in his sleep on the evening of June 30, 2007 at the Fort Meade Nursing Home in Ft. Meade, SD.

Grateful for having shared in his life are his sister, Wilma Lillegard; five children, Alice K. Lopez, Paul Kile, Nola Culver, Janice Ingram and James Kile; six grandchildren; six great grandchildren; his ex-wife, Marion and numerous nieces and nephews. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, James and William and one sister, Elsie Collins and one son, Walter.

Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.