Carol Rowe McCormick, 83

Carol Rowe McCormick, 83, of Winner, SD passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021 in Mitchell, SD surrounded by her son and daughter.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 30 at 10:30 am at the Winner United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Winner City Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Thursday, July 29 at the Winner United Methodist Church in Winner from 5-7 pm with a prayer service at 7 pm.

Carol June Rowe was born on April 5, 1938 to Kenneth Rowe and Helen Hinman Rowe of Carter, SD. Carol was the oldest of three children born to Ken and Helen. She was raised on a ranch in Mellette County. Later she attended and graduated from high school in Winner, SD where she met the love of her life, Chuck McCormick. They were married in 1956 while Chuck served in the U.S. Army in Lawton, OK. Their son, Russ, was born in Lawton one year later and their daughter, Lorna, arrived just 12 months after in Winner.

Chuck and Carol co-owned and operated a motel and propane service in Valentine, NE from 1960–1966 with Chuck’s brother Keith and his wife Betty. In 1968, the family moved from Winner to Denver, CO where Chuck attended gunsmith school and Carol took a job with H&R Block as a personal tax preparer. When the family returned to Winner, Carol quickly became a beloved secretary at the Winner Middle School for many years. Before retirement Carol worked at Karl’s Appliance and kept the books for Chuck’s portable welding business. After retirement Carol enjoyed volunteering at the Community Thrift store in Winner.

Carol was a member of the Carter Gospel Fellowship where she and Chuck attended church for many years. She enjoyed cooking and baking, gardening, getting together with friends, and playing cards. She took pride in her Swedish Weaving and managed to provide a personal afghan for all her grandchildren for their high school graduation gift. Carol loved to travel and especially loved seeing new sites in the southwest from their park home in Arizona.

Surviving Carol are her son Russ & Conni McCormick of Mitchell, SD; her daughter, Lorna & Paul Reiman of Fairfax, VA; five grandchildren, Trevor McCormick, Alison (McCormick) Van Muyden, Jocelyn McCormick, Taylor Reiman, and Kelsey Reiman; one great-granddaughter, Cooper; two brothers, Robert & Dianna Rowe of Aurora, CO; and Larry & Dot Rowe of Heston, KS.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles McCormick, her sisters-in-law, Janice, Betty, and Marilyn, and her daughter-in-law, Jill McCormick.