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Dennis Dale Green, age 72, of Winner, SD, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 7, 2017.

Dennis was born June 21, 1944 in Kadoka, SD as the only child to Dale & Anna Green. He went to White River schools through high school. He attended the University of South Dakota and graduated with a major in Music Education. While at USD he met and married the love of his life, Josephine Julia Hahn on June 8, 1969.

Dennis taught music in Platte, Waubay & Alexandria before moving to Winner in 1976 to work for Job Service, then to Mission to work for Department of Social Services. He then worked in Winner for the Winner City Jail until his retirement.
Dennis was a member of the Winner United Methodist Church, a member of the Winner Masonic Lodge #166, member of Roseland Chapter of The Order of Eastern Star Chapter 113, also Associate Bethel Guardian of Job’s Daughters International Bethel #21.

The joys in his life included spending time with his children and grandchildren, hunting and fishing, helping with the community playhouse both in acting and set work, playing and singing music in many forms.

His wife, children and grandchildren will miss his storytelling, his laughter, his words of wisdom, and constant guidance in always doing the right thing.

Paulson was born on Sept. 9, 1940, on the family ranch near Mission, South Dakota, the son of Clarence and Edna (Breding) Paulson.

He attended country schools in the area and was a 1958 graduate of Todd County High School. He then attended Southern State Teachers College to study auto mechanics. After receiving his diploma he began working for Luter Implement in Valentine.

He was united in marriage to Emma C. Parks in November 1960, at Ainsworth.

In 1967, the couple moved to Doniphan where he began working at Sperry New Holland in Grand Island, later moving to Giltner.

In 1980, he moved north of St. Paul, where he lived the rest of his life.

Roger enjoyed working with and raising cattle and working on old tractors of his own and for others. He collected toy tractors and coins and liked to attend auctions. He loved spending time with his family and having coffee with his friends, where they would try to solve all the problems of the world.

Doris Osterman was born Aug 4, 1920, to James Royal DeLong and Clara Edith (Jackson) DeLong at Crookston, Neb. She was the third of four sisters. Her sisters were Mary Beatrice (Bea), Ruth Alice and Ethyl Ferne (Ferne). When Doris was young her family moved to a ranch south of Kilgore Nebraska on the Niobrara River. She had many memories of living there such as: attending the ABC School (which still stands today), her father’s fruit orchards, fishing in the pond and spending Sundays on picnics and searching the sand blow outs for Indian Arrowheads of which they had an entire bucket full of.

On Aug 14,1937 Doris was united in marriage to Walter Nile Osterman. A son and daughter were born to this union. Nile Walter (Sonny) & Alice Elaine (Elaine).

Doris was never afraid to work hard. She was a cook for hired men on several ranches. She owned and ran a café in Mullen, Neb.. She worked at the Buttercup Café in Valentine Neb. She also worked for many years at the Pine View Good Samaritan Home in Valentine. When she retired she decided she wasn’t ready to quit working entirely. She loved to read books so with the help of her daughter and son-in-law, John she opened a used book store and named it Rainbow Book Exchange. It gave her a purpose to get up and get out of the house everyday. She was in the public and while there she made many friends who would just come in and set and chat for a while. She ran her book store until she was 80 yrs old.

Doris was a good seamstress and quilter. She would embroider or cross stitch blocks of fabric and when she had enough for a quilt she would put them together and hand quilt every stitch by hand.

Doris’ love to cook was shared with the family that she cherished so much. Many a holiday or Sunday were spent at her house enjoying good old fashioned meals. When the dishes were all done it was nothing unusual for her to bring out the Scrabble board or her deck of cards so a rummy game called “May I” could be played.

Margaret was born at Piniele, MT in Carter County on May 10, 1921 to Roy and Florence Davis. She was the oldest of 5 children.

The family moved to different locations in the next few years spending the most time in Deadwood, SD where the rest of her brothers and sisters were born. Margaret attended grade school in Deadwood and often talked about growing up there.

As a teenager she worked as a mica cutter in Custer for a time. In her mid-teens the family moved to southern Tripp County after her dad was discharged from his WWII duties. While in Tripp County she met Kenneth Kollmar. After they courted for a time they were married Sept. 15, 1952, in Gregory, SD. Three children were born to this union, Patricia, Kenneth, and Vola.

After many years of farming and ranching in the Clearfield/Millboro area Kenneth passed away in 1987.

Margaret moved to Winner with her daughter Vola and then to Madison and Watertown, SD and then back to Winner where she lived in Lamro Apartments for 15 years until the time of her death.

She was a long time member of the VFW Auxiliary and the Colome Legion.

James was born Aug. 2, 1938, to Leonard and Maude Grade in Winner, SD. He was raised in Winner and was a proud member of the football, basketball, and track teams for the Winner Warriors High School. He graduated in 1956. After graduation, he attended the University of South Dakota. He returned to Winner to work at the local Ford dealership and met the love of his life, Donna Tideman. They were married on Sept. 11, 1960. He operated a pizza place called The Varsity in Vermillion, SD, where his children (Theresa, Brad, and Shari) were born. He wanted more for his family and decided to sell life insurance for Prairie States Life Insurance Company of Rapid City. He moved his family to Bismarck, ND, in 1971.

He bought the family home in 1976 at 1906 Assumption Dr. James “Jim” was a charismatic man who could disarm you with his smile. He was always friendly and outgoing, almost to a point of fault. Jim was a proud member of the United States Marine Corps and was fond of the Semper Fi (Always Faithful) motto. He struggled at times with addiction, but overcame it with perseverance and determination and obtained 17 years of sobriety. Jim enjoyed golfing, working outdoors, and spending time with his family.

Shirley was born Oct. 28, 1941 to Emil and Albina (Stroh) Forsch in Burke, South Dakota. She was the 7th born of 13 children in the family. She was raised on the family farm, south of Burke, near Jamison, Neb. She grew up going to country school, just over the hill from the farm. She always took pride in the fact that she attended all eight years, being the only student in her grade for each of those years. She would joke that she would always have to know the answers to all of the questions. She attended Burke High School, graduating in 1959. She then attended hair styling school in Sioux Falls with her sister Bonnie. They both graduated and obtained jobs in Minneapolis.

Shirley was married to Douglas Mathison and started her family. To that marriage, two children were born: Perry Douglas and Wendy Lee. They lived for a time in South Minneapolis and eventually moved to Elk River, Minn. Shirley worked for the Lutheran Church as the church secretary. She then began working with the Sherburne County Sheriffs Office as the head record keeper. Her services included the assisting in serving court issued detention orders for any female. From this job, it grew to the point that she was sent the Minnesota State Law Enforcement School in Arden Hills, Minn. She was very proud of her achievement there, a was her father Emil, of becoming a licensed Law Enforcement Officer. She continued working in the office as a record keeper, but also had the opportunity to occasionally work in the field. She worked for the Sherburne County Sheriffs Office for almost ten years.

Shirley and Douglas were divorced in 1983. She met and married Richard Berg on March 7, 1983. They lived in Elk River and Monticello, Minnesota until Richard’s retirement from the Minnesota State Patrol in 1999. they moved to Burke, South Dakota and have resided there ever since.