Darlene Harrison 82 of Chamberlain passed away Sept. 3, 2019 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Family burial will be held at the White River City Cemetery on Sept. 21 at 3 pm.
Darlene Stromer was born Aug. 13, 1937 to Lester and Pauline (Krogman) Stromer at Murdo South Dakota.
She went to country school until 7th grade and then went to White River School until she graduated in 1955.
On May 25th, 1956 Darlene married the love of her life Ronald (Mick) Harrison. Mick and Darlene lived and worked at the Nielsen place for several years and then moved to Sioux City, Iowa where Mick went to barber school and Darlene did ironing to help pay for Mick going to school.
They then moved to Winner, South Dakota and had a barber shop business for many years. They moved to Oacoma, South Dakota in 1996 and enjoyed living by the river and fished as much as they could.
After Mick’s passing in 2016 she moved into the Regency Retirement Center in Chamberlain and loved her daily walks along the river.
Darlene worked hard in her garden and flowers and enjoyed canning pickles and tomatoes. She always made enough for all her nieces and nephews to enjoy too. Darlene also enjoyed making quilts and made sure all the new babies of the family and close friends always had a hand made baby quilt.
She is survived by one sister Cleota Bryan of Avon, SD, 2 brothers Alvin (Dorothy) Stromer and Wayne (Pat) Stromer all of White River, SD. 5 nieces Debbie Carrol of Murdo, SD Julie Mehrer and Tessa Myers (Cory) of Avon, SD. Paula Stromer of Brookings SD and Shannon (Allen) Olson of White River, SD. 5 nephews, Justin (Pam) Bryan of Oacoma, SD, Jason (Rose) Bryan of Milton Fl., Shad (April) Stromer of Ft Pierre SD, Wager (Lori) Stromer of Harford, SD and Michael Stromer of Rapid City. SD. Numerous great and great great nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Mick, 6 babies and brother in law Willard Bryan.
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