Graveside services for Elton Serr, 79, were held April 8 at the Spotted Tail Cemetery in Jamison,Neb. Burial was in the Spotted Tail Cemetery with military honors by the Burke VFW.
Elton Gary Serr was born on Dec. 14, 1940 in Burke South Dakota to Paul and Winnie (Hitchcock) Serr and he died April 5, 2020 at his home. He was 79 years and 4 months old.
He grew up on the family farm southwest of Jamison, Neb. Elton attended Spotted Tail Country School in Nebraska and graduated from Burke High School in South Dakota in 1958.
After that he attended the University of Nebraska for one year. Golf distracted him a little from college, so he went to work for Bell Telephone in Piedmont South Dakota.
He traveled and had various jobs before he was drafted into the Army in November 1963. Elton was discharged from the Army in November 1965 and came back from Vietnam. This is when he met his future wife.
On Dec. 26, 1966, Elton was united in marriage to Georgia Ann Hamling at the Catholic Church in Bonesteel South Dakota. To this union 4 children were born.
They lived most of their lives on the Serr family farm where he milked cows and farmed.
Elton was a DHIA Supervisor for more than 25 years. He retired from farming in 2014 and moved to Burke. Elton didn’t like the retired life so he started to drive a school bus route for Burke School and drove the swim bus to Bonesteel during the summer.
He continued this until May of 2019. Some of his most loved pastime were golfing, camping and fishing, and going to all of his grandchildren’s sporting events.
He golfed every Thursday for men’s league and would go with his grandchildren whenever he could.
He was a member of the Burke VFW Post 9950, the Herrick Legion, and a member of the Spotted Tail Cemetery board.
Elton was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers-in-law: Charlie Kasson and Russ Cox.
He is survived by his wife Georgia Ann Serr, his children: Tamara and Carter Bull of Newport NE, Todd Serr of Newport NE, Travis and Kathy Serr of Burke SD, and Tom and Tammi Serr of Newport NE.
His sisters: Zone Kasson of Swansea IL and LaVon Cox of Montrose CO, his 12 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild, and several nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
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