Stan Ainsworth passed away at the age of 92 in Payson, AZ. Stan was born on January 19, 1924 in Deadwood, SD to Rena and Ellis Ainsworth.
Upon graduating in 1942 from Spearfish High School, he served in the Army Air Corp/USAF as a crew chief on a P51 in WWII. He married his sweetheart Joan (Moorhead) in 1946 and from this union, 7 daughters would be born.
Stan attended BHSU in Spearfish, SD where he was a defensive spark plug for the basketball team, obtaining Hall of Fame honors years later. He received a BS in Education and went on to teach in Buffalo, SD and Winner, SD while also coaching basketball, track and football. In his twenty five years of teaching, Stan was known as a caring educator who touched many lives.
While in Winner, Stan and Joan owned the Modern Cleaners and then went on to purchase the bowling alley. They then built the new Galaxy Inn and Star Lanes outside of Winner in 1975.
In 1979, Stan and Joan moved back to Spearfish, SD where he worked in construction for several years. He and Joan spent these years enjoying visits from family and friends. Stan was an avid sports enthusiast who worked out religiously and never missed any of his grandson’s games at BHSU. In 2005, the couple moved to Payson, AZ where he spent most of his days “raking the forest”, working on his tan and tending his garden on his daughter Doni’s property.
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