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Submitted: 4/6/12 • Approved: 4/16/13 • Last Updated: 8/13/15 • R155057-G0-S3
Mar 30, 1965 - Apr 19, 2008
Mary K. Cole, 43, of Gettysburg, passed away, Saturday, April 19, 2008 at the Rochester Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN from complications from a bone marrow transplant needed as treatment for Burkitt's Lymphoma.
Funeral services were held at 2:00p.m., Friday, April 25 at the Gettysburg High School Gymnasium with Pastor Suzie O'Connell officiating. Burial was in the Eden Cemetery at Hudson, SD. Visitation was held from 2:00 – 5:00p.m., Thursday at Luce Funeral Home in Gettysburg with a 7:00p.m., prayer service at the United Methodist Church in Gettysburg. Mary Kathryn Tabbert was born March 30, 1965 at DeWitt, Arkansas to Elmer and Mary (Iversen) Tabbert. Mary K. graduated from Highmore High School in 1983 and from the University of South Dakota in 1987 with a degree in Elementary Education. She received her Master's Degree in Special Education from Montana State University in 2006. Mary K. taught at the Harrold School, Lower Brule School and Pierre Indian Learning Center. She was a substitute teacher for the Gettysburg School for several years before becoming the elementary Special Education Teacher in 2006. She coached basketball and volleyball at the junior high and high school level for seven years.
On December 28, 1985 Mary K. was united in marriage to Bradley Cole. To this union, three girls were born, Amanda, Jordan and Taylor. Her family was everything to her and she supported them in all of their activities. Mary K. loved the outdoors whether she was riding horse, tending her gardens, boating at the river, snow skiing, or dancing. She had a contagious laugh and loved to have fun. She had a passion for coaching which led to her hours spent at summer and team camps. Mary K. lived life to the fullest everyday and was an inspiration and friend to many people. She loved the challenge of figuring out how to make a child learn and had a strong desire for everyone to excel. Grateful to have shared in her life is her husband, Brad of Gettysburg; daughters: Amanda of Monticello, MN, Jordan and Taylor of Gettysburg; parents, Elmer and Mary Tabbert of Holabird; siblings: Mike (Lynn Lutter) Tabbert of Tremonton, Utah, Brian (Penny Malcom) Tabbert of Hudson, SD, Bruce (Wendy Ellis) Tabbert of LeMars, IA, and Kristin Tabbert of Pierre; and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her nephew, Michael Tabbert; maternal grandparents, Soren Christian and Ruth (Samuel) Iversen; paternal grandparents, Ludwig and Lydia (Geist) Tabbert and one aunt, three uncles, and two cousins. Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with her arrangements.
Contributed on 4/6/12 by revilo
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