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Submitted: 12/13/20 • Approved: 12/13/20 • Last Updated: 12/16/20 • R271796-G271796-S3
Marie Bachmeier
January 20, 1956 - July 03, 2020
Marie Bachmeier, 64, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota died Friday, July 3, 2020, at Ava’s House Hospice in Sioux Falls. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 10, 2020, at St. Lambert Catholic Church in Sioux Falls. Visitation with family present to greet friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., with a 7:00 p.m., Liturgical Wake Service and Recitation of the Rosary, on Thursday, July 9 at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory. Marie Abernathy was born January 20, 1956 in Deadwood, South Dakota. She grew up in Sturgis, South Dakota until age 6 then in Rapid City, South Dakota. She attended Stevens High School then the Radiological Technician program at St John’s Hospital in Rapid City. She was married to John Bachmeier on Sept 4, 1976. They lived in Rapid City then moved near Hermosa, South Dakota in 1986. They moved to Sioux Falls in 2015 to be near their grandchildren. She spent her life raising her children and her horses and farm animals. She had a passion for art, creating many beautiful things over the years, including miniatures and beautiful painted eggs. She was also curator at The Dakota Artist Guild in Rapid City for a time.
She is survived by her husband John of Sioux Falls, her children, Keri (Matthew) Orstad of Sioux Falls and Abigail Oakwright of Olympia, WA; grandchildren, Elizabeth, Christopher, and Alexander; two special spiritually adopted sons, Clay and Coy Bifulco; sisters, Ellen (Darrell) Black of Casper, WY, Lynda (Michael) Wright of Longview, WA, and Rene Munro of Tenino, WA; mother-in-law, Joan Bachmeier of Sturgis, SD; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Loraine Abernathy; niece, Dionne Marie; and grandnephew, Noah.
Section East Knoll plot # 123
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