1938
Carol
2009
Carol Dockter
August 3, 1938 — December 5, 2009
Funeral services for Carol Dockter, age 71, of rural Twin Brooks, SD, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 10, 2009, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend Keith Bicknase will officiate. The organist will be Roger Goosen. Carol died on Saturday, December 5, at her farm home in rural Twin Brooks, SD.
Family members are asked to meet in the church fellowship hall by 10:00 a.m. Thursday to attend services. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home of Milbank on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. and will continue in the church Thursday one hour before services. Honorary pallbearers will be her special grandchildren, Justin Dockter, Ashley Anderson, Spencer Dockter, Allison Dockter, and Jaxen Dockter and her two step grandchildren, Nick Griffin and Holli Cordell. Active pallbearers will be Justin Dockter, Spencer Dockter, David Carlson, Merle Dockter, Richard Larson, and Randy Dockter. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery.
Carol was born on August 3, 1938, at Milbank, SD, to Harvey and Violet (Hanson) Wendt. She grew up in Twin Brooks and attended grade school there. She completed two years of high school in South Shore.
She worked at Flanery's Meat Packing Plant in Milbank for several years until her marriage to Darwin Dockter on June 23, 1963, in Twin Brooks, SD. Following marriage, they lived on a farm south of Twin Brooks.
Carol was a farmwife and mother. She enjoyed baking and decorating cakes, and soon had a great number of people requesting her skills for making wedding cakes and cakes for other important celebrations.
She was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. She was a very loving grandmother and enjoyed spending as much time as possible attending her grandchildren's school and church activities, as well as teaching them many valuable lessons. She just enjoyed being a "Grandma." She involved her grandchildren by teaching and sharing her joy of cooking, sewing, gardening, and working with flowers.
Survivors include her husband, Darwin, Twin Brooks, SD; two sons, Dana Dockter and wife Maelie, of Watertown, SD, and Daniel Dockter and wife Rozana of Wilmot, SD; one sister, Sharon Carlson and husband Glenn, of Huron, SD; five grandchildren: Ashley Anderson, Watertown, SD; and Justin, Spencer, Allison, and Jaxen Dockter of Wilmot, SD; two step grandchildren; Nick Griffin and wife Jessica, of Eureka Springs, AR; and Holli Cordell and special friend, Eric, of Sioux Falls, SD; six step-great grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Alma Dockter and Ardith Larson, both of Milbank; and four brothers-in-law, Fred Kauers, Racine, WI; Reuben Aden, Milbank; Lowell Dockter and wife Ruth, South Shore, SD; and Arlo Dockter, of Milbank; and many nieces and nephews.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Mary Bunting; brothers-in-law, Ellwood Dockter and Mike Larson; sisters-in-law, Eleanor Kauers, Lorraine Aden, and Betty Dockter.
Family members are asked to meet in the church fellowship hall by 10:00 a.m. Thursday to attend services. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home of Milbank on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. and will continue in the church Thursday one hour before services. Honorary pallbearers will be her special grandchildren, Justin Dockter, Ashley Anderson, Spencer Dockter, Allison Dockter, and Jaxen Dockter and her two step grandchildren, Nick Griffin and Holli Cordell. Active pallbearers will be Justin Dockter, Spencer Dockter, David Carlson, Merle Dockter, Richard Larson, and Randy Dockter. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery.
Carol was born on August 3, 1938, at Milbank, SD, to Harvey and Violet (Hanson) Wendt. She grew up in Twin Brooks and attended grade school there. She completed two years of high school in South Shore.
She worked at Flanery's Meat Packing Plant in Milbank for several years until her marriage to Darwin Dockter on June 23, 1963, in Twin Brooks, SD. Following marriage, they lived on a farm south of Twin Brooks.
Carol was a farmwife and mother. She enjoyed baking and decorating cakes, and soon had a great number of people requesting her skills for making wedding cakes and cakes for other important celebrations.
She was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. She was a very loving grandmother and enjoyed spending as much time as possible attending her grandchildren's school and church activities, as well as teaching them many valuable lessons. She just enjoyed being a "Grandma." She involved her grandchildren by teaching and sharing her joy of cooking, sewing, gardening, and working with flowers.
Survivors include her husband, Darwin, Twin Brooks, SD; two sons, Dana Dockter and wife Maelie, of Watertown, SD, and Daniel Dockter and wife Rozana of Wilmot, SD; one sister, Sharon Carlson and husband Glenn, of Huron, SD; five grandchildren: Ashley Anderson, Watertown, SD; and Justin, Spencer, Allison, and Jaxen Dockter of Wilmot, SD; two step grandchildren; Nick Griffin and wife Jessica, of Eureka Springs, AR; and Holli Cordell and special friend, Eric, of Sioux Falls, SD; six step-great grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Alma Dockter and Ardith Larson, both of Milbank; and four brothers-in-law, Fred Kauers, Racine, WI; Reuben Aden, Milbank; Lowell Dockter and wife Ruth, South Shore, SD; and Arlo Dockter, of Milbank; and many nieces and nephews.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Mary Bunting; brothers-in-law, Ellwood Dockter and Mike Larson; sisters-in-law, Eleanor Kauers, Lorraine Aden, and Betty Dockter.