1921
Marion
2008
Marion Emanuel
February 14, 1921 — November 14, 2008
Funeral services for longtime Milbank funeral director, Mrs. Marion D. Emanuel, age 87,
of Sioux Falls, SD, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at the Parkview United Methodist Church in Milbank. The Reverend Beth Conrad and Father MikeKelly will officiate. The organist will be Carol Ydstie and the soloist will be Deb Rausch. Marion died on Friday, November 14, 2008, at the Dougherty Hospice House on the Prince of
Peace campus in Sioux Falls.
Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Tuesday from 3-7 p.m. and in the church Wednesday one hour before services. There will be a prayer service for family
and friends at 7:00 Tuesday evening in the funeral home. Honorary pallbearers will be her great grandchildren: Taylor, Thomas, and Olivia Koch and Anna
Sweeney. Active pallbearers will be her grandsons and granddaughters: Jim Koch, Jeff Koch, John Koch, Tom
Patterson, Jared Huizenga, Rebecca Sweeney, Mary Patterson, Emily Patterson, Hannah Emanuel, Ellen Emanuel,
Elsie Emanuel, Eric Emanuel, Erin Emanuel, and Hailey Emanuel. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be directed to the James E. Emanuel Scholarship Fund.
Marion Adelaide Dempster was born on February 14, 1921, in Sioux Falls, the daughter of John Henry Dempster and Nellie Edington Dempster. She graduated from Washington High School in Sioux Falls in 1939. She attended
South Dakota State College in Brookings, SD, where she met her college sweetheart James E.
Emanuel. When Jim was deployed overseas during WW II, she began working as an airline hostess for Midcontinent Airlines. She worked in that position until Jim's return from the war.
Marion was united in marriage to James E. Emanuel on January 12, 1946, in Sioux Falls, SD. Marion and her husband lived in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1946-47, while he attended mortuary school at Western Reserve University. They then joined the Emanuel Funeral Home and Emanuel Furniture Store as partners with his parents. When her husband was
called back into the U.S. Army during the Korean War, they lived in Ft. Riley, Kansas, where Jim was an instructor. They returned to Milbank in 1952. Upon her father-in-law's death, they became the owners of the
Emanuel Funeral Home, Furniture Store, and Ambulance Service. As a longtime funeral director, Marion ably assisted her husband in the funeral business.
Shortly after her husband's death in 2001, Marion moved to Waterford At All Saints in Sioux Falls.
Marion was a longtime and active member of the Parkview United Methodist Church. She also was a fifty year plus member of the
Progressive Study Club, Eastern Star, several bridge clubs, and the Pink Ladies. Marion was a very outgoing and social person who enjoyed entertaining
her family and friends. She especially enjoyed following and supporting her children and grandchildren in their sporting, school, and church events.
Outdoor activities were also a big part of Marion's life. She will be greatly missed.
Survivors include her five children and their spouses:
Betsy and Dan Koch, Sioux Falls, SD; Nancy and Norm Patterson, Milbank; John and Heidi Emanuel, Denver, CO; Jim and Vicky Emanuel, Valley Center, CA;
and Tom and Teena Emanuel, Grand Junction, CO; her German exchange student son, Ralph Gemeinder and his
wife Gabi, Coburg, Germany; fourteen grandchildren: four great grandchildren; one
sister, Carolyn Hayden and husband Bob, Asheville, NC; two nieces, Martha O'Neill, New York City and Allison Poirer and husband Terry, Hickory, NC; one
sister-in-law, Jane Dempster, Sioux Falls, and several cousins.
Her parents, her husband Jim, one sister, Margaret Dempster Gidney, one brother, John Dempster, and one nephew, Tom Dempster, preceded her in death.
of Sioux Falls, SD, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at the Parkview United Methodist Church in Milbank. The Reverend Beth Conrad and Father MikeKelly will officiate. The organist will be Carol Ydstie and the soloist will be Deb Rausch. Marion died on Friday, November 14, 2008, at the Dougherty Hospice House on the Prince of
Peace campus in Sioux Falls.
Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Tuesday from 3-7 p.m. and in the church Wednesday one hour before services. There will be a prayer service for family
and friends at 7:00 Tuesday evening in the funeral home. Honorary pallbearers will be her great grandchildren: Taylor, Thomas, and Olivia Koch and Anna
Sweeney. Active pallbearers will be her grandsons and granddaughters: Jim Koch, Jeff Koch, John Koch, Tom
Patterson, Jared Huizenga, Rebecca Sweeney, Mary Patterson, Emily Patterson, Hannah Emanuel, Ellen Emanuel,
Elsie Emanuel, Eric Emanuel, Erin Emanuel, and Hailey Emanuel. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be directed to the James E. Emanuel Scholarship Fund.
Marion Adelaide Dempster was born on February 14, 1921, in Sioux Falls, the daughter of John Henry Dempster and Nellie Edington Dempster. She graduated from Washington High School in Sioux Falls in 1939. She attended
South Dakota State College in Brookings, SD, where she met her college sweetheart James E.
Emanuel. When Jim was deployed overseas during WW II, she began working as an airline hostess for Midcontinent Airlines. She worked in that position until Jim's return from the war.
Marion was united in marriage to James E. Emanuel on January 12, 1946, in Sioux Falls, SD. Marion and her husband lived in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1946-47, while he attended mortuary school at Western Reserve University. They then joined the Emanuel Funeral Home and Emanuel Furniture Store as partners with his parents. When her husband was
called back into the U.S. Army during the Korean War, they lived in Ft. Riley, Kansas, where Jim was an instructor. They returned to Milbank in 1952. Upon her father-in-law's death, they became the owners of the
Emanuel Funeral Home, Furniture Store, and Ambulance Service. As a longtime funeral director, Marion ably assisted her husband in the funeral business.
Shortly after her husband's death in 2001, Marion moved to Waterford At All Saints in Sioux Falls.
Marion was a longtime and active member of the Parkview United Methodist Church. She also was a fifty year plus member of the
Progressive Study Club, Eastern Star, several bridge clubs, and the Pink Ladies. Marion was a very outgoing and social person who enjoyed entertaining
her family and friends. She especially enjoyed following and supporting her children and grandchildren in their sporting, school, and church events.
Outdoor activities were also a big part of Marion's life. She will be greatly missed.
Survivors include her five children and their spouses:
Betsy and Dan Koch, Sioux Falls, SD; Nancy and Norm Patterson, Milbank; John and Heidi Emanuel, Denver, CO; Jim and Vicky Emanuel, Valley Center, CA;
and Tom and Teena Emanuel, Grand Junction, CO; her German exchange student son, Ralph Gemeinder and his
wife Gabi, Coburg, Germany; fourteen grandchildren: four great grandchildren; one
sister, Carolyn Hayden and husband Bob, Asheville, NC; two nieces, Martha O'Neill, New York City and Allison Poirer and husband Terry, Hickory, NC; one
sister-in-law, Jane Dempster, Sioux Falls, and several cousins.
Her parents, her husband Jim, one sister, Margaret Dempster Gidney, one brother, John Dempster, and one nephew, Tom Dempster, preceded her in death.