1928
Mary
2008
Mary Spanton
February 6, 1928 — June 20, 2008
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Spanton, age 80, of Milbank, will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at the American Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend Craig Werling will officiate. Mary died on Friday, June 20, 2008, at the Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Family members are asked to meet in the church multi-purpose room by 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to attend services. The organist will be Carol Ydstie and the soloist will be Jonathan Ydstie??? Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. and in the church Wednesday one hour before services. Pallbearers will be David Lee, Hoffman, MN; Curt and Charlie Berkner, Milbank; Dennis and Kerry Harder, Milbank; and Bob Spanton, Sioux Falls. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery.
Mary Lou was born on February 6, 1928, in Eyota, MN, the daughter of Henry and Bertha (Mielitz) Harder. She moved to Milbank as a young child. She attended country school through the eighth grade and two years of high school in Milbank. Mary Lou was united in marriage to Owen Edward Spanton on December 13, 1947, in Milbank. Following marriage the couple resided in Milbank until 1953 when they moved to Montana. They resided there for two years before returning to Milbank. She sold Avon for a number of years. Mary Lou worked a number of jobs in Milbank primarily with Red Owl Groceries and Trevett's CafAC..
She was member of the American Lutheran Church in Milbank.
Survivors include her husband Owen, Milbank; four children, Mark Spanton and wife Gail; Jeff Spanton; Cindy Spanton; and Julie Dwyer and husband Bill, all of Milbank; six grandchildren: Heather (Ben) Johnson, Ilia Spanton, Gina Spanton, Samantha Spanton, Dillon Dwyer, and Zach Spanton; four great grandchildren: Evan and Logan Johnson, and Dream and Trillion Sorrell; two sisters, Isabelle Lunde, Riverside, CA, and Shirley Poppen, Milbank; two sisters-in-law, Helen "Bonnie" Harder, Milbank, and Lois Harder, St. Paul, MN; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents, two brothers, Elwood and Gerald Harder, and her daughter-in-law, Deb Spanton, preceded Mary Lou in death.
Mary Lou was born on February 6, 1928, in Eyota, MN, the daughter of Henry and Bertha (Mielitz) Harder. She moved to Milbank as a young child. She attended country school through the eighth grade and two years of high school in Milbank. Mary Lou was united in marriage to Owen Edward Spanton on December 13, 1947, in Milbank. Following marriage the couple resided in Milbank until 1953 when they moved to Montana. They resided there for two years before returning to Milbank. She sold Avon for a number of years. Mary Lou worked a number of jobs in Milbank primarily with Red Owl Groceries and Trevett's CafAC..
She was member of the American Lutheran Church in Milbank.
Survivors include her husband Owen, Milbank; four children, Mark Spanton and wife Gail; Jeff Spanton; Cindy Spanton; and Julie Dwyer and husband Bill, all of Milbank; six grandchildren: Heather (Ben) Johnson, Ilia Spanton, Gina Spanton, Samantha Spanton, Dillon Dwyer, and Zach Spanton; four great grandchildren: Evan and Logan Johnson, and Dream and Trillion Sorrell; two sisters, Isabelle Lunde, Riverside, CA, and Shirley Poppen, Milbank; two sisters-in-law, Helen "Bonnie" Harder, Milbank, and Lois Harder, St. Paul, MN; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents, two brothers, Elwood and Gerald Harder, and her daughter-in-law, Deb Spanton, preceded Mary Lou in death.