1933
Signey
2007
Signey Fish
June 19, 1933 — May 6, 2007
Funeral services for Mrs. Signey C. Fish, age 73, of Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2007, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in South Shore, SD. Reverend Jason Schmidt will officiate. Signey died on Sunday, May 6, 2007, at the Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health. Family members are asked to meet at the church by 10:00 a.m. Thursday to attend services. The organist will be Hilda Grewing. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. Visitation will continue in the church on Thursday one hour before services. Honorary pallbearers will be Kristie Hagseth, Melissa Porter, Michelle Benz, Duane and Donna Fish, Avis Weber, Joan Krakow, and Gene Neu. Active pallbearers will be Robert Schwandt, Kyle Schwandt, Corey Schwandt, Daniel Schwandt, Troy Hagseth, Phil Porter, and Zach Hintz. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery.
Signey was born on June 19, 1933, in Milbank, the only child of Erick and Hertha (Dueings) Carlson. She lived with her parents on a farm in Madison Township east of the Old Indian Church. Signey was confirmed at the Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church in Strandburg, SD. She attended Madison #3 country school through the eighth grade and graduated from Milbank High School in 1950.
Signey worked as a secretary and bookkeeper at R.E. Hubbard Co. in Watertown, SD, from May 1950 to the spring of 1955. She was united in marriage to Ivan V. Fish on September 1, 1954, at Strandburg, SD. Following their marriage the couple resided in Watertown from the fall of 1954 until the spring of 1955. They then moved to a farm northwest of Stockholm and lived there from 1955-56. In 1956 they purchased a farm west of Stockholm and resided there until 1980. After her husband Ivan's death on February 14, 1968, Signey and her girls continued managing the farm with hired help. She worked as a secretary at Our Savior Lutheran Church, was the Stockholm Township clerk from 1968-80, and worked as a bookkeeper at St. Bernard's Hospital from 1974-86. She moved to Milbank in the fall of 1980. In August 2006 Signey entered the Golden Living Center in Milbank.
She was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in South Shore. Even though Signey had rheumatoid arthritis for fifty years, she was always a positive and "upbeat" person. Signey enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, crocheting, playing pinochle, crossword puzzles, checking out building projects in Milbank and the surrounding area, her flowers, visiting and talking on the telephone, the Minnesota Twins, and the Minnesota Vikings.
Survivors include her two daughters, Sheryl Benz and husband Monte, Steele, ND, and Linda Schwandt and husband Mike, rural Wilmot, SD; seven grandchildren: Robert, Kyle, Corey, and Daniel Schwandt; Kristie Hagseth, Melissa Porter, and Michelle Benz; three great grandchildren: Lyndsey, Madison, and Layne; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Fish, Milbank; her sister-in-law, Mrs. Vernita Watkins, Milbank; her three brothers-in-law, Ethan Fish and wife Ruth, Milbank; Duane Fish and wife Donna, Twin Brooks, SD; and Arlo Fish, Stockholm, SD; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Signey was preceded in death by her parents, husband, her father-in-law, Jim Fish; her sister-in-law, Dorothy Fish; and her two brothers-in-law, Donald Karges and Frank Watkins.
Signey was born on June 19, 1933, in Milbank, the only child of Erick and Hertha (Dueings) Carlson. She lived with her parents on a farm in Madison Township east of the Old Indian Church. Signey was confirmed at the Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church in Strandburg, SD. She attended Madison #3 country school through the eighth grade and graduated from Milbank High School in 1950.
Signey worked as a secretary and bookkeeper at R.E. Hubbard Co. in Watertown, SD, from May 1950 to the spring of 1955. She was united in marriage to Ivan V. Fish on September 1, 1954, at Strandburg, SD. Following their marriage the couple resided in Watertown from the fall of 1954 until the spring of 1955. They then moved to a farm northwest of Stockholm and lived there from 1955-56. In 1956 they purchased a farm west of Stockholm and resided there until 1980. After her husband Ivan's death on February 14, 1968, Signey and her girls continued managing the farm with hired help. She worked as a secretary at Our Savior Lutheran Church, was the Stockholm Township clerk from 1968-80, and worked as a bookkeeper at St. Bernard's Hospital from 1974-86. She moved to Milbank in the fall of 1980. In August 2006 Signey entered the Golden Living Center in Milbank.
She was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in South Shore. Even though Signey had rheumatoid arthritis for fifty years, she was always a positive and "upbeat" person. Signey enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, crocheting, playing pinochle, crossword puzzles, checking out building projects in Milbank and the surrounding area, her flowers, visiting and talking on the telephone, the Minnesota Twins, and the Minnesota Vikings.
Survivors include her two daughters, Sheryl Benz and husband Monte, Steele, ND, and Linda Schwandt and husband Mike, rural Wilmot, SD; seven grandchildren: Robert, Kyle, Corey, and Daniel Schwandt; Kristie Hagseth, Melissa Porter, and Michelle Benz; three great grandchildren: Lyndsey, Madison, and Layne; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Fish, Milbank; her sister-in-law, Mrs. Vernita Watkins, Milbank; her three brothers-in-law, Ethan Fish and wife Ruth, Milbank; Duane Fish and wife Donna, Twin Brooks, SD; and Arlo Fish, Stockholm, SD; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Signey was preceded in death by her parents, husband, her father-in-law, Jim Fish; her sister-in-law, Dorothy Fish; and her two brothers-in-law, Donald Karges and Frank Watkins.