1922
Wanda
2008
Wanda Thaden
July 11, 1922 — January 10, 2008
Funeral services for Mrs. Wanda M. Thaden, age 85, of Wilmot, SD, and longtime Marvin, SD, resident, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 14, 2008, at the Valley Baptist Church in Milbank. The Reverend Dennis Webber will officiate. Wanda died on Thursday, January 10, 2008, at the Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health. The organist will be Carol Ydstie and the soloists will be Donald Backman and Deb Rausch. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Sunday from 3-5 p.m. Visitation will continue in the church on Monday one hour before services. Honorary pallbearers will be all of her friends. Active pallbearers will be Kevin Christofferson, Jeff Schmidt, Cody Peterson, Zach Blauer, Gary Jacobs, and Dale Bauer. Burial will be in the Osceola No. 1 Cemetery at Marvin, SD. The family requests that memorials be directed to the Gideons and/or to the American Bible Society.
Wanda was born on July 11, 1922, at Wolsey, SD, the daughter of Chester and Mabel (Goodell) Thorpe. She grew up in the Wilmot, SD, area. She graduated from Wilmot High School.
She was united in marriage to Arnold A. Thaden on April 2, 1954, at the Baptist parsonage in Marvin. Following marriage they resided in the Marvin area. Wanda received three degrees from Northern State University, all acquired through summer or night sessions, extension courses or testing. She never went to Northern during the school year. She taught school for eighteen years in the Marvin and Summit areas and taught arts and crafts at Summit.
Wanda established the Donut Shop in Marvin where she was well-known for her plain and applesauce doughnuts made from scratch. She made about 750,000 doughnuts over the course of her doughnut-making career and rightly deserved being known simply as "the doughnut lady" to folks in northeast South Dakota.
She was a member of the Marvin Baptist Church and the Summit Bible Church before they closed. Painting Bible scenes on bottle caps, magnets, and hanging ornaments with chalk was a large part of her ministry throughout the years. Deeply religious, Wanda accepted Christ when she was sixteen and had always tried to live her faith. The Donut Shop was more than a place to have lunch or enjoy one of her homemade doughnuts, it was an instrument of her faith. What she called her special ministry was being a volunteer Bible camp cook for several Bible camps including Camp Lakota in Madison, SD; the Dakota Baptist Conference camp at Lake Shetak at Slayton, MN; Camp Byron in Huron, SD and the Swan Lake Bible camp in Viborg, SD. She did this for thirty-six consecutive years except for 1986 when she hurt her knee.
Wanda served on the Marvin Town Board for many years. She was also a life member of "Who's Who in America."
Survivors include her two sons: Terry Thaden, Sr., and friend Sandy, of Aberdeen, SD, and Stacy Thaden and wife Shirley, Marvin, SD; her stepdaughter, Betty Gapp, Marvin, SD; seven grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; one sister, Betty Cardwell and husband Delmer, Milbank; one brother, Bud Thorpe, Wilmot, SD; and several nieces and nephews.
Wanda was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Arnold (April 9, 1984), and her son Marty (September 16, 1981).
Wanda was born on July 11, 1922, at Wolsey, SD, the daughter of Chester and Mabel (Goodell) Thorpe. She grew up in the Wilmot, SD, area. She graduated from Wilmot High School.
She was united in marriage to Arnold A. Thaden on April 2, 1954, at the Baptist parsonage in Marvin. Following marriage they resided in the Marvin area. Wanda received three degrees from Northern State University, all acquired through summer or night sessions, extension courses or testing. She never went to Northern during the school year. She taught school for eighteen years in the Marvin and Summit areas and taught arts and crafts at Summit.
Wanda established the Donut Shop in Marvin where she was well-known for her plain and applesauce doughnuts made from scratch. She made about 750,000 doughnuts over the course of her doughnut-making career and rightly deserved being known simply as "the doughnut lady" to folks in northeast South Dakota.
She was a member of the Marvin Baptist Church and the Summit Bible Church before they closed. Painting Bible scenes on bottle caps, magnets, and hanging ornaments with chalk was a large part of her ministry throughout the years. Deeply religious, Wanda accepted Christ when she was sixteen and had always tried to live her faith. The Donut Shop was more than a place to have lunch or enjoy one of her homemade doughnuts, it was an instrument of her faith. What she called her special ministry was being a volunteer Bible camp cook for several Bible camps including Camp Lakota in Madison, SD; the Dakota Baptist Conference camp at Lake Shetak at Slayton, MN; Camp Byron in Huron, SD and the Swan Lake Bible camp in Viborg, SD. She did this for thirty-six consecutive years except for 1986 when she hurt her knee.
Wanda served on the Marvin Town Board for many years. She was also a life member of "Who's Who in America."
Survivors include her two sons: Terry Thaden, Sr., and friend Sandy, of Aberdeen, SD, and Stacy Thaden and wife Shirley, Marvin, SD; her stepdaughter, Betty Gapp, Marvin, SD; seven grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; one sister, Betty Cardwell and husband Delmer, Milbank; one brother, Bud Thorpe, Wilmot, SD; and several nieces and nephews.
Wanda was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Arnold (April 9, 1984), and her son Marty (September 16, 1981).