IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Dolores Bee

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May 20, 1917 – July 11, 2007

Obituary

Dolores Bee Brown, age 90, of 680 Montana Ave. SW, Huron, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at the Violet Tschetter Memorial Home. Her funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Sunday, July 15, at the Welter Funeral Home with Rev. Allen Sager officiating. Burial will be at the Wessington Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday afternoon and evening or Sunday until time of service at the Welter Funeral Home. The family will be present from 7:00 to 9:00 PM Saturday evening at the funeral home. Dolores Brown was born Dolores Kanaly on May 20, 1917, to John and Lela Mae (Andrew) Kanaly on the family farm near Vayland, SD, in Hand County. She later moved with her family to a farm in the Wessington area, and attended and graduated from Wessington High School in 1935. Bee attended General Beadle Teachers College in Madison and received her teaching certificate in 1936. She then taught in rural schools near Wessington, De Smet, and Lake Preston until shortly after her marriage when she became a homemaker and raised her family. On November 24, 1941, Dolores married Chester Chet Brown at Huron. The couple resided in Huron. Bee resumed her teaching career in 1956 and taught 3rd grade in the Iroquois Public School System in Iroquois until her retirement in 1982. During this period of time Bee continued her education and graduated from Huron College with a B.A. degree in education. Bees husband, Chet, died on March 26, 1982. Bee was a member of the Retired Teachers Association. Her many interests included playing cards, reading, crossword puzzles, and tole painting where she painted pictures on any and all types of materials. She is survived by 3 sons, Kelly (Sharon) Brown of Statesville, NC, Kirk (Cindy) Brown, Sr. of Oak Grove, MO, and Jack (Glenda) Brown of Rapid City; 1 daughter, Peggy Roy of Huron; 19 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren; 1 brother, Jack (Maisie) Kanaly of Buchanan Dam, TX; 1 sister, Beulah Boots Watson of Lynnwood, WA; nieces and nephews. Bee was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Chet; her step-mother, Nell Kanaly; 1 sister, Maxine Davis; 3 brothers-in-law, Bill Watson, Bob Davis, and Carl Otto; 1 sister-in-law, Esther Otto; 2 nephews, Mike Coley, and James Watson; and 1 niece, Sandy Otto.
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