Gladys D. Schilling, age 95, of Huron, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at SunQuest Healthcare Center in Huron.

Her funeral service will be at 2:30 PM on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church with burial to follow at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery in Huron.

Visitation will be from 3-7 pm on Friday, April 26 at Welter Funeral Home, with her family present from 6-7 pm  or one hour prior to the start of the service on Saturday. A prayer service will begin at 7:00 PM on Friday at the funeral home.

Gladys D. Schilling was born on November 30, 1923 to parents Fred and Ida (Avery) Jockheck, Sr. in rural Hitchcock, South Dakota. She attended rural grade schools and graduated from Hitchcock High School. Gladys then attended Wessington Springs Junior College and Huron College.

Gladys married Elmer Oestrich in 1956 and lived on a farm south of Virgil. William (Billy) Oestrich, Elmer's nephew and son of Albert and Alene Oestrich, made his home with Gladys and Elmer and was like a son to them. He passed away in November of 1969 and is buried at Virgil Cemetery. Elmer passed away in 1981.

Gladys taught in rural schools for 23 years and Wessington public schools for 14 years. Gladys retired in 1984 and moved to Huron.

Gladys married Wayne Puffer in 1986, he passed later that same year. Gladys found love again when she married Edward Schilling in 1994. Edward passed away in 2006.

Gladys was a member of Schmidt Barnes American Legion Aux., Forrest McMillian VFW Aux. 1776, Jolly Neighbor Club, Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and Huron Area Senior Center. Gladys was very crafty and loved to crochet. In recent years, she became an accomplished artist, spending many hours coloring in adult coloring books.

Gladys was preceded in death by her husbands; her parents, her siblings Florence, Donald, Fred, and Stanley; and her nephews Robert Reno and Martin Jockheck and her niece Beverly Hendrick.

She is survived by many nieces and nephews; 3 step-children, Karen Quiram, Janice Getscher, and Dennis Schilling; 6 step-grandchildren and 7 step-great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law Arlene Jockheck, Elma Burns and Irene McCullum.

Memorials may be directed to Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Pre-school in Gladys' name, 688 Dakota Ave. S, Huron, SD 57350.