IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Theron Lester

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July 30, 1912 – April 20, 2005

Obituary

Theron Jack Fuller, age 92, of Hitchcock, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at the Huron Regional Medical Center. His funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, April 23, at the Bonilla Presbyterian Church with Rev. Rhonda Wellsandt-Zell officiating. Burial will be at Altoona Cemetery, rural Hitchcock, with Military Rites by the Hershman-Gordon American Legion Post #59 of Wolsey. Friends may call Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday morning at the Welter Funeral Home or prior to the service at the church Saturday afternoon. The family will be present from 7:00 to 8:00 PM Friday evening at the funeral home. Theron Lester Fuller was born on July 30, 1912, to Burton and Mabel (Chaplin) Fuller at Bonilla, SD. He attended schools at Bonilla and graduated from Bonilla High School in 1934. He then farmed with his father and brothers. From 1939-1942 he lived at Rapid City where he worked in construction and as a mechanic. He entered the U.S. Army on March 19, 1942, during World War II, and served stateside until his honorable discharge on April 7, 1944. He then returned to the Bonilla area where he farmed on his own. On October 19, 1948, Jack married Nellie Smith Farnham. The couple farmed until the mid 1950s when they moved into Bonilla, and later to Huron where he worked for the South Dakota Highway Department until the mid 1970s. He then moved to Sioux Falls where he worked at various jobs until moving to Hitchcock in 1994. On January 24, 2005, he entered the Huron Nursing Home. From his youth he was known as a jack-of-all-trades, hence his nickname of Jack. He worked as a carpenter, mechanic, plumber, electrician, cabinetmaker, bricklayer, cement worker, and an all around repairman. He was a member of the Bonilla Presbyterian Church, a life member of the Hershman-Gordon American Legion Post #59 of Wolsey, and a past member of the Belles and Beaus Square Dance Club. His interests in his later years included gardening, reading, and jigsaw puzzles. He is survived by 1 daughter, Jackie DuBois of Hitchcock; 2 stepsons, Randall Dean (Mary) Bollinger Farnham of Spokane, WA, and Rolland (Joan) Farnham of Redfield, SD; 2 stepdaughters, Nancy (Daniel) Farnham Weischedel of Sturgis, SD, and Judy Farnham Deringer of Loveland, CO; 3 grandchildren; 15 step grandchildren; 30 step great grandchildren; several step great great grandchildren; 1 brother, Robert (Viola) Fuller of Hitchcock, SD; 1 sister-in-law, Inez Fuller of Mission Viejo, CA; his many friends at the Hitchcock Nutrition Center; and his feline friend, Kit. He was preceded in death by his parents; 3 sisters, Ione (Frank) Arneson, Vera (Gerald) McDonald, and infant Ruby; 6 brothers, Roe, Ceylon (Edith), Russell, Day, Dayton (Justina), and Harold.
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