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Rita <I>Bunkers</I> Vandersnick

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Rita Bunkers Vandersnick

Birth
South Dakota, USA
Death
17 Jan 2014 (aged 86)
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Iroquois, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Rita Vandersnick, 86, of Hartford, SD and formerly of Carthage, SD died on Friday, January 17, 2014 at StoneyBrook Suites in Sioux Falls, SD. Visitation will be held at Osthus Funeral Home in De Smet, SD on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 from 5-7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Iroquois, SD on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Osthus Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Rita was born to John and Susan (Schwebach) Bunker on March 13, 1927 on a farm near Dell Rapids, SD where she was the youngest of thirteen children. She went to school in Dell Rapids until the fourth grade when the family moved to Garretson, SD. In 1945 she graduated from high school in Garretson and then went to work in Sioux Falls, SD. She met Nick, her late husband, in Garretson at a church. They were married in 1947 and raised four children (three boys and one girl). In 1959, they moved to Carthage, SD where they started a gravel hauling business.

Rita always loved raising the children and doing craft work like quilts. She made over one hundred quilts! She had twelve grandkids and sixteen great-grandkids. Rita adored any time with her family and will be missed by all.

Rita is preceded in death by her parents, John and Susan, her husband, Nick, two of her sons, Wayne and David, and twelve brothers and sisters.

Rita is survived by Diane (Sid) Robbins of Hartford, SD, Dean Vandersnick of Billings, MT, twelve grandkids, and sixteen great-grandkids.
Rita Vandersnick, 86, of Hartford, SD and formerly of Carthage, SD died on Friday, January 17, 2014 at StoneyBrook Suites in Sioux Falls, SD. Visitation will be held at Osthus Funeral Home in De Smet, SD on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 from 5-7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Iroquois, SD on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Osthus Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Rita was born to John and Susan (Schwebach) Bunker on March 13, 1927 on a farm near Dell Rapids, SD where she was the youngest of thirteen children. She went to school in Dell Rapids until the fourth grade when the family moved to Garretson, SD. In 1945 she graduated from high school in Garretson and then went to work in Sioux Falls, SD. She met Nick, her late husband, in Garretson at a church. They were married in 1947 and raised four children (three boys and one girl). In 1959, they moved to Carthage, SD where they started a gravel hauling business.

Rita always loved raising the children and doing craft work like quilts. She made over one hundred quilts! She had twelve grandkids and sixteen great-grandkids. Rita adored any time with her family and will be missed by all.

Rita is preceded in death by her parents, John and Susan, her husband, Nick, two of her sons, Wayne and David, and twelve brothers and sisters.

Rita is survived by Diane (Sid) Robbins of Hartford, SD, Dean Vandersnick of Billings, MT, twelve grandkids, and sixteen great-grandkids.

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  • Maintained by: George Carlson
  • Originally Created by: Mill
  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125673922/rita-vandersnick: accessed ), memorial page for Rita Bunkers Vandersnick (13 Mar 1927–17 Jan 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125673922, citing Saint Pauls Catholic Cemetery, Iroquois, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by George Carlson (contributor 47566308).