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- Obituary for Debby's father, Dean Nelson:
From: Everything South Dakota: Vol. 20, No. 34; Thursday, May 16, 2019 (everythingsouthdakota.com:
"Dean Nelson, a native of Onida and Sully County, died TUesday at the age of 93. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Onida Presbyterian Church. Dean grew up on the third-generation Nelson farm southeast of Onida and graduated from OHS in 1943. He married the former Harriet Adams of Gettysburg in 1946. They had seven children, including sons Scott and Lamar, who both died shortly after birth, and son Matthew, who lost his life in a farming accident at the age of 9. Dean was a successful farmer in Sully County for decades. He married the former Liza Byblow of Vancouver, B.C. in 1978. They retired in Las Vegas in 2012. Dean is survived by four daughters, Georgia Hanson and her husband Phil of Sioux Falls, Debby Bouchie and her husband Crayton of Pierre, Angelea Nix of Houston, and Carol Nelson and her partner Jay Arent of Peterborough, N.H.; seven grandchildren, including Andrea Thompson, Peter Thompson, Lindy Bouchie Geraets, Heather Bouchie, Logan Bouchie, Ryan Nix and Ashley Nix, and four great-grandchildren. Amnt those who preceded him in death were his parents, George and Elva Nelson; his wives; his three sons; infant granddaughter Lily Bouchie; life-long friend Matt Glanzer and three sisters, Marcia Lamb, Patricia Smith and Benni Bee Severson. Dean's obituary is one of the most interesting you will ever read. You can find it at www.feigumfh.com.W
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