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- Resided at Kimball, SD at the time of her mother’s death.
Obituary: Hickey Funeral Chapel:
"Janet Marie Balster
June 16, 1940 - February 15, 2008
Funeral services for Janet Balster, 67, of Kimball, SD will be Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at the Kimball Protestant Parish in Kimball with burial in the Riverview Cemetery at Chamberlain. Visitation will be Monday, February 18 from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Hickey Wevik Funeral Chapel in Chamberlain.
Janet Marie Balster was born in Canova, South Dakota on June 16, 1940 to Frank and Frieda (Stangohr) Seuberling. She attended Canova School for twelve years and graduated in 1958. She then attended General Beadle Teacher's College in Madison, South Dakota and received her teacher's certificate. She taught at the Mentele School in Pearl Township for one year.
Janet married Frank Schooler on December 5, 1959. They lived in Sioux Falls for two years and then moved to the Schooler Ranch south of Reliance, South Dakota. To this union, 3 sons were born: David, Timothy, and Newley. During this time, she was a substitute teacher, mainly for the Roosevelt School in Lyman County, SD.
Janet married Donald Balster on August 20, 1978. They made their home on the Balster farm in Kimball, South Dakota until, due to failing health, she became a resident of Prairie View Assisted Living in Kimball in 2004. This remained her home for 3 1/2 years until she moved to Sunset Valley Haven in Chamberlain.
Having survived breast cancer, Janet supported the daffodil sale and delivery each spring for many years along with her husband Donald, to benefit cancer research. She was also president of the ladies church group at the Methodist Church in Kimball for several years. Janet was also an avid reader and loved to read books and magazines.
Family was very important to Janet, especially her 6 grandchildren whom she loved dearly. She was seldom seen at a family gathering without her Polaroid camera.
Survivors include her husband Donald of nearly thirty years; 3 sons - David (Lynn) Schooler of Eldridge, Iowa, Tim (Eileen) Schooler of Carver, Minnesota, and Newley Schooler of Kimball, South Dakota; 6 grandchildren - Aaron, Bradley, Cody, Mitchell, Brooke, and Dominick; 2 sisters - Alyce Lundberg and Edith (Dwayne) Pecks, all of Madison, South Dakota; 1 brother, Tom Seuberling of Litchfield Park, Arizona; several nieces and nephews and numerous cousins. She was preceded in death by her infant daughter, Kristina Balster; a sister, Lola Gunderson; her parents, 3 nephews and 1 niece."
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1940 - 2008 (67 years)
