Alice May Dempsey...Alice May Dempsey was born June 26, 1929 at Lemmon, SD to Leo and Evangeline...
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Alice May Dempsey was born June 26, 1929 at Lemmon, SD to Leo and Evangeline (Head) Dempsey. She was raised in the Athboy/ Glad Valley area along with four brothers and three sisters. After graduating from Isabel High School in 1947 she ventured to Aberdeen, SD, to work as a telephone operator. Alice was united in marriage to John M. Megin- ness on January 2, 1950 at St. Barthomew’s Cath- olic Church in Glad Valley, SD. Following their marriage, they made their home in Ipswich, SD, where John worked for the REA. In 1952 they moved to a farm 4 miles NE of Isabel where she resided the rest of her life. Alice was a devout Catholic, active in St. Mary’s guild, spending many years teaching religion classes and being part of the prayer blanket minis- try. She was also a long-time member of the Liberty Belles extension club where she enjoyed many friendships. Alice bought “The Buttonhole” fabric shop in the 80’s, enjoying lots of coffee and conversation. She was an excellent seamstress. In 2014 Alice’s daughter Cathy and granddaughter Sarah took Alice on a trip to Ireland. They visited the areas where the Dempsey and Meginness families originated. One of her bigger accomplishments had to be getting eight kids fed, clothed and out the door for school. She was a wonderful wife and moth- er, doting on her kids, grandkids, and great grandkids and their many ac- tivities. She is survived by two sisters, Margaret Bootz of Spearfish, SD; Betty Heckel of Snohomish, WA; one brother, Bill (Mary Jo) Dempsey of Cali- fornia City, CA; sister-in-law, Anna Dempsey of Fountain Valley, CA; eight children, Mike (Ho-Sun) Meginness, Tacoma, WA; Ellen (Larry) Fisher of Maple Valley, WA; John C. (Deb) Meginness of Isabel, SD; Margaret (Jim) Karcher of Bellingham, WA; Dan (Vicky) Meginness of Aberdeen, SD; Mary (Russ) Daley of Pierre, SD; Cathy Boehler of Rapid City, SD; and Laurie (Shane) Theilmann, of Hot Springs, SD; 21 grand- children and 14 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews and a host of relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 1990; her parents; one sister, Dorothy; three brothers, Gene, Jack, and Jim; two sons-in-law Wil- liam “Billy” Lutz and Bob Boehler; and one granddaughter, Joy Megin- ness Austin. “DEATH LEAVES A HEARTACHE NO ONE CAN HEAL, BUT LOVE LEAVES A MEMORY NO ONE CAN STEAL” Alice May Meginness June 26, 1929 ~ November 22, 2020
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Alice May Dempsey was born June 26, 1929 at Lemmon, SD to Leo and Evangeline (Head) Dempsey. She was raised in the Athboy/Glad Valley area along with four brothers and three sisters. After graduating from Isabel High School in 1947 she ventured to Aberdeen, SD, to work as a telephone operator.
Alice was united in marriage to John M. Megin-ness on January 2, 1950 at St. Barthomew’s Cath-olic Church in Glad Valley, SD. Following their marriage, they made their home in Ipswich, SD, where John worked for the REA. In 1952 they moved to a farm 4 miles NE of Isabel where she
resided the rest of her life.
Alice was a devout Catholic, active in St. Mary’s guild, spending many years teaching religion classes and being part of the prayer blanket minis-try. She was also a long-time member of the Liberty Belles extension club where she enjoyed many friendships. Alice bought “The Buttonhole” fabric shop in the 80’s, enjoying lots of coffee and conversation. She was an excellent seamstress.
In 2014 Alice’s daughter Cathy and granddaughter Sarah took Alice on a trip to Ireland. They visited the areas where the Dempsey and Meginness families originated. One of her bigger accomplishments had to be getting eight kids fed, clothed and out the door for school. She was a wonderful wife and moth-er, doting on her kids, grandkids, and great grandkids and their many ac-tivities.
She is survived by two sisters, Margaret Bootz of Spearfish, SD; Betty Heckel of Snohomish, WA; one brother, Bill (Mary Jo) Dempsey of Cali-fornia City, CA; sister-in-law, Anna Dempsey of Fountain Valley, CA; eight children, Mike (Ho-Sun) Meginness, Tacoma, WA; Ellen (Larry) Fisher of Maple Valley, WA; John C. (Deb) Meginness of Isabel, SD; Margaret (Jim) Karcher of Bellingham, WA; Dan (Vicky) Meginness of Aberdeen, SD; Mary (Russ) Daley of Pierre, SD; Cathy Boehler of Rapid City, SD; and Laurie (Shane) Theilmann, of Hot Springs, SD; 21 grand-children and 14 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews and a host of relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 1990; her parents; one sister, Dorothy; three brothers, Gene, Jack, and Jim; two sons-in-law Wil-liam “Billy” Lutz and Bob Boehler; and one granddaughter, Joy Megin-ness Austin.
“DEATH LEAVES A HEARTACHE NO ONE CAN HEAL, BUT LOVE LEAVES A MEMORY NO ONE CAN STEAL”
D a t e o f S e r v i c e
T i m e o f S e r v i c e
Alice May Meginness
June 26, 1929 ~ November 22, 2020
Mom & Grandma
A million times we thought of you, A million times we cried,
If love alone could have saved you, You never would have died.
In life we loved you dearly, In death we love you still.
In our hearts you hold a place No one could ever fill.
It broke our hearts to lose you.
But you didn’t go alone. For part of us went with you The day God took you home.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF:
Alice May Meginness 91 Years ~ 4 Months ~ 26 Days
BORN: PASSED AWAY:
June 26, 1929 November 22, 2020
Lemmon, South Dakota Rapid City, South Dakota
MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL:
10:00 AM, Friday, December 4, 2020 St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Isabel, South Dakota
CLERGY: Father Brian Lane
READER:
Luann Lindskov
SERVER:
Konor Lindskov
USHERS:
Monte Lindskov ~ Dave Alley
CASKETBEARERS:
Ryan Meginness ~ Sean Meginness ~ TJ Boehler Tyler Daley ~ Shanna Theilmann ~ Trevor Powell
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:
All of Alice’s Family and Friends .
INTERMENT:
Hillview Cemetery Isabel, South Dakota
Arrangements Entrusted to Kesling Funeral Home, Mobridge, South Dakota
