Re: Geiser-Soske Family, South Dakota
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Geiser-Soske Family, South Dakota
Charles Geiser 9/13/10
Hello Charles,
I am not related to anyone posted here.Saw your post and this is all I could find.All information from www.ancestry.com (pay to view site).
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about Donald R Geiser
Name: Donald R Geiser
Service Info.: SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1925
Death Date: 21 Apr 2005
Cemetery: Oelrichs Hillside Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Oelrichs, SD 57763
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Donald R Geiser
Name: Donald R Geiser
Birth Year: 1925
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: South Dakota
State of Residence: South Dakota
County or City: Fall River
Enlistment Date: 16 Nov 1944
Enlistment State: Colorado
Enlistment City: Fort Logan
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: General farmers
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 000
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Obituary:Mary (Moody) Geiser
Mary (Moody) Geiser, 78, of Hot Springs, S.D. died at Fall River Hospital on June 12.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, June 18, at McColley’s Chapel of the Hills in Hot Springs.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 19 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Hot Springs with Father Peter Kovarik officiating.
Mary Moody Geiser was born on March 10, 1931 on a ranch about 10 miles north of Crawford, the last of Tom and Sara (Lutie) Moody's ten children, which included seven brothers and two sisters.
In 1949 she attended Chadron State College and later went to work at B & L Drug Store, Jack's Star Market Grocery and Crawford Medical Clinic.
In 1950, she was crowned Crawford Rodeo Queen, and in 1951, met her best friend, the man she would spend 52 years of life together with, Donald (Dick) Geiser. They were married April 19, 1953.
They ranched on the Moody-Geiser ranch for almost 20 years near Oelrichs, S.D., and were grateful for their many friends that they came to know there. They sold the ranch and moved to Oelrichs in 1976 where she worked at Bill’s Super Valu grocery store part time.
They later moved to Hot Springs, SD to be near their children, where she would lose her husband to cancer at the VA Center; the same disease that would take her life four years later. She now is at peace with her loving husband Dick.
Survivors include her daughter Connie Sue Geiser, Hot Springs, son Tom (JoAnne) Hot Springs, and their children, Melissa, Denver, Colo., Chuck (Brittany) Spangdahlem, Germany and Sarah, Hot Springs, numerous nieces and nephews, her Shitzhu, Ringo and her three-legged cat, Boots.
She was preceded in death by her husband Dick, daughter Rita Ann, parents Tom and Sara, and all nine brothers and sisters.
A memorial has been established in Mary’s name to benefit the Oelrichs Ambulance or the donor’s choice.
Arrangements have been placed in the care of McColley’s Chapel of the Hills in Hot Springs. Written condolences can be made at www.mccolleyschapels.com.
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Hope this helps on your search.
Regards,
Susan Nass
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