Gail M. Huether

CLERGY
Rev. Greg Way
MUSIC
Organist ~ Ruby Dewald
Soloists ~ Lennis Melhaff
“How Great Thou Art”
Laura Huether
“Amazing Grace”
Congregational Hymns
“Borning Cry”
“Nearer My God to Thee”
CASKETBEARERS
Alec Hohn
Tyler Huether
Emily Hohn
Megan Huether
Daniel Huether
Laura Huether
Gail Marie Huether was born on Wednesday, January 13, 1943 to Elmer and Irene (Mettler) Kludt in San Diego, California. She attended Harmony Grove Elementary School in Lodi, CA and graduated Lodi High School in 1961. She attended Humphrey Business College for book-keeping. On May 29, 1965, Gail was united in marriage to Curtis Huether in Lodi. In 1972, they moved onto a farm in rural Parkston, South Dakota where she performed the many duties of a farmwife. Gail loved taking care of children and for a time ran a day care from her home and later helped with the day care centers in Tripp and Parkston. Many of her children, family, and friends enjoyed her great baking skills, especially her kuchen and caramel rolls. She also worked in Parkston at the Golden Touch and Ampride. Gail was an active member of Frieden’s Reformed Church in Tripp where she served as a Sunday and Bible School teacher, a member of the Christian Education Committee, and in the Frieden’s Women’s Guild.
Gail died on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at St. Benedict’s Hospital in Parkston, South Dakota having attained the age of 71 years, 7 months, and 17 days.
She is survived by her husband, Curtis Huether of Parkston, SD; three children: Lisa (Bradley) Hohn of Parkston, Mark (Amy) Huether of Parkston, and Sheldon (Vicki) Huether of Tripp; six grandchildren: Emily and Alec Hohn, Megan and Tyler Huether, and Laura and Daniel Huether; her mother, Irene Kludt; siblings: her twin sister Lynn Diane (Lynn Ray) Wageman, Stephen (Marcy) Kludt, and Richard (Pam) Kludt; brother-in-law, Walter Caldwell; and sister-in-law, Marlene (Ladon) Strapp.
She is preceded in death by her father, Elmer Kludt and sister-in-law, Norma Huether-Caldwell.