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01/11/2016 - Earl Stombaugh
Memorial services for Earl Stombaugh, age 92, of Buffalo Gap, SD will be at 10:00 AM on Monday, January 11, 2016 at the Prairie View Methodist Church near Smithwick, SD with Pastor Mark Johnsen officiating.
Burial will follow at the Buffalo Gap Cemetery near Buffalo Gap with Military Honors.
A memorial has been established to benefit the Alzheimer’s Research Unit at the Mayo Foundation in Rochester, MN.
Earl was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainmccolleys.com.
Earl passed away on January 4, 2016, at the Seven Sisters Living Center in Hot Springs, SD. He was born on July 9, 1923 in Frontier County, NE to Clifford and Helen “Heater” Stombaugh. He proudly served in the United States Army during WWII from 1944 until his honorable discharge in 1946. He married Betty Jean Kiesel on August 27, 1947; she passed away in January 1990. He then married Judy Reynolds in 1995. Earl enjoyed farming and raising milk cows, pigs, and later beef cattle. He was an expert welder, mechanic and machinist.
Earl served on the Custer County Weed Board, the Angostura Irrigation District Board, and Buffalo Gap Methodist Church Board. He was also an active member of the Riverside Volunteer Fire Department NFO, VFW, and American Legion. He also enjoyed speaking to those who suffer from Crohn’s disease. Earl’s hobbies were auctions, old cars and trucks, collecting pocket watches, and collecting tools. He will be remembered for being honest, caring, hardworking and forthright.
Earl is survived by wife Judy Stombaugh of Huron, SD; sons Terry (Joy) Stombaugh of Buffalo Gap, Randy (Gwen) Stombaugh of Buffalo Gap, and Grant (Eun-Ju) Stombaugh of Seoul, S. Korea; adopted daughter Sharon (Harvey) Tschetter of Hitchcock, SD; brothers Clyde (LaVida) Stombaugh of Cozad, NE and Jay (Sharon) Stombaugh of Lexington, NE; sister June Easterday of Elwood, NE; grandsons Charles, Jason, Tony, and Derek; granddaughters Carolin, Wendy, and Tara; and numerous great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by wife Betty Jean Kiesel; parents Clifford and Helen Stombaugh; sisters Verna, Lila, and Opal; and brother Glen.
Chamberlain McColley’s Funeral Home in Hot Springs is in charge of arrangements for Earl Stombaugh.
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