Eva D. Pierce was born December 24, 1914, at Webster City, Iowa, the daughter of I.G. and Ruby (Smith) Pierce.

After her father passed away at an early age, she spent time with family members in Rockford, Illinois, Creighton and Rapid City, South Dakota.  She attended school in Creighton and Wall.  After her public schooling, she attended Green's Beauty School in Rapid City.  After she received her beauty license, she opened Eva's Beauty Salon in Wall.

Eva was united in marriage to Leslie Renner on October 14, 1937, at Rapid City.

They made their home in Wall and in 1938 they purchased a farm-ranch north of Wall.  When World War II broke out they moved to Provo, South Dakota, where she worked in the Poast Office and Leslie worked at Igloo.

They moved back to the farm-ranch in the early 1940s.  They continued to operate the farm-ranch until they semi-retired in the late 1960s when they would spend the winter months in San Carlos, Mexico, and return to the farm-ranch in the summer.  In 1989, they moved to the Westhills Village Apartments in Rapid City, where they have since resided.

Leslie and Eva were both avid hunters and fishermen and hunted and fished in Alaska, Canada, Wyoming, and South Dakota.  They both loved the outdoors and enjoyed traveling extensively throughout the United States.

Eva was a member of the Methodist Church of Wall, where she was instrumental in organizing the Women's Society of Christian Service/Coffee Hour.  She was also active in the Good Neighbor Club.

Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Leslie Renner of Rapid City; one son and his wife, Rodney and Cheryl Renner of Wall; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, Dr. Gail and Steve Bernard and their daughter, Abigail Bernard, of Denver, Colorado; Gretchen and Justin Martz and their two sons, Dylan and Gavin Martz all of Rapid City; Lindsey Renner of Wall; Neil Renner of Boston, Masachusetts; two step-grandsons, Shaun and Darren Johnson, both of Wall; two half-brothers and their spouses, Jerry and Jean Cosgrove of Denver and Stanley and Gloria Cosgrove of Rapid City; three half-sisters and their spouses, Sybil and John Cunningham and Millie and Ralph Johnson, all of Rockford, Illinois, and Joan and Russ Wolfe of Dener; one step-sister, Marjorie DeeWard of Tucson, Arizona; a brother-in-law and his wife, Earle and Polly Renner of Carterville, Illinois; a special friend, Bea Sumpter of Rapid City; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Eva was preceded in death by a daughter, Cheryl Renner; her parents; her step-father, Archie Cosgrove, Sr.; and a step-brother, Archie Cosgrove, Jr.

Services
Wednesday, June 23, 1999
10:00 a.m.
United Methodist Church
Wall, South Dakota

Officiating
Pastor Gary Geiman

Music
Carol Hahn - Organist
Vocalists: Dean Patterson, Gene Patterson, Dale Patterson, and Harlan Eisenbraun

Ushers
Bill Leonard - Gary Keyser
Dave LaFee - Dick Kjerstad - Bernard Foster

Active Pallbearers
Lindsey Renner - Neil Renner
Gail Bernard - Gretchen Martz
Shaun Johnson - Darren Johnson

Honorary Pallbearers
All relatives and friends in attendance

Interment
Wall Cemetery
Wall, South Dakota