Ida L. Huether

of Rapid City, South Dakota, formerly of Wall, South Dakota, died on Thursday, May 9, 2002
at the Clarkson Mt. View Healthcare Facility in Rapid City at the age of 88

Ida Lydia Schuler was born May 4, 1914 in a rock home north of Quinn, South Dakota, the daughter of George and Katherina (Bauerle) Schuler.

She grew up on the farm and received her education in the Creighton area. Ida was baptized and confirmed in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church near Quinn.

She was united in marriage to Theodore Huether on January 14, 1934 in Creighton, South Dakota.

They farmed near Conota, South Dakota from 1934 to 1936 when they moved to a farm-ranch near Creighton. They continued to farm and ranch until retiring and moving into Wall in 1972.

After her husband’s death on October 15, 1983, Ida continued to live in Wall until moving to Rapid City in 1991. While in Wall, Ida worked in the laundry department of the Elks Motel until she retired in 1991.

Ida was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Wall and a former member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Creighton.

Grateful for having shared her life are her two sons, Pete Huether and his wife Sheila of Rapid City and Ewald Huether and his wife Lucy of Douglas, Wyoming; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Kate Grob; and a host of other relatives and friends.

In addition to her husband Theodore, Ida was preceded in death by one daughter Verna Moore; a grandson Lloyd Moore; her parents; four sisters, Adella Stern, Rose Geigle, Emma Eisenbraun, and Elizabeth Schuler as an infant; five brothers, Ed, Jake, Bill, Hank, and her twin brother, Robert Schuler.

Funeral services for Ida L. Huether, age 88, of Rapid City and formerly of Wall, SD will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2002 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wall, with Vicar Monte Dell officiating.

Visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, at the Rush Funeral Chapel in Wall.

Interment is in the Wall Cemetery.

A memorial is established to the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wall.

MINISTER
Vicar Monte Dell

MUSIC
Dorothy Shearer – Organist
Vocalists
Alice Richter - Alma Crosbie
"How Great Thou Art"
"Rock of Ages"

USHERS
Walt Schaefer - Dan Dartt

PALLBEARERS
LeRoy Wyant - Shorty Schuler
George Moore - Bill White
Johnny Geigle - Tom Geigle

HONORARY PALLBEARERS
All Relatives and Friends in Attendance

INTERMENT
Wall Cemetery
Wall, South Dakota

Service Details

Funeral Services
2:00 p.m.
Monday, May 13, 2002
First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wall