Doris M. Gemar

CELEBRANT
Rev. Fr. Gerald Thury
MUSIC
Organist ~ Kathy Koenig
St. Leo Choir
LECTORS
Ryan Gemar
Heath Gemar
Andrew Gemar
GIFT BEARERS
Mindy Sorenson
Trisha Fisher
Ashley Gemar
PALLBEARERS
Pam Bonertz
Sandra Linbo
David Kline
Robert Gemar
Chris Gemar
Teresa Smith
Doris M. Gemar, 88, died September 14, 2008 at Sanford/Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Doris M. Kline, daughter of Harry and Clara M. (Sequin) Kline, was born on November 22, 1919 in Elk Point, South Dakota. She grew up on the farm and attended the country school her grandfather, Isaac Kline, established. Later, her parents moved to the Scotland area where she graduated from high school in 1937. Wherever she lived, she did work as a clerk, secretary, and nurse’s aide. She married Elmer E. Gemar at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma on August 19, 1943. She was a past member of the VFW Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary, Altar Society, and other civic clubs. She was involved in choir, Eucharistic ministry, and taught CCD for many years. Doris worked with the 4-H for a year, was a Cub Scout leader for several years, and a supporter of the Boy Scouts.
She is survived by one daughter, Sister Marie “Meg” of Waterloo, Iowa; three sons: Greg and wife Amy of Shelley, Idaho, Keith and wife Shelley of Gillette, Wyoming, and Jeff and wife Mary of Chatham, Illinois; and twelve grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by three brothers: Donald and wife Dorothy of Novato, California, Bernard and wife Geraine of Yankton, South Dakota, and Lawrence and wife Frieda of Lesterville, South Dakota; one sister, Jeanette Donley of Omaha, Nebraska; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer in October of 1973, her parents, one brother, Melvin, two sisters-in-law, Lillian Kline and Lou Ann Kline, one brother-in-law, Jack Donley, a niece, Donna, and a nephew, Mike.