Reuben Gust Gall

CLERGY
Pastor Del Neumeister
MUSIC
Organist ~ Shirley Orth
Congregational Hymns
“In The Garden”
“How Great Thou Art”
Special Music by Joseph Block and Tesia Nichols
“Amazing Grace”
“Be Thou My Vision”
CASKETBEARERS
Reuben’s Grandchildren
Jeremy Block
Joseph Block
Jessica Block
Kori Gall
Maggie Gall
Kyle Gall
Tesia Nichols
Tanner Sharpe
Taylor Sharpe
Samantha Gall
Grace Gall
Reuben Gust Gall was born on Saturday, September 24, 1927 on the family farm near Lesterville, South Dakota to Gustav and Vera (Auch) Gall. He attended the Northstar Country School and Lesterville and Scotland High Schools. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict from 1951 to 1953, attaining the rank of Corporal. Reuben was united in marriage to Mary Ann Kocer on August 16, 1954 at Tyndall, South Dakota. After his military service, Reuben returned to the area to farm the family farm. He went to auctioneering school in Iowa, and owned and operated the Avon Sale Barn for 10 years. In 1990, they moved from the farm to Lesterville. He worked with his WalMart family for 17 years, retiring one year before he died at the age of 80. He was a member of the United Church of Christ of Scotland. He was also a member of the Kortan - Hatwan American Legion Post #183 of Tabor and the Ernest Bowyer VFW Post #791 of  Yankton. Reuben passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2008 at the Menno-Olivet Care Center at the age of 81 years, 2 months, and 19 days.
Reuben’s memory will be cherished by his wife of 54 years, Mary Ann Gall of Lesterville, South Dakota; four children: Debra (William) Block of Menno, South Dakota, Gregory (Rita) Gall of Lesterville, South Dakota, Cynthia (Patrick) Nichols of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Eugene (Penny) Gall of Apple Valley, Minnesota; eleven grandchildren: Jeremy, Joseph and Jessica Block, Kori, Maggie, and Kyle Gall, Tesia Nichols, Tanner and Taylor Sharpe, and Samantha and Grace Gall; two sisters, Alma (Lawrence) Conrad of Scotland and Eldora Munson of Mesa, Arizona; and a sister-in-law, Joyce (Russell) Sunderland of Sisseton, South Dakota.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two granddaughters: Brooke and Dana Gall; and three sisters: Ruth Magstadt, Frieda Dietz and Nelta Chladek.