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Donna Schellhouse

Donna Schellhouse, 62, Sturgis, S.D., formerly of Hills, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, at her residence in Sturgis. Funeral services were Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Grace Lutheran Church in Sturgis. The Rev. David Baer officiated. Burial followed at Bear Butte Cemetery. Donna Reining was born to George and Mable Louise (Heise) Reining on Feb. 11, 1943, at Tabor, S.D. She attended country school near Tabor with her siblings. She left Tabor and moved to a suburb of Denver, Colo. She moved back to Tabor where she graduated from high school. She worked at Yankton, S.D. She then attended beauty school at the South Dakota Hair Styling Academy in Sioux Falls, S.D.She married Don Schellhouse on July 13, 1963, in Hills. They lived in Hills. They moved to the Black Hills in 1989 where they both worked for Black Hills Special Services. They were foster parents for four handicapped/disabled boys.While living in Hills she enjoyed writing poetry, riding horse, gardening, bowling square dancing, camping, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling and hiking. She was a member of the PTA, 4-H, church circle, Pasque Petals Poetry Society and the Tri-State Dance Club. She also collected antique jewelry and china, miniature lamps and antique elephants. Survivors include her husband, Don Schellhouse, Sturgis; one son, Jason Schellhouse, Sturgis; one daughter, Ginger Niemann, Pierre S.D.; one grandchild, Carly; her mother, Mable Reining, Sioux Falls; four brothers, George Reining Jr., Hills, Patrick Reining, Strasburg, Colo., Jerry Reining, Sioux City, Iowa, and Larry Reining, Tabor; and two sisters, Jan Jacob, Golden, Colo., and Delphine Wurtz, Sioux Falls. Mrs. Schellhouse was preceded in death by her father and one sister, Darlene Bame.A memorial has been established in memory of Donna Schellhouse. Kinkade Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements.

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