Rosemary Joyce Dahlquist, 79, Sioux Falls, S.D., died Friday, Jan. 28, 2005, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. Services were Tuesday, Feb. 1, at Augustana Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls. Burial was in Rosehill Cemetery, Parker, S.D.Rosemary Benson was born to Oscar Sr. and Nellie Mae (Bemelman) Benson, on Aug. 31, 1925, in Parker. As a child she moved to many small towns with her parents. She graduated from Rock Valley High School in Rock Valley, Iowa. As a child she began a love of the violin which she played throughout her life. She moved to Sioux Falls where she attended Sioux Falls College. She married Robert Dahlquist on Oct. 13, 1945, in Sioux Falls. The couple lived in Sioux Falls. She played the violin in the South Dakota Symphony for five years and worked as a clerk at Family Drug. She was a textbook librarian at Lincoln High School until she retired in 1982. Mrs. Dahlquist was an active member of Augustana Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, the Women of the Moose and the PTA as past president of Garfield and Edison. She enjoyed traveling, shopping, going to romantic movies and cooking, specializing in cakes, cookies and pies. Survivors include her husband, Robert Dahlquist; three sons, Terry (Kay) Dahlquist, Sioux City, Iowa, and (Kay) Dahlquist, Hills, and Mark (Lori) Dahlquist, Sioux Falls; one daughter, Diane (Earl) Williams, Lennox, S.D.; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Dean (Ruth) Benson, Washington, and Oscar Jr. (Marcia) Benson, Sheldon, Iowa; and a host of other relatives and friends. Mrs. Dahlquist was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Lyle Benson. Memories may be shared with the family at www.millerfh.comMiller Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, was in charge of arrangements.