Wanda Deslauriers
August 27, 1923 — July 16, 2017
Wanda Deslauriers
Wanda Deslauriers, age 93, Watertown, formerly of Clark, died peacefully surrounded by family at Avera St. Lukes Hospital in Aberdeen Sunday evening, July 16, 2017 after a brief illness.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Michael's Catholic Church in Clark with the Reverend Paul Rutten and Reverend Gary DeRouchey concelebrating.
Music will be provided by Diane Varilek and Bonnie Graves. Urn bearers will be Corey Helms, Derek Helms, Aaron Huston, Ryan Wise, Brian Boebel, and Mathew Lindeman. Lectors will be Erika Boebel and Darby Helms with responses led by Ella Keathley-Helms and Terry Helms serving as Eucharistic Minister.
A private family burial will follow in the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery at Clark.
Wanda (Beavers) Deslauriers was born August 27, 1923 the daughter of Walter Beavers and (Ella) Mae (Wymer) Beavers on a farm south of Doland. When she was five years old, her parents bought a farm in Fordham Township south of Raymond. She attended Fordham schools all her grade school years and then attended Doland High School her freshman year. Her parents then moved to Raymond where she graduated from Raymond High school in 1942. The night she graduated from high school, she and Marvin Deslauriers became engaged. In the fall of 1942, Marvin joined the US Navy and served in WWII. During the war, Wanda worked in the automation department in a defense plant in Benicia, CA.
Wanda and Marvin were united in marriage on Oct. 30, 1945. Marvin became Standard Oil agent in 1946 and they made their home in Raymond, SD where they lived some 18 years. During these years, Wanda assisted with their business, raised their three daughters as well as helped manage Bob's Grocery in Raymond. In 1964, they decided to move "house and all" to Clark where they later formed Deslauriers Oil Company. After selling the business in 1986, the couple moved to Lake Kampeska in 1990. They wintered in Arizona 18 years and enjoyed years of traveling together, having gone to all the States except Alaska.
Wanda
was a very talented seamstress and enjoyed baking and decorating cakes, making her three daughter's beautiful wedding dresses and wedding cakes. She was always remodeling and decorating her home and also was always fixing someone's hair. Wanda was a faithful Protestant and enjoyed her work in the church; she later joined the Catholic Church. As a couple, Marvin and Wanda enjoyed their whist clubs and square dance clubs. She was involved with 4-H for many years and was an American Legion Auxiliary member. Wanda truly enjoyed being a mother to her three children and a grandmother. Wanda will always be remembered for her classy style.
Blessed for having shared in her life are her daughters Starr (Michael) O'Neil of Bloomington, MN, Roxene (Dennis) Helms of DeSmet, SD and DeAnna (Terry) Helms of Aberdeen, SD; her eight grandchildren, Heather O'Neil, Courtney (Aaron) Huston, Darby Helms, Sacha (Ryan) Wise, Derek (Tasha) Helms, Corey (Kelli) Helms, Erika (Brian) Boebel and Lana (Matthew) Lindeman and her 17 great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents, her loving husband Marvin, 8 sisters and 7 brothers.
Arrangements are in charge of Furness Funeral Home where there is an online registry at www.furnessfuneralhome.com .
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