Donna Mae Anderson May 15, 1940 - June 13, 2022
Obituaries-Mobridge / Posted Jun 16, 2022 | 9:04 AM / 420 views
Mass of Christian Burial for Donna Mae Anderson, 82, of Eagle Butte, will be at 10 AM, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at All Saints Catholic Church. Burial will be at the Eagle Butte Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will be at 5 PM with a prayer service at 7 PM Monday at the church. Donna passed away Monday, June 13, 2022 at the Mobridge Regional Hospital.
Donna Mae was born on May 15, 1940, in Mobridge Hospital to Eleanore Babe (Austin) and Sylvester Garreau. Donna Mae is the granddaughter of Jennie Walks First Woman (Tokeyamniiwin), survivor of the Wounded Knee Massacre and William Garreau and maternal grandparents, Jacob and Nora (O’Leary) Austin. She spent the early years of her life travelling with her parents to various CCC sites around the reservation where her dad was a heavy equipment operator. After the attack on Pearl Harbor all CCC work ceased, and the family started ranching 13 miles south of Timber Lake. Donna Mae would spend her young life on the ranch and enjoyed riding horses and all that ranch life had to offer. She attended a country school, Madsen School, three miles from her home, from First through the Seventh Grade. Beginning in the Eighth Grade until she graduated from high school, she attended Stephan Mission Boarding School on the Crow Creek Reservation. She made many friends at Stephan, and many stayed in touch and remained friends throughout their lives.
In the fall of 1958 Donna Mae met her lifelong companion and husband, Larry Anderson. They were married on December 30, 1958 and began their life together. They were partners in ranching and in raising their family for the next 63 years. Donna Mae worked for the Cheyenne River School System as a Nurse’s Aide and enjoyed her time there. She was devoted to All Saints Catholic Church and served on the Altar Society for many years.
Together, she and Larry raised six children, each one being special to them. She was a devoted wife and mother and took pride in her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Larry, and their children, Marty (Lorelei) Anderson, Dawn (Bruce) Parker, Terry Anderson, Lonnie Anderson, Jim (Sherry) Anderson, and Sherrie (Jeff) Ward. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Shari, Keith, Lindsay, Cole, Justin, Pam, Jayce, Rardy, Brittany, Terri Jo, Gabe, Ashley, Hannah, Myah, Macey, and Decker, eighteen great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren, two sisters, Frieda Hunter of Spokane, WA and Monica Schmidt of Rapid City and special cousin Delila Keller of Timber Lake. She was predeceased by her parents, Sylvester and Babe Garreau, her in-laws, Art and Rose Anderson and her special grandson, Austin Anderson.
Services for Donna Mae will be held at All Saints Catholic Church in Eagle Butte with a Visitation/Rosary on Monday, June 20th beginning at 7pm MST and Funeral Mass on Tuesday, June 21st beginning at 10 am. She will be laid to rest at the Eagle Butte Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge.