Geraldine Huber, 1947-2021
Obituaries-Mobridge / Posted Mar 2, 2021 | 11:06 AM / 1500 views
Geraldine Huber, 73, Eureka, SD, died Friday, February 26, 2021 at the Bowdle Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at First Baptist Church, Eureka, led by Pastor Patrick Russell. Interment follows at the Eureka Cemetery. Pianist will be Pat Grenz and the congregation will sing “The Old Rugged Cross”, “Abide With Me”, and “Amazing Grace”. Jody Sue Russell and Pat Grenz will sing “In the Garden”. Ushers will be Don Heupel and Cliff Berreth.
Visitation will be at Lien Straub, Eureka, beginning 5:00 PM Tuesday with a 7:00 PM prayer service.
Geraldine Mae Rohrbach, daughter of Eleanor (Knoepfle) and Emil Rohrbach, was born at the Eureka Hospital on June 11, 1947. She was brought up on her parent’s farm 16 miles SW of Eureka in Campbell County. Her formal education consisted of Sutley District #37 Rural School and Eureka High School. Following her schooling, she helped her dad on the farm. Geraldine married Leslie Huber at the First Baptist Church in Eureka on October 10, 1970. They lived one year on the Huber farm 12 ¼ miles west and ½ mile north of Eureka. In 1971, they settled on Geraldine’s home-place where Geraldine lived the rest of her life. Geraldine belonged to the First Baptist Church. Her hobbies include playing cards, surfing the internet, gardening, and traveling. She very much cherished the time she spent with her children and grandchildren.
Geraldine is survived by Leslie, her husband of 50 years; two daughters, Rhonda (Christopher) Kindem of Apple Valley, MN and Miranda (Marc) Del Fiacco of Eagan, MN; and two grandchildren—Jada Kindem and Mackenzie Kindem of Apple Valley.
She was preceded in death by her father, Emil, on January 18, 1987; her mother, Eleanor, on May 24, 2003; and an infant sister.
Honorary bearers will be granddaughters, Jada and Mackenzie.
Casketbearers will be Connie Jung of Eureka; Dan Knoepfle of Gillette, WY; Kyle Knoepfle of Casper, WY; Jason Wolf of Zeeland, ND; and Geraldine’s sons-in-law, Christopher and Marc.
Geraldine’s funeral will be live-streamed on the Lien Family Funeral Care Facebook page and available Friday night at this website.
The Huber family prefers memorials to First Baptist Church, PO Box 246, Eureka, SD 57437 or to the Bowdle Hospital, PO Box 556, Bowdle, SD 57428.
Services are in care of Lien-Straub Funeral Chapel, Eureka.