FT. PIERRE, SD – Lori Marie Carpenter, 59 of Ft. Pierre, S. D. passed away on February 11, 2022 after a long and hard fought battle with cancer at home. Her faithful friend, companion, and husband was there by her side along with her niece April.

A Celebration of Lori’s Life will take place at The Moose Lodge in Fort Pierre at 3:00pm, Sunday, May 19, 2024.

Lori was born on August 2, 1963 to Virginia Lee Heuer (Spencer) and Virgil Lee Heuer in Pierre, S. D. She continued to live in the Pierre/Ft. Pierre area through out her life. This is where she met her closest friend Steve in 1984. Lori and Steve were together 18 years before marriage. During one of their scuba dives, one of Lori’s lungs collapsed allowing them to see their mortality. They married after her recovery in 2002.

Lori held numerous working positions during her time until she was hired by the State of SD. She was an artist and loved painting and writing poetry. She loved to travel. One of her greatest memories was traveling twice to Hawaii with her husband Steve. She collected rocks, loved photography, camping, hiking, and traveling. She had the genealogy fever and trekked through many a cemetery. She loved flowers with her favorite being the rose. She was also a long-standing member at Women of the Moose, Chapter 1497. She had a favorite saying that she lived by, “Make like a duck”. When asked what she meant, she said, “When it rains on a duck, it just rolls off, never reaches the skin.”

Lori leaves behind her husband Steve Carpenter; their cat Boots, Ft. Pierre, SD; daughter Jennifer Suhre, New Orleans, LA; grandson Anthony Suhre, New Orleans, LA; granddaughter Tyana Suhre, New Orleans, LA; great granddaughter Sydney Suhre, New Orleans, LA; Sister Sindy/Steven Graham, Roseville, MN; Sister Bernadine Sheppard, Pierre, SD; Sister Vicky/Bruce Pittman, Independence, MO; brother Virgil Heuer, Yankton, SD; brother Timothy Heuer, Midland, SD; Lonnie/Cecilia Heuer, Vicenza, Italy; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her cats, Snoopy and Mia; parents Virgil and Virginia Heuer; Grandparents Odessa(Rieger) and Charles (Red) Mitchell; Raymond Heuer; Martha (Ransford) and John Petrovich Jr.; brother Michael Heuer; brother Kevin Heuer.

Memorials/donations may be directed to Ft. Pierre Women of the Moose, Chapter 1497.

Who Will Weep
When time stops and I at last find peace,
Whose sorrow will bring them to their knees?
Whose tears will dampen the entrance to my grave?
Whose heart will inscribe the memory of my face?

Who will think to remember times we never shared?
Who will think to whisper ‘I was never really there’?
Time will stop and I will face the final sleep,
Many will kneel, but who will weep?

When time removes me from the life I lead,
Who will carry their heart upon their sleeve?
Who will mourn the times no longer shared?
Who will think to whisper ‘life isn’t fair’?

Whose arms will reach beyond the lonely tomb?
Whose love will fill the earth with floral blooms?
When time stops and I am laid to rest,
It is you my friend, who will face life’s cruelest test.
Lori Carpenter
August 2, 1963 – February 11, 2022

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