Robert "Bob" Ellsworth | April 1936 - July 2021
Obituaries-Pierre / Posted Jul 3, 2021 | 9:12 AM / 617 views
Robert “Bob” Ellsworth, 85, of Stephan, passed away Thursday, July 1, 2021, at the Avera Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls.
Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at the Crow Creek Gym in Stephan. Burial will follow at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Stephan, SD. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Monday, July 5, 2021, followed by a 7:00 p.m. wake service, all at the Crow Creek Gym in Stephan, SD.
Robert Duane Ellsworth was born April 30, 1936, to George and Della (Cunningham) Ellsworth of Woonsocket, South Dakota. He attended country school and graduated from Ree Heights High School. Following high school, he worked construction and as telephone linesman in North Dakota, Colorado, and Nebraska. United in marriage to Bernice King on October 8, 1958, at Immaculate Conception Church at Stephan, South Dakota. He was drafted into the Army and served in Germany during the Berlin Crisis. Following the Army, they returned to Stephan and started working at Mac’s Corner where he continued to work until the time of his death.
He was one of the five founding members of Hyde County Action Club, member of Immaculate Conception Church Council, honored by the Lakota Nation, honored by Highmore High School Rodeo Club, bowled with the Mac’s Corner bowling team for many years. During his 34 years as a sales rep for Pioneer Seeds he received many awards.
Bob loved his family and always put everyone before himself. His grandchildren and great grandchildren were the apple of his eye. He was their biggest fan.
Grateful for having shared his life, wife Bernice of 62 years; children, Bobby (Kathy) Ellsworth of Ft Thompson, Jeff (Lori) Ellsworth of Stephan, SD, Cindy (Dusty) Anderson of Yankton, SD and Greg (Buffy) Ellsworth of Carbondale, IL; grandchildren: Hattie Ellsworth, Augie (Dani) Ellsworth, Hannah (Wyatt) Schaack, JimBob (Jacey) Ellsworth, TJ (Melanie) Ellsworth, Tyrel (Lacey) Ellsworth, Deseray Ellsworth (Kyle Clement), Shae (Jake) Stephenson, Staci (Nick) Wolf, Cole Anderson (Brittany Hermann), and Alana Ellsworth; great grandchildren: Coby, Eli, Maddie, Abigail, Eleanor, Della, Brooklyn and Eliza Ellsworth, McCrae Schaack, Coy and Cambri Stephenson, Colt, Whitley, Cowan & Tylee Wolf; and brother and sisters: Aaron (Rita) Ellsworth, Patricia Shaw, Karen (Bob) Kroning, Janice (Gene) Moncur, and Barbra (Gordon) Sluneka; brother and sisters-in-law: Judy (Jay) Runestad, Bill (Julie) King, Jerry (Jamie) King, Marie (Greg) Arendt, and Marile (Gary) Straight; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents; son, Timothy Ray Ellsworth; granddaughter, Shantel Ray Anderson; brother, Ken Ellsworth; father and mother-in-law, James and Eleanor King.
Luze Funeral Home of Highmore has been entrusted with Bob’s arrangements.
