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Dunois D. Beman Aug 17 2008
Funeral services for Dunois D. Beman, age 90, of Watertown, SD will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 21, 2008 in Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Watertown, SD. Rev. Iver Possehl will officiate. Music will be provided by Sharon Falk, organist, with congregational hymns. Dunois passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at a care center in Clark, SD. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Watertown, SD. Honorary pallbearers will be all of Dunois’ family and friends. Active pallbearers will be: David Beman, Eric Beman, Eddie Beman, Christopher Stefani, Travis Schanbeck, and Jim Lee. Visitation will be in the Crawford Funeral Chapel, Watertown, SD on Wednesday, from 4-7 p.m. and Thursday prior to services at the church. The family is requested to meet at the church on Thursday by 1:30 p.m. for a prayer service. Dunois was born on April 24, 1918 in Watertown, SD to Dick and Leona Mae (King) Beman. He graduated from Castlewood High School in 1936. He attended Dakota State University in Madison, SD for two years. Dunois married Mavis Amundson in June of 1944 in Watertown, SD. He later married Mae Schanbeck on December 31, 1959 in Clark, SD. Dunois worked as a farmhand, was a rural school teacher, and also sold insurance. He worked for thirteen years as a House Parent at Redfield State Hospital and School in Redfield, SD. Dunois also sold Fuller-Brush products for many years in the Clark-Watertown area. After he retired, Dunois delivered medicine for Keiser Pharmacy. He was a member of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church. Dunois enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is survived by his children: Eleanor and her husband, Donald Temple, of Clark, SD, Dennis and his wife, Shirley Thompson, of Elmwood, NE, Donna Hughes of Highland Ranch, CO, Darrell and his wife, Edie Schanbeck, and Larry and his wife, Tina Schanbeck all of Watertown, SD; 19 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren, and many great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bruce Beman of Clarksville, TN and Maurice Beman of Rockton, IL; and three sisters: Lucy Hoftiezer of Watertown, SD, Lois Menkveld of San Jose, CA, and Wilma McCulley of Bismarck, SD. Dunois was preceded in death by his wife, Mae; his parents; two sons, David and Duane; one daughter, Alice Lee; two brothers, and three sisters.

Dunois D. Beman
Aug 17 2008

Funeral services for Dunois D. Beman, age 90, of Watertown, SD will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 21, 2008 in Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Watertown, SD. Rev. Iver Possehl will officiate. Music will be provided by Sharon Falk, organist, with congregational hymns. Dunois passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at a care center in Clark, SD.

Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Watertown, SD. Honorary pallbearers will be all of Dunois’ family and friends. Active pallbearers will be: David Beman, Eric Beman, Eddie Beman, Christopher Stefani, Travis Schanbeck, and Jim Lee.

Visitation will be in the Crawford Funeral Chapel, Watertown, SD on Wednesday, from 4-7 p.m. and Thursday prior to services at the church. The family is requested to meet at the church on Thursday by 1:30 p.m. for a prayer service.

Dunois was born on April 24, 1918 in Watertown, SD to Dick and Leona Mae (King) Beman. He graduated from Castlewood High School in 1936. He attended Dakota State University in Madison, SD for two years.

Dunois married Mavis Amundson in June of 1944 in Watertown, SD. He later married Mae Schanbeck on December 31, 1959 in Clark, SD. Dunois worked as a farmhand, was a rural school teacher, and also sold insurance. He worked for thirteen years as a House Parent at Redfield State Hospital and School in Redfield, SD. Dunois also sold Fuller-Brush products for many years in the Clark-Watertown area. After he retired, Dunois delivered medicine for Keiser Pharmacy.

He was a member of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church. Dunois enjoyed hunting and fishing.

He is survived by his children: Eleanor and her husband, Donald Temple, of Clark, SD, Dennis and his wife, Shirley Thompson, of Elmwood, NE, Donna Hughes of Highland Ranch, CO, Darrell and his wife, Edie Schanbeck, and Larry and his wife, Tina Schanbeck all of Watertown, SD; 19 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren, and many great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bruce Beman of Clarksville, TN and Maurice Beman of Rockton, IL; and three sisters: Lucy Hoftiezer of Watertown, SD, Lois Menkveld of San Jose, CA, and Wilma McCulley of Bismarck, SD.

Dunois was preceded in death by his wife, Mae; his parents; two sons, David and Duane; one daughter, Alice Lee; two brothers, and three sisters.

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