June Shefner, 74, of rural Plankinton, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at the Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 22, at the Storla Lutheran Church in Storla. Visitation was Wednesday, Dec. 21, from 5-7 p.m. at the Basham Funeral Home in Wessington Springs.
June was born Feb. 14, 1942, in Alpena to Warren and Ida (Cunningham) Kelsey. She graduated from Wessington Springs High School in 1960.
She was united in marriage to Dina Shefner on June 30, 1963, in Lane. They were married 53 years. She was a full-time housewife and enjoyed sewing, craft fairs, puzzles, birthday club and spending time with all her grandchildren.
June is survived by her husband, Dina (Pudge); two daughters, Rhonda (Jerry Lilleskov) DeVaney of Madison, and Sandy (Dale) Wolfcale of Wessington Springs; siblings, Joyce Kirsch of Hillsboro, Ore., Janet (Bill) Pruitt of Southerland, Ore., Jimmy Kelsey of Wessington, and Jeff (Karen) Kelsey of Alpena; sister-in-law, Peggy (Clifford) Tibbs of Mission Ridge; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Joe Kelsey; granddaughter, Cassandra Marie DeVaney; and in-laws, Orlin and Viola Shefner.