William Kary, better known as "Bud" to his family and friends, was born August 23, 1923, at Libby, Montana, to William and Mary (Baker) Kary, the oldest of seven children.

When he was two years old, the family returned to Kary, South Dakota, in the Norris area, where he grew up.  He attended Danville, Prairie View, and Kaufman schools as well as two sessions of agriculture studies at Brookings, South Dakota, prior to attending White River High School his junior year.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, from February 14, 1945, until December 14, 1946, serving in the Phillippines and Korea, as a member of the Post-war military government.

After his discharge he returned to the Parmalee - Norris area to resume his ranching and to participate in local rodeos as a pick-up man, a bronc rider, a bareback rider, and a steer wrestler.

He was united in marriage to Jean A. Sinning on November 4, 1950, at the Cody Homestead in Mellette County and to this union was born four children: Ace, Brant, Rae and Anita.

They made their one home a ranch in the Parmalee area.  During the 1960s, William served several terms as a justice of the peace for Blackpipe Township in Mellette County.

In later years, William Kary retired dur to his health.  He enjoyed his children and grandchildren and was a prolific writer.  William Kary worte and had published three books of western cowboy poetry and one book of memoirs focusing on his days as a rnacher and rodeo cowboy.

William Kary was politically active and frequently contacted his congressman, senators, and other officials to express his views.  Most often he contacted them to tell them he expected them to abide by the constitution.  He formerly served on the American Legion's Committee on Americanism.

He was a member of the Pedersen Stoddard American Legion Post #144 of Belvidere; the Captain C. Van Houten VFW Post #1640 of Hot Springs, South Dakota, and the South Dakota Cowboy and Western Poets Assocaition.

William Kary will be greatly missed by all who had the opportunity to know him.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Jean Kary of Norris, South Dakota; two sons, Ace Kary and Brant Kary, both of Norris; two daughters, Rae (Mrs. Eric) Staab of Topeka, Kansas, and Anita (Mrs. John) Barrett of Goddard, Kansas; four grandchildren, Elizabeth and Cordelia Stabb and Emily and Lawrence William Barrett; one brother, Robert Kary of Parmalee; two sisters, Cordelia Johnson of Hill City, South Dakota, and Patricia Jacobsen of Chicago, Illinois; an aunt, A.R. Anderson of Santa Cruz, California; a foster uncle, Ed Hill of White River; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Stephen and Alfred Kary and Thomas Forman; and one sister, Mary Jane Kary.

Services
Tuesday, July 21, 1992
2:00 p.m. (MDT)
Bible Church
Norris, South Dakota

Officiating
Reverend Hans Sacrison

Music
Clifford Krogman

Ushers
Charles Totton - Harold Weiss

Active Pallbearers
Russell Johnson - Fred Littau
Reuben Ring - Lyndon Huber
Ed Ferguson - Melvin Schmidt, Jr.

Honorary Pallbearers
All relatives and friends in attendance

Interment
Norris Cemetery
Norris, South Dakota