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Sheila L. Bowenof Kadoka, South Dakota, died on Monday, December 4, 2017
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Sheila Tesson was born Nov. 8, 1940, to Edward and Julie (Moutrey) Tesson in Butte, Mont. She attended grade school in Butte then moved to Anaconda, Mont., where she graduated high school in 1959.
She worked for Schwartz Department Store in Anaconda while in school. Sheila moved to Fresno, Calif., after high school and attended Fresno Business College.
In 1963, she moved back to Butte where she was united in marriage to Howard Thomas Spencer and to this union three daughters were born.
They lived in Reno, Nev., Fresno, Calif., Toledo, Ohio, and Whitehouse, Ohio, before moving back to Anaconda in 1973. Sheila moved to Blackfoot, Idaho, for several years prior to moving to Rapid City. In January 2012, she moved to Kadoka where she has since resided.
Sheila was an AARP member, loved to knit, read, play piano, and enjoyed listening to classical music. She was very proud of her grammar and spelling abilities and her wonderful humor.
Survivors include three daughters, Michelle Brubaker, Toledo, Ohio, Melanie Spencer, Kennewick, Wash., and Melissa Ammons, Rapid City; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Marilynn Ockler, Anaconda, Mont., and Colleen Langell, San Francisco, Calif.; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Sheila was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Bowen; parents, Edward and Julie; and one brother, Pierre Tesson.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at the Kadoka Nursing Home.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Friday, December 8, 2017 - 2:00 p.m.
Kadoka Nursing Home
Kadoka, South Dakota
CONDUCTING
David Holman
OPENING PRAYER
Terry Holman
OPENING SONG
Emily Deveraux - Pianist
"Amazing Grace"
EULOGY
Melissa Ammons
MUSIC
Emily Deveraux - Pianist
"How Great Thou Art"
MESSAGE
Kent Kelly
MEMORIAL VIDEO
CLOSING SONG
Emily Devereaux - Pianist
"Hallelujah"
CLOSING PRAYER BY INVITATION