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ROBERTA A. "KELLY"
DILL
Roberta A. "Kelly" Dill, 58,
of Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
died Sunday, November 2, 2003, at her
residence after a long,
courageous battle against cancer.
Kelly was born September 26, 1945, to
Lawrence and Betty (Sampson) Kelly
in Spirit Lake, Iowa. She was
raised there and graduated from
Spirit Lake High School. She
graduated from
Minneapolis Business College in 1964.
On July 26, 1969, she married David
Nicholas Dill in
St. Paul, Minnesota. They moved to
Sioux Falls in 1973.
She held various clerical positions with
several businesses,
although her main focus in life was to
always be a loving,
kind, and gentle wife, mother and
grandmother.
Kelly loved to spend her time with her
family,
friends and beloved pets. She
enjoyed fishing,
shopping, eating out, playing the slot
machines in
Deadwood, and spending time on her
computer.
She especially loved spending time with
her grandson,
Brandon Michael.
Kelly had a wonderful, witty, sense of
humor. She had a
loving, patient presence in the lives of
those who loved her.
In the past year, she fulfilled two of
her life-long wishes:
she visited Las Vegas and rode in a hot
air balloon.
She was preceded in death by her
parents, one brother,
Terry "Pete" Kelly, a special
friend, Jason Griffin. a great-niece,
Sarah Weber, and a nephew-by-marriage,
Charles "Chuck" Pendleton.
Grateful for having shared her life are:
her husband, David; her two daughters,
Julie and Kristin (Shawn) Lohnes; her
grandson,
Brandon Lohnes, all of Sioux Falls;
brothers, Jim (Judy)
Kelly, Maple Grove, MN, Gary (Ruth Ann)
Kelly,
Spirit Lake, IA, Larry (Dorothy) Kelly,
Superior, IA;
sisters Peg (Jack) Macy, Columbia, MO;
and
Mary Blum, Spencer, IA; her two faithful
companions, Andy Mo and Lexie, and many
nieces and nephews.
Song playing is
"A Day Without Rain" Kelly's favorite
song.
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