Lenetha Blair, Lennox

Lenetha Blair, 84, of Lennox, died Friday, March 27, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First English Lutheran Church of Lennox with burial at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery of rural Armour. Visitation will begin at noon Monday at Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home with family present from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Arrangements are under the direction of Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home, Lennox.

She was born Dec. 14, 1924 on a farm near Armour to Ferdinand J.H. and Dorothea (Kirchhevel) Moeller.

She attended Moore #1 rural school and graduated from Armour High School in 1943. She received a degree in Elementary Education from Southern State Teacher’s College in Springfield. She taught rural schools in Charles Mix Douglas Counties for 15 years and taught in Andes Central School for 16 years until 1980.

She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

On June 1, 1947, she married Lewis Rada.

They lived on the home farm southwest of Armour. After Lewis died on Nov. 14, 1975, she moved to Lake Andes in 1976 where she was active in Sunday School, church choir. She was also an EMT for the ambulance service.

On June 1, 1980, she married Harry G. Williams. They lived in Watertown until his death on April 23, 1988. In Watertown, she was a member of Retired Teachers, Tri-W Extension, Watercolorist Painting Group, Master Gardeners and served as Lake Township treasurer.

She moved to Tea, where she was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Over 55 Group, Tea-Coffee Club and Legion Auxiliary.

In 1990, she moved to Lennox where she was a member of First English Lutheran Church, WELCA, Ruth and Priscilla Circles. She was a member of Legion Auxiliary, Petal Pals Garden Club, Senior Citizens and Lincoln Co. RSVP.

In 1994, she married Elmer Blair. She lived in Sioux Falls, where she was member of First Lutheran Church and was active in Ruth Circle and Altar Guild.

She returned to Lennox in 2005.

She is survived by two daughters: Marcia Mayer and husband, Allen, Armour; and Jean Carlson and husband, John, Lennox; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren

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