Alene Wiebesiek

Alene Wiebesiek, age 100, of Davis, SD, passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Viborg, SD. Alene Ruth Bunger was born to Henry H. and Tetta (DeVries) Bunger, on May 14, 1923, on a farm near Davis. She attended Middleton District #23 rural school and then graduated from Davis High School in 1941. She went on to earn her teaching certificate from Northwestern Junior College in Orange City, IA and then earned extra credits from various colleges in South Dakota. Alene taught in rural schools and at the Davis Primary Grade School before her marriage. She also directed the Davis High School Girls Choir. After her children were grown, she returned to teaching in rural schools in Turner and Lincoln counties. After school consolidation, Alene taught language arts and science at the Worthing Middle School, grades 5 to 8 for 9 years, retiring in 1979. On January 27, 1948 she married Lester L. Wiebesiek, at her mother's home. Three children were born to this union. The couple lived and farmed on the same place she and her father were born and where her grandparents had homesteaded in Middleton Township, near Davis. Alene grew up at Turner County First Presbyterian Church, where she taught Sunday school and played piano. After her marriage she transferred to Bethel Reformed Church in 1948, where she served as a Sunday school teacher, officer and in the Reformed Church Women. She was the church organist since 1959 and sang with various groups. Alene also belonged to the Davis American Legion Auxiliary, Sioux Falls Area Retired Teacher's Association and the Lennox Senior Citizens. Besides her parents, Alene was preceded in death by her loving husband, Lester, on May 25, 2001; son, Darwin on October 4, 2009; one granddaughter; brothers: Ernest, Carl, Henry and Walter Bunger. Grateful for having shared her life are her children: Laurie, Mankato, MN, Harlan (Fae), Davis and daughter-in-law, Susan, Hurley; her grandchildren; great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter, as well as a host of other relatives and friends. . Services will begin at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 20, at Bethel Reformed Church, Davis, SD, with burial to follow at the Davis Bethel Cemetery. Visitation will precede the service on Saturday, May 20, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., with the family present, also at Bethel Reformed Church.

Alene Wiebesiek

May 14, 1923 - May 17, 2023

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