Bonnie Buchholtz, 88

Bonnie Buchholtz, 88, of Valley Springs, S.D., passed away on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Memorial visitation with family present to greet family and friends will be from 5 until 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept.23, 2021, at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory, Sioux Falls. Private family interment services will be held at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Sioux Falls. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Faith Lutheran Church or Dougherty Hospice House.

Bonnie Anderson, daughter of Sigrud and Lillian (Hansen) Anderson, was born July 26, 1933, in Sioux Falls, S.D. She was raised in Sioux Falls and graduated from Washington High School in 1951. She was united in marriage to Vernus Buchholtz on July 1, 1955, in Sioux Falls. The couple lived in Sioux Falls before moving to Valley Springs in 1978, where she has resided since. Bonnie worked for Prairie Market Grocery for over 20 years before her retirement in 1992. 

Bonnie and Vernus were longtime members of Faith Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. They always had horses and Bonnie enjoyed taking buggy rides. Until later years, they never missed a parade in Mitchell. She was a faithful wife, mother, and grandmother. In her spare time, she enjoyed crafts, puzzles, playing cards and her cats. Her grandchildren were the light of her life.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Yo (Gary) Sherman of Salem, S.D.; sons, Kevin Buchholtz of South Dakota and Herbert (Donna) Wheeler of Vancouver, WA; grandchildren, Billie (Rick) Johnson, Lisa (Greg) Milton, Lori (Dave) Lee, Tami (Dustin) Addy, Michael (Kayla) Sherman, and Laura Sherman; and great-grandchildren, Brendan and Nicholas Johnson, Alexis and Zach Milton, and Austin and Cadin Lee; and a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernus; daughter, Yvette; sister, Dee (Bob) Gillen; half-brother, Wayne Mortenson.

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