| Home Surname List Name Index Sources GEDCOM File Email Us | Sixteenth Generation7651. Theron Lester Fuller was born on 30 July 1912 in Beadle Co., South Dakota, USA. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Bonilla, Beadle Co., South Dakota, USA. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Bonilla, Beadle Co., South Dakota, USA. Theron died on 20 April 2005 at the age of 92 in Huron, Beadle Co., South Dakota, USA. He was buried in Altoona Cmtry., Hitchcock, Beadle Co., South Dakota, USA. South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births He entered the U.S. Army on March 19, 1942, during World War II, and served stateside until his honorable discharge on April 7, 1944. He then returned to the Bonilla area where he farmed on his own. On October 19, 1948, Jack married Nellie Smith Farnham at Pipestone, MN. The couple farmed until the mid 1950's when they moved into Bonilla, and later to Huron where he worked for the South Dakota Highway Department until the mid 1970's. He then moved to Sioux Falls where he worked on his own doing construction and remodeling until moving to Hitchcock in 1994. On January 24, 2005, he entered the Huron Nursing Home. From his youth he was known as a "jack-of-all-trades", hence his nickname of "Jack". He worked as a carpenter, mechanic, plumber, electrician, cabinetmaker, bricklayer, cement mason, and an all around repairman. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Bonilla, a life member of the American Legion, and a past member of the Belles and Beaus Square Dance Club of Huron. His interests in his later years included flower gardening, reading, jigsaw puzzles, and he always found fix-it projects on which to work. Theron passed away at the Huron Regional Medical Center, at the age of 92 years, 8 months, and 20 days. He is survived by 1 daughter, 2 stepsons, 2 stepdaughters, 3 grandchildren, 15 step grandchildren, 30 step great grandchildren, several step gr-great grandchildren, 1 brother, his many friends at the Hitchcock Nutrition Center; and his feline friend, "Kit". He was preceded in death by his parents; 3 sisters, Ione (Frank) Arneson, Vera (Gerald) McDonald, and infant Ruby; 6 brothers, Roe, Ceylon (Edith), Russell, Day, Dayton (Justina), Harold, and a former sister-in-law, Inez (Harold) Fuller. Nellie Louise Smith was born on 1 July 1914 in Mellette, Spink Co., South Dakota, USA. She died on 18 September 2000 at the age of 86 in Hitchcock, Beadle Co., South Dakota, USA. She was buried on 23 September 2000 in Mellette Cmtry., Mellette, Spink Co., South Dakota, USA. Parents: Spouses: Siblings: |