Funeral Service for Geraldine "Gerri" Marks, 77, of Peever, South Dakota will be held on Monday, May 16, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Agency Village, SD. Officiating will be Rev. Fr. Charles Chan and St. Mary's Lay Readers. Pianist will be Billy Kohl and special music by Episcopal Lay Readers. Pallbearers will be Jerwyn "JJ Marks, Vine Marks Jr. "Hoky", Leonard DuMarce, Justin Redday Jr., Chad Marks, Tom Flute Sr., Tyson Flute, Thomas Flute Jr., Tanner Flute, Landon LaFromboise, John Bissonette, and Hunter Jones. Honorary Pallbearers will be Beatrice Biddell, Paulette Cloud, Bonnie & Norbit Bellonger, Betty & Harley Christopherson, InaLou Kirk, Barb Cloud, Peggy Redday, St Mary's Lay Readers, Lorna Hansen, Dean Abraham Sr., Melvin Renville, Joyce Crantz and Annette Heminger. Burial will be in St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Agency Village, SD. A Wake Service will be held on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 7:00 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Agency Village, SD. Cahill Funeral Chapel, Sisseton, SD in charge of arrangements.
Geraldine (Gerri) Marks was born on October 27, 1938 to John and Beulah DuMarce Sr. in Sisseton SD. She grew up in Drywood Lake with her 2 brothers and 5 sisters. She attended and then graduated from the Flandreau Indian School. She met and married Vine Marks Sr. and to this union was born her 5 children. Sherilyn, Lori, Hoky, J-J and Rainee. She made her home in the country near Agency Village where she raised these "precious" kids along with taking care of her nieces and nephews, grandkids and her great-grandkids. She worked for the Sisseton Public School as a cook for many years; she was "grandma" to many kids. She also worked at Schiltz's Foods and Tekakwitha nursing center until she retired in September 2004. She loved to bake cakes, pies, her special salad, sewing, visiting her sisters, attending the 4th of July pow-wow and spending time with her grandkids and great-grandkids. She also enjoyed telling stories, laughing and giving advice. Geraldine passed away on May 12, 2016 at Sanford Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD.
Gerri is survived by her five children, Sherilyn Marks, Lori Marks, Vine Marks Jr. "Hoky", Jerwyn "JJ" (Mary) Marks and Rainee (Galen) DeMarrias. Her sisters Marvel Bursheim and Faye Finley; her 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren and she also has a great- grandchild on the way. She had many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents John & Beulah, her brothers Leonard and John Jr. "Tiggy" and her sisters Feanette, Karen and Corrine.