Funeral Service for Lorraine Tuff, 80, of Peever, SD will be held on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at Peever Lutheran Church, Peever, SD with the Rev. Steve Moberg officiating. Pianist will be Mona Greseth with soloists Adam Rudebusch and Dan Witte. Pallbearers will be Jerad Tuff, Evan Cutler, Chad Canfield, Chase Cutler, Landon Tuff, and Tej Singh. Honorary Pallbearers are "all of Lorraine's friends from Peever and Sunchase". There will be visitation on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 5 to 7 P.M. with a prayer service at 7 P.M. at Cahill Funeral Chapel. Lorraine Lohre Tuff, age 80, died January 10, 2012, at the Jenkins Living Center, Watertown, SD. She was born to Carl and Irene (Landmark) Lohre, March 8, 1931, in Sisseton, SD. She graduated from Peever High School. Bereft of mother at age 5, orphaned by 15, her life took a happy turn when she married Alvin Sylvester Tuff, June 12, 1948 at Webster, SD. Along with Alvin she raised three children who "turned out good" and owned and operated Tuff's Service Station. Lorraine was often described as being one of a kind. She was known for her outgoing personality and startling frankness. Life was never dull when she was around. She was quick to help, send a card, and visit people in the hospital and nursing home. She loved her many friends and family, playing cards and board games, reading, keeping a diary, dancing, swimming, and having her family around.
She is survived by her children June (Dan) Witte, Sioux Falls, SD, Donald (Mary) Tuff, Watertown, SD, and Kathy (Brian) O'Connor, Rapid City, SD and grandchildren Landon (Erica) Tuff, Chase and Evan Cutler, Jerad (Michelle) Tuff, Michelle and Katie Tuff, Jackie (Tej) Singh, and Lindsey Dumire, great grandchildren Maddie Hurm, Shah and Raj Singh, sister-in-law Thelma Nielsen, Sisseton, SD, cousins, many nieces and nephews and friends.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents, infant daughter Carol, husband, sisters and brothers-in-law Clarice (Dallas) DeLay and Elaine (Leonard) Langager.