Rodney Peter Dubbelde, age 92, of Garretson, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Friends and family are invited to a time of visitation Thursday, June 6, 2024, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Minnehaha Funeral Home in Garretson, SD. Private family interment will take place Friday, June 7, 2024, at the Stordahl Lutheran Cemetery near Dell Rapids.
Rodney Peter Dubbelde was born on May 10, 1932, to Peter and Willimina “Minnie” Schreurs Dubbelde at home on the farm near Garretson, South Dakota. He attended school in Garretson and graduated high school in 1950. After graduation, he joined the United States Army and served in the Korean War.
Rodney started his career at the Garretson Garage, earning the name “Hot Rod” Rodney with his mechanic skills. He worked in many places in Garretson until he married and started farming.
Rodney married Constance Dellene Nelson on August 7, 1954. For a few years they lived and farmed in rural Chester, South Dakota until 1961 when they moved their family to a farm near Sherman, South Dakota where they had milk cows, chickens, pigs, and crops. They had five children, Julie Ann, twins Kathleen Mary and Karen Marie, Jane Louise, and a son, Thomas Rodney.
Eventually selling his livestock, Rodney began working at DeSchepper John Deere Implement where he worked for over thirty years retiring as the Service Manager. He retired from farming, but continued working the land by helping his son, which he greatly enjoyed.
Rodney enjoyed motorcycle riding, hunting, and made many trips to the Black Hills and other places. Rodney has been an active member of the Garretson Gun Club where he enjoyed shooting trap. While living on the river, he taught his children how to fish, to ice skate, to ride motorcycles, and to handle firearms.
Rodney is survived by his children, daughters Julie (Jim) Winterton; Kathy (Gary) Winterton; Karen (Paul) Koch; Jane Dubbelde; and son Thomas (Jeannie) Dubbelde, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife, Dellene, his parents and his brothers and sisters and their spouses and several nieces and nephews.
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