Aberdeen: The funeral service for Constance "Connie" Kast, 85, of Aberdeen will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at North Highland United Methodist Church in Aberdeen. Pastor Mark Ehrmantraut will officiate.
Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Connie passed away Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Visitation will be 1-7 p.m., with family present from 5-7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., in Aberdeen.
Constance "Connie" Louise Reiter was born March 14, 1927, in West Palm Beach, Fla., to Ralph LeRoy and Lilah (Retherford) Reiter. Her mother died when Connie was 6 and her stepmother, LeVaughn (Price) Reiter raised her. She grew up in Minneapolis, Minn., where she was educated and worked before her marriage.
She was united in marriage to Delbert Monroe Kast on March 6, 1948, in Minneapolis. They farmed south of Seneca for 40 years. They raised their two daughters on the farm. They moved to Aberdeen, where their daughter, Laurie, and her husband, Larry, and children lived. Later, their other daughter, Marie and her children, moved to Aberdeen.
Connie was very active in the church and she enjoyed singing in the choir in Seneca and Aberdeen. She was Secretary/Treasurer for many years in Seneca in the United Methodist Women's Society, as well as a Treasurer at North Highland United Methodist Church. She and her sister-in-law, Marilyn Kast Rusch, sang duets for funerals and other occasions in their church in Seneca.
She loved to garden while living on the farm and raised flowers, vegetables and many strawberries each year. She and Delbert enjoyed dancing and camping at the River with friends. She also enjoyed writing letters and later going to her grandchildren's activities, emailing her friends, playing bridge at her bridge clubs and all kind of cards at the Aberdeen Area Senior Center and with her friends at the Carlyle. She volunteered 10 years at Avera St. Luke's Hospital, where she was an escort and made popcorn. She especially loved to walk on the beach in Florida. She loved going to exercise at the Washington Street Gym and coffee with the exercise girls.
She is survived by her daughters: Laurie (Larry) Hadrick, Aberdeen and their children, Derek (Krista) Hadrick and great-granddaughter, Ashton of Harrisburg and Emily Hadrick of Brandon. Daughter Marie (Lonnie) Johnson of Grenville and her children, Tony Ness and great-grandchildren, Meiko and Mia Ness; Adrianne Ness and great-grandchildren children, Zavian, Traeh and Kavin all of Aberdeen and Merrell Ness II of Clearfield, Utah, and her sister, Noelle Baker of Indianapolis, Ind. As well as many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Delbert, on Nov. 12, 2004; her brother, Ralph LeRoy Reiter; and her parents.
Her family and friends will remember her spunk as well as her kind and loving heart. She had a great love for life and God. She will be truly missed.
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