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Dorothy Mae (Schwerdfeger) Tanton, 86, Spearfish, S.D.,
formerly of Paradise and Waldo area, died Friday, June 12, 2009.
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She was born Sept. 26, 1922, in Paradise to George and Blanche (Stout Schwerdfeger.
She was a 1941 graduate of Paradise High School and a 1945 graduate of Ellsworth School of Nursing.
She married Kenneth H. Tanton in 1947. He preceded her in death. She pursued her nursing career at Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colo., and Colorado State University, retiring in 1987.
Survivors include a son, Brock Tanton, Loveland, Colo.; two daughters, Kathleen Hansen and husband, David, Lakebay, Wash., and Sandra Aldrich and husband, Randy, St. Onge;
a brother, Phillip Schwerdfeger, Superior, Wyo.; a sister, Lillian McMartin, Rock Springs, Wyo.;
a cousin, Bob Christens and wife, Bernita, Hays;
six grandchildren, Chris Bledsoe, Nichole Arnold, JasonAldrich, Jennifer Gamble and Clayton and Corey Tanton; three great-grandchildren, Riley and Savannah Gamble and Bethany Jutz; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel and Crematory Service, Spearfish, S.D.,
and Allnutt Funeral Chapel, Fort Collins, Colo., are in charge of arrangements.
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