In Memory Of
George Arnold Edwards
1930
2014
George Arnold Edwards
December 3, 1930 — May 23, 2014
George Arnold Edwards, 83, died at Davis Hospice Center on May 23, 2014.
He was born December 3, 1930 in Letcher, S.D. to George and Ruth (Mathis) Edwards. George served in U.S. Army in the Korean War and was discharged at the rank of Sergeant in October 1953. He married Rochelle “Shelly” Stoebner on September 4, 1954 in Tripp, South Dakota.
George worked as a Safeway manager for 34 years and retired in 1991. George and Shelly spent six years travelling to Arizona for part of the winter. George loved to camp, fish, read, watch sports, and play cards. The joy of his life was time spent with family and friends.
George was preceded in death by his daughter, Sandra Kay Edwards;
his parents; his sisters, Arlene (Darwin) Knutson, Joyce (Vernon) Thomas, and Merna (Tom) Hoffman; and brother, Merlyn Edwards.
George is survived by his wife, Rochelle; daughter, Laurie & Ron Ostrom; son, Todd Edwards; and grand-children, Aaron Ostrom, Jennifer and Jimmy Thyarks, Brandi Wolff, Anthony (Brittany) Salas, Vincent (Crystal) Salas; six great grandchildren; sister, Karen Hoffman; sister-in-law, Lois Edwards; and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Congregational Church. Graveside services will be held in Mitchell, SD on a date yet to be determined.
Friends may contribute to Davis Hospice Center.
He was born December 3, 1930 in Letcher, S.D. to George and Ruth (Mathis) Edwards. George served in U.S. Army in the Korean War and was discharged at the rank of Sergeant in October 1953. He married Rochelle “Shelly” Stoebner on September 4, 1954 in Tripp, South Dakota.
George worked as a Safeway manager for 34 years and retired in 1991. George and Shelly spent six years travelling to Arizona for part of the winter. George loved to camp, fish, read, watch sports, and play cards. The joy of his life was time spent with family and friends.
George was preceded in death by his daughter, Sandra Kay Edwards;
his parents; his sisters, Arlene (Darwin) Knutson, Joyce (Vernon) Thomas, and Merna (Tom) Hoffman; and brother, Merlyn Edwards.
George is survived by his wife, Rochelle; daughter, Laurie & Ron Ostrom; son, Todd Edwards; and grand-children, Aaron Ostrom, Jennifer and Jimmy Thyarks, Brandi Wolff, Anthony (Brittany) Salas, Vincent (Crystal) Salas; six great grandchildren; sister, Karen Hoffman; sister-in-law, Lois Edwards; and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Congregational Church. Graveside services will be held in Mitchell, SD on a date yet to be determined.
Friends may contribute to Davis Hospice Center.
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