Barbara J. Hammer, age 68, of Watertown, died Friday, October 19, 2007, at the Lake Norden Care Center in Lake Norden, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 24, 2007, at the Eidsness-Zink Funeral Chapel in Elkton, South Dakota, with interment in the Elkton City Cemetery. Barbara June Hammer was born June 14, 1939, at Brookings, South Dakota, to Ivan W. and Eleanor E. (Warner) Hammer. She grew up on the farm and later in Elkton. She attended the Elkton Public Schools. She resided at Watertown, South Dakota, for several years, where she worked as a volunteer at the animal shelter. Survivors include a brother, Floyd (Florence) Hammer, of Mystic Island, New Jersey; and two sisters: Adele Bebensee, of Elkton, South Dakota, and Lillian Ponto of Hudson, Wisconsin; and nieces and nephews.