IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Kenneth M.
Wright
February 10, 1918 – July 7, 2010
Obituary
Kenneth M. Wright age 92, of Brookings, South Dakota., died Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, July 10, 2010, at Ascension Lutheran Church of Brookings, with interment in the St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery in Humboldt, South Dakota. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Kens family requests that memorials be directed to Ascension Lutheran Church.
Kenneth Milton Wright was born on February 10, 1918, in Elliot, Iowa, to Gail and Blanche Wright. He grew up in Elliot and graduated from Elliot High School. In 1939 he moved to Humboldt, South Dakota, to work at Tuthill Lumber Yard, prior to entering the army. On October 8, 1942 he married Dorothy Bunning in Humboldt. Ken was stationed in Portland, Oregon, and Okinawa, Japan.
After World War II, Ken and Dorothy returned to South Dakota, where Ken worked in lumber yards and in the construction industry in Sioux Falls, Gregory, Lennox, and Clark, South Dakota. In 1960 the family moved to Brookings, where Ken built houses for Oliver Gottschalk. In his retirement, Ken and Dorothy owned and operated Ballons Because from 1983 to 1988. Also during this time, Ken started the Wright Locksmith business. He was Journeyman Electrician, as well as a masterful carpenter.
Dorothy died July 22, 1996. November 8, 1997, Kenneth married Audrey (Welsh) Kenner. Ken was a charter member of Ascension Lutheran Church and a Lifetime Member of the VFW.
Ken is survived by his wife, Audrey of Brookings; two daughters, Barbara (Darwin) Egeberg of Madison, South Dakota, and Georgia (Bill Kopp) Wright of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; a son, Jim (Nancy) Wright of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; five grandchildren: Chad and Eric Egeberg, Colin and Jason Kopp, and Lauren Wright; two stepsons: Marty (Pam) of Burnsville, Minnesota, and Brian of Philip, South Dakota; two step grandchildren; Abbi (Cory) Koscielski, and Patrick Kenner; a sister, Katherine Slater; a sister-in-law, Ollie Wright; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy; his parents, Gail and Blanche Wright; two brothers, Donald and Jack; three grandchildren, Dane and Johannah Wright in 2005, and infant, Sean Kopp in 1987; and a nephew, Dennis Slater in 2010.
Kenneth Milton Wright was born on February 10, 1918, in Elliot, Iowa, to Gail and Blanche Wright. He grew up in Elliot and graduated from Elliot High School. In 1939 he moved to Humboldt, South Dakota, to work at Tuthill Lumber Yard, prior to entering the army. On October 8, 1942 he married Dorothy Bunning in Humboldt. Ken was stationed in Portland, Oregon, and Okinawa, Japan.
After World War II, Ken and Dorothy returned to South Dakota, where Ken worked in lumber yards and in the construction industry in Sioux Falls, Gregory, Lennox, and Clark, South Dakota. In 1960 the family moved to Brookings, where Ken built houses for Oliver Gottschalk. In his retirement, Ken and Dorothy owned and operated Ballons Because from 1983 to 1988. Also during this time, Ken started the Wright Locksmith business. He was Journeyman Electrician, as well as a masterful carpenter.
Dorothy died July 22, 1996. November 8, 1997, Kenneth married Audrey (Welsh) Kenner. Ken was a charter member of Ascension Lutheran Church and a Lifetime Member of the VFW.
Ken is survived by his wife, Audrey of Brookings; two daughters, Barbara (Darwin) Egeberg of Madison, South Dakota, and Georgia (Bill Kopp) Wright of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; a son, Jim (Nancy) Wright of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; five grandchildren: Chad and Eric Egeberg, Colin and Jason Kopp, and Lauren Wright; two stepsons: Marty (Pam) of Burnsville, Minnesota, and Brian of Philip, South Dakota; two step grandchildren; Abbi (Cory) Koscielski, and Patrick Kenner; a sister, Katherine Slater; a sister-in-law, Ollie Wright; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy; his parents, Gail and Blanche Wright; two brothers, Donald and Jack; three grandchildren, Dane and Johannah Wright in 2005, and infant, Sean Kopp in 1987; and a nephew, Dennis Slater in 2010.
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