Sharon "Sherry" Horst, 65, of Yankton

Funeral services are 11 AM, Thursday, February 16, 2012 at St John Lutheran Church in Wagner. Burial is in the ZCBJ Cemetery, rural Wagner. Visitation will be an hour prior to services at the church on Thursday.

Sharon "Sherry" Kay Horst, daughter of Vilmer and Mildred (Kulhavy) Pietz, was born May 28, 1946 at Wagner. She died Monday, February 13, 2012 at the Yankton Care Center in Yankton, SD. Sherry attained the age of 65 years, eight months and 17 days.

Sherry graduated from Wagner High School in 1964. She married Roger Horst on September 5, 1964 in Wagner. Two children were blessed to their union.

In 1966, Sherry and Roger moved to Loves Park, IL, where she worked at Warner/Lambert. They moved back to Bonesteel in 1981 where they owned and operated Horst Machine Shop and Sherry was the bookkeeper. After Roger's death on March 28, 2008, Sherry moved to Yankton later that year. She worked as a greeter at Wal Mart and loved her job. She retired in the early summer of 2011.

Sherry was a loving and caring mother and grandmother. She enjoyed bowling, dancing, playing cards, dice and marbles. Sherry loved a day at the Casino. She loved spending time with her precious Yorkie, Spud.

Thankful for having shared her life are her children: Pamela Hemmer and husband Jerry of Yankton; and Randy and wife Sandy Horst of Sioux Falls; three granchildren: Alisha and husband Bradley Stehr and their son Logan of Creston, IA; Brook and husband Derek Frahm of Smithland, IA; and Michael Horst of Sioux Falls; and two more great grandchildren on the way; her father, Vilmer Pietz of Wagner; her sister, Janice Lipper and husband George of Las Vegas, NV; and relatives and friends.

Sherry was preceded in death by her husband on March 28, 2008; her mother, Mildred Pietz; and her brother, Roger Pietz.