Gary Inglis
3/15/1939 – 2/26/2011
Gary W. Inglis, 71, of Sioux Falls, SD, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Visitation will begin Wednesday, March 2, at 3pm at Heartland Funeral Home with family present at 6pm and a Scripture Service at 7pm. Funeral services will be at 10am on Thursday, March 3 also at Heartland Funeral Home with Fr. Charles Cimpl officiating. Burial will follow at St Michael’s cemetery.
Gary was born on March 15, 1939 in Aberdeen, SD, to Delbert and Alice Inglis (Meister).
As a youngster he lived in Groton, SD, White Lake, SD, Larchwood, IA and in Sioux Falls, SD. He graduated from Washington High School. Gary worked at the South Dakota Air National Guard until he retired in 1985.
He was united in marriage to Marie Soldatke on August 13, 1960 in Sioux Falls, SD. Marie preceded him in death on May 15, 2001. They lived in Sioux Falls, SD all their married life. Gary was a member of St Michael’s Church and the Moose Lodge.
Grateful for having shared his life are his three daughters; Deb (Dan) Buehner, Tammy (Pat) Stauffacher, and Brenda (Marv) Kneip-Merrill all of Sioux Falls, SD; eight grandchildren; Brandi (Scott) Flint, Kelsey (Adam) Maeschen, Danielle (Bryce) Bettmann, Kolin Kneip, Axel Stauffacher, Chris Buehner, Hannah Buehner and Lane Kneip, two great-grandchildren; Tenli Maeschen and Serenity Flint and Gary’s very special friend and fiancé, Lorene Thompson.
My deepest sympathies in the loss of your loved one.
Loyal Messerschmidt
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this trying time!
We are so sorry for your loss.
Girls/Family,
I’ll definitely miss your Dad’s sense of humor. He always kept me in check. 🙂 We had many, many laughs and good times that I’ll cherish forever.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all in this difficult time.
Love
Tom Gruby and Family
You will always be in our hearts! Love and miss you Gary!
Brenda and Marv: My heart goes out to you during this difficult time. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you during the months to come. Remember that you have many friends and family to lean on and who care about you. In sympathy: Jean Hohbach
So sorry to hear about the passing of Gary. It’s been a while since I’ve seen him, but I remember he was a great guy-funny. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
My love went with you sweetheart, I have always loved you and wanted only ‘THE BEST OF LIFE FOR YOU” MY GOAL WAS FOR YOU TO BE HAPPY ALWAYS, I HOPE I FULFILLED THAT FOR YOU, MAY YOU REST IN PEACE ALWAYS, ONE DAY OUR PATHS WILL CROSS AGAIN UNTIL THEN I WILL FOREVER AND EVER HOLD YOU IN MY HEART WITH ALL THE LOVE I HAVE LORENE
AS I SAT HERE AND WATCHED THE HOUR
WAITING FOR MY FATHER TO EXPIRE.
FLIPPING THRU THE PICTURES IN MY MIND
MEMORIES THAT LAST A WHOLE LIFE TIME.
AS THIS MOVIE REPLAYS EACH DAY
MORE GOOD TIMES FORGOTTEN REAPPEAR TO SAY,
“IVE ALWAYS LOVED YOU”
WARMING MY HEART.
DAD PLEASE GO KNOWING YOU FULLFILLED YOUR PART.
LOVE
TAMMY
Tammy, Deb, and Brenda –
Sorry to hear about the loss of your dad. Seeing him show up at my wedding dance in SD years ago made me forgive him for all the times he made me so mad as a kid :):) As an adult, I know now that he had my best interest at heart. I have many fond memories of him and your mom.
Gary and I were good friends in High School, same class, both trumpet players. I loved his old 49 Ford that we had to push to start. I kept my smokes in the glove compartment.
We also joined the SDANG at the same time. Though I had only seen him once since his ANG retirement, I always knew that he was a true-blue friend. We’ll see you later, Gary, my old Bud!
So sorry to hear about Gary. Jerry and I graduated from Washington High with Gary and considered him a good friend. You will all be in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time.