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Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Anne Biegler, 86, of Timber Lake will be at 10:30 AM, Friday, September 17, 2021 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Timber Lake. Burial will be at the Timber Lake Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will start at 5 PM with a prayer service at 6 PM Thursday at the church. Mary Anne passed away Sunday, September 12, 2021, at the Mobridge Regional Hospital.

Mary Anne Biegler, daughter of John S. and Magdalene (Keller) Schweitzer, was born at home near Glencross, SD, on Groundhogs Day, February 2, 1935. She was the second child of 10 born during the Great Depression.

At the age of 2, Mary Anne moved with her family to Berlin, ND, and at the age of 5, John and Maggie and their 5 kids moved back to Glencross, SD, to pursue a life of farming. Mary Anne grew up working outside with her father, driving tractors and milking cows. She attended school in Glencross and Timber Lake.

Glencross held a special place in Mary Anne's heart, especially the Sacred Heart Catholic Church as she was baptized, had her 1 ^st communion, was confirmed and married in that church.

On November 3, 1953, Mary Anne married Emil Biegler of Timber Lake. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Wichita, KS, where Emil worked for Boeing. After moves to Timber Lake, Ft. Pierre, SD, and back to Timber Lake to settle down on Emil's family farm, raising five children.

In 1978, Mary Anne and Emil moved to Timber Lake, always returning to the farm to help out.

Mary Anne's passions were camping, fishing, fish frys, bowling, playing cards, raising a big garden, canning, raising chickens, helping at her brothers' butcher shop and baking lots of cookies, turtles, and sticky buns!

Mary Anne passed away peacefully on September 12, 2021, at Mobridge Regional Hospital after a bout with Alzheimer's.

Mary Anne is survived by two sons, Alan (Cindy) and Jiggs (Janal) Biegler of Timber Lake, three daughters, Susan (Kelly) Dahl of Mt. Vernon, SD, Bitts (Tim) Schweitzer of Glencross, and Nancy (John) Skosky of Kansas City, MO, 11 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, one brother, Val (Sheila) Schweitzer of Timber Lake, two sisters, Marge (Ed) Volden of Forest Grove, OR, and Phyllis Cook of Plainview, TX, sisters-in-law, Mary Biegler and Betty Schweitzer and many nieces and nephews.

Mary Anne is preceded in death by her husband Emil of 66 years, on August 6, 2020, her parents, sisters, Cecilia (Roy) Linderman, Martha Schweitzer, Kathleen (Wallace) Wortman, and Harriet Schweitzer, brothers, Dean and Dwight Schweitzer, brothers-in-law, Ed Cook, Alfred Biegler, Pius (Marie) Biegler, and sisters-in-law, Phyllis (Walter Grage) (Joe) Martian and Martha who died in infancy.

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to granddaughter Karla Bickel for dedicating the last two years caring for Mary Anne and Emil in their home. THANK YOU!!!