Dorothy Ann Getsgo, 83, Sturgis, died on Thursday, July 11, 2013, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Memorial services will be held at 10:00am on Monday, July 15, 2013, at First United Methodist Church with Pastor Jenene Earl officiating. Burial will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery.

Dorothy was born an only child, to Frank and Anna (Shopmeier) Braddock in Franklin, Kansas on January 24, 1930. She was born during the depression years, so when she was only three years old, her family moved to California, and by age four her family had moved to Lead, South Dakota. She attended grade school in Lead until the sixth grade when her family moved back to California during World War II and she continued school in San Pedro. The family later returned to Lead where she finished her last three years of high school and she went on to attended two years at Black Hills Teachers College.

On July 16, 1950, Dorothy married Leo J. Getsgo at her parent's home in Lead. When Leo finished his teaching degree in 1952, he got his first job in Palmer, Alaska so they drove to the Alaska territory and began a two year adventure. They returned to the lower 48 in the summer of 1954, to Deadwood, SD where Sharon was born. Dorothy and her family then moved to Armour, SD where Susan was born, and they lived there from 1954 to 1961. The family then moved to the Black Hills Ordinance Depot in Igloo, SD where Jane was born and lived there from 1961 to 1965. Dorothy, Leo, and their family then settled in Sturgis in 1965.

Dorothy loved to read all of her life, and liked to travel all over the United States. She enjoyed taking long road trips with Leo. She had a passion for history and always had to stop at historical sites.

She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi since 1952, the United Methodist Womens Group since 1965, she was chair of the Mother Daughter banquet for many years, and was a well-loved member of the Bridgettes in Sturgis.

Dorothy is survived by her loving husband, Leo; their daughters, Sharon (David) Dunn, Greely, CO, Susan (Richard) Dittman, Rapid City, and Jane Harty, Rapid City; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents.

The family requests that there be no flowers sent for the service. Memorials have been established to the Diabetes Association and the First United Methodist Church Memorial Fund.

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