Ida Mae was the daughter of Theodore C. and Mary (Graf) Renelt of the Twilight area and lived all her life on the family ranch. She attended a country school at Twilight (Heston School) and high school at St. Martin's Academy in Sturgis for 4 years because her father wanted her and her sister, Betty Anne, to have a religious education! She obtained a teaching certificate at Black Hills State College and taught for 3 years at country schools. She married a neighbor boy from Mud Butte, Richard Orwick, son of Christ and Kathryn Orwick, on July 9, 1950. She always loved the ranch life, working with livestock and horses, being a helpmate to her husband, and taking care of the cattle, sheep, and horses.

She enjoyed sewing and her garden but killed all houseplants. She was active member of the Western South Dakota Sheep Grower's Auxiliary and served as president. She was treasurer of Union Township for 20 years and was on the election board for 20 years. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Mud Butte.

Ida Mae Orwick, age 87, Newell, SD, passed away peacefully from cancer on Wednesday, December 1, 2016, in Spearfish, SD.

Her main interests were her family and her grandchildren. She is survived by three daughters, Joan Luft, New Orleans, LA, Mary Kathryn (Jeff) Burket, Spearfish, SD, and Marcia (Dan) Olson, Spearfish, SD; two sons, Dale (Sundae) Orwick, Winnemucca, NV, and Bob (Jennifer) Orwick on the ranch north of Newell, SD. She is also survived by her sister, Betty Anne Smeenk; her cousin, Frances Graf, Hoover, SD; ten grandchildren, Erin (Alex) Katz, New Orleans, LA, Courtney (Lucas) Buchholz, Nashville, TN, Trevor (Angela) Olson, Sundance, WY, Nick, Ryan, and Zack Olson, Spearfish, SD, Lexy and Logan Burket, Spearfish, SD, and Will and Sam Orwick, Newell, SD; four greatgrandchildren, MacKenna and Jhett Olson, Sundance, WY, and John Bennett and Sloane Katz, New Orleans, LA; four step-grandchildren, Cody Shane Lowery, Shannon Lowery, Travis Hardy, and Ashley Selgeby; and several nieces and nephews and friends in the surrounding area.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Orwick on December 4, 1991; and son, Dick, age 26, on November 9, 1993, in a car accident. This changed her life. She was also preceded by her parents, Theordore C. Renelt and Mary (Graf) Renelt; two infant sisters, Marian Fay, born February 9, 1927, died March 21, 1927, and Nancy Elaine, born and died on February 27, 1938; brotherin-law, Jack Smeenk; son-in-law, John Luft; and several uncles and aunts.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Mud Butte, St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Newell, and the Newell Ambulance Service.

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