Ida Mae was born October 6, 1942, in Sturgis, SD, to Darrell "Buster" and Luberta Adeline (Dow) Jones.

Ida Mae married James Arlen Rounds on April 30, 1966, in Sturgis.

She graduated from high school in Belle Fouche, SD, and attended Black Hills State University in Spearfish, SD, receiving her BA in teaching. Ida Mae worked for Sitka Mental Health Clinic while living in Sitka, Alaska, for twenty years. She worked for the Albany County School District #1 at Linford Elementary.

She enjoyed reading, crocheting, sewing, gardening, and camping with her family. She was a member and past worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Stars Chapter #46, the President of the Benevolent Order of Does in Laramie, an organist, secretary, and treasurer of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Medicine Bow, WY, and a member of the Medicine Bow Lions Club.

Ida Mamie (nee Jones) Rounds, 75, of Laramie, died Sunday, March 18, 2018, at Hospice of Laramie.

She is survived by her husband, J. Arlen Rounds of Laramie, WY; her children, Craig Arlen Rounds (Hope Brock), John Allen Rounds (Josie), and Valerie Mae Pontillo (Victor); her grandchildren, Brock Rounds, Chase Rounds, Addison Rounds, Lyla Rounds, and Tyson Rounds. She is also survived by her brother, Bobby Jones (Aggie); and her numerous nieces and nephews.

Ida Mae is preceded in death by her parents, Luberta and Darrell Jones; her grandparents, Ida Saunders, and Mamie and Fred Dow; her brother, Dale Jones; and her niece, Gina Mack.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 7, 2018, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, SD, with the Reverend Bunker Hill officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery in Red Owl, SD.

A Memorial service will also be held in Laramie at St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Laramie, 1754 Centennial Drive, Laramie, WY 82070 and/or St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 220 Pine St., Medicine Bow, WY 82329.