Lawrence (Gene) Wethor left this world to be with the Lord on May 31, 2008 at the Belle Fourche Health Care Center, where he was provided with loving care by the staff. A visitation will be 1 hour before the service. A memorial service will be at 2:00 pm Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at the Black Hills Funeral Home in Sturgis, with Fr. Arnold Kari officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Black Hills National Cemetery, with military honors provided by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard Born August 9, 1927 at Emery, SD to Aloyes and Bertha (Schwans) Wethor. He attended school in Emery and enlisted in the Navy in 1944. He served aboard the USS New Orleans in the Pacific Theater. On November 10, 1949 he married June Hodge. He worked for the Black Hills Power & Light Company in Belle Fourche and in Rapid City for many years. In 1968 they moved to Elko, NV where he worked for the Nevada Power Company and California-Pacific Utility National Power Company until retiring in 1982 due to his health. They moved to Whitewood in 1983 and to Rapid City in 1993. Grateful for having shared his life includes his daughter Rita Preszler and husband Jay, his sister Donna Donavan of Billing, MT, 6 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, also 2 special cousins who where with him everyday Virgie Gillette and Peggy Moor. In addition to his wife June Hodge he was preceded in death by a son Doug Wethor, parents, 2 brothers, and 1 sister. A memorial has been established to the Belle Fourche Senior Center, Hospice of the Northern Hills, or the Salvation Army.