Shirley Ann Gaskins, 75, Belle Fourche and formerly of Rapid City, died Saturday, September 13, 2008, at Deaconess Hospital in Billings, MT.

Visitation will be noon until 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 18, 2008, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Joel Higgins officiating. Burial follows at the Black Hills National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to a local cancer fund.

Shirley was born September 9, 1933, at Sturgis, SD, to Harold Rex and Mildred Kay (Lamberton) Horlocker. She attended grade school in Sturgis and graduated from Rapid City Central High School and attended one year of college.

While working at the laundry facility at Ellsworth Air Force Base, she met William George Gaskins. They were married on September 16, 1953, in Rapid City. They moved to West Virginia for a short time and later back to Centerville, SD. They moved to Custer, SD, where Shirley worked as the bookkeeper in the business office of the Custer School District.

After her husband's death in 1990, she moved to Rapid City where she was employed by the American Cancer Society. After the local office closed, she relocated to Sioux Falls where she continued to work for the American Cancer Society until 1998. She returned to Rapid City after retirement. She had recently moved to Belle Fourche to live near family.

Survivors include her son, Bill (Jennifer) Gaskins, Belle Fourche; daughter, Sherree (Kenneth) Yeoman, Belle Plaine, KS; four grandchildren, Wyatt Gaskins, Payton Gaskins, Leslie Spiers, and Harvey Yeoman; and one great-grandchild, Shane Spiers.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and two brothers.