Geraldine "Geri" Aberle, 99, Sioux Falls, S.D., formerly of Hills, died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003, at Dow Rummel Memorial Home. Services were Tuesday, Sept. 2, at First Presbyterian Church in Sioux Falls. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls. Ruth Geraldine Finke was born to August and Ella (Dunn) Finke on Nov. 15, 1903, in Hills. She moved with her family to Sioux Falls in 1918. She graduated from Washington High School and later, Sioux Falls College. She taught in Ord, Neb., for three years and later, at Sioux Falls Lincoln Elementary for six years. She married Arthur T. Dennis on Jan. 1, 1937, in Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Dennis died Aug. 17, 1957.She married Lyle F. Aberle Oct. 8, 1963. Mr. Aberle died March 6, 1964. Mrs. Aberle was a 60-year member of First Presbyterian Church in Sioux Falls. She was also a member of Sioux Falls College Women’s Board and a former trustee, the Sioux Falls Women’s Club, Eastern Star, BD Chapter of P.E., AAUW, and the Gray Ladies of the American Red Cross. Survivors include two stepgrandchildren, Don Dennis, Federal Way, Wash., and Steve Dennis, Bellevue, Wash.; three cousins, Ruth Kentfield, Bethal, Conn., May Meinburg, Brandon, S.D., and Dorothy Greenlee, Hill City, S.D.; numerous stepgreat-grandchildren, and stepgreat-great-grandchildren; and many cousins.Mrs. Aberle was preceded in death by her parents, her two husbands, and three stepchildren, Robert, Fred and Marjorie Kessler. Heritage Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, was in charge of arrangements.
