Renatus Doering, 96, Parkston, S.D., died Monday, Oct. 22, 2001, in Avera Bormann Manor, Parkston.
Renatus E, Doering was born to Emanuel and Magdalena (Brost) Doering on June 9, 1905, on a farm in Hutchinson County, S.D. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith. He attended Kulm grade school and the Kulm Church. He later joined Salem Lutheran Church in Parkston.
He married Johanna Louise Henke on March 10, 1929, in Salem Lutheran Church. They farmed all their lives in the Tripp and Parkston areas. They moved into Parkston in 1963 but continued to farm until 1989. They celebrated 66 years of marriage together. Mrs. Doering died on Aug. 11, 1995. Mr. Doering moved into Avera Bormann Manor in Parkston in September 1998.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Norman and Imogene Doering, Janesville, Wis., and Marvin and Darlene Doering, Luverne; one daughter and son-in-law, LaVerna and Vernon Neugebauer, Dimock, S.D.; eight grandsons; one granddaughter; five great-grandchildren; three stepgreat-grandchildren; one brother, Albert Doering, Payson, Ariz., and many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Doering was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and two sons, Richard in 1953 and Roland in 1996, six sisters and three brothers.
Clements-Wiese Funeral Home, Parkston, was in charge of arrangements.