Jeanne E. DeHeer
Died: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Sioux Falls, SD
Age: 67 years, 7 months, 24 days

MEMORIAL SERVICE
10:00 am Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunnycrest United Methodist Church, Sioux Falls, SD
Reverend Roy Caudill, Officiating
Terry Wassenaar, Organist
Shalaine Rostomily, Vocalist
"The Lord's Prayer"
"Give Me Jesus"
Special Music
"Because He Lives"

INTERMENT
10:00 am, Tuesday May 31, 2011
Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, SD

HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Brady Hale Lindsey Hale
Sylvia Larson Haven Larson

Jeanne was born October 2, 1943 in Scotland, South Dakota to Reverend and Mrs. Andrew Meyer.
She grew up in Scotland and Armour, South Dakota and Bismarck, North Dakota. She met her future husband Darrell DeHeer while in high school in Armour. Jeanne graduated from beauty school in Bismarck in 1961. Darrell and Jeanne married in 1962 and have two daughters, Amy and Leslie. They lived in Mission, South Dakota for 10 years and in 1972 moved to Hot Springs, South Dakota. Most recently the couple lived in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Jeanne owned and operated her own beauty shop for 17 years. She was involved in the Miss South Dakota beauty pageant and chaperoned Miss South Dakota to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jeanne was a member of PEO and an active member of her church, singing in the choir for many years. Jeanne and her two daughters performed frequently as a singing trio. She was a talented artist, musician and most importantly, mom. Jeanne and Darrell enjoyed many close friendships and loved to travel. She loved spending time with her daughters and her four grandchildren; they were the light of her life.

Jeanne was diagnosed with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Disease in 1993 and participated in research studies at both the National Institute of Health in Baltimore, Maryland and at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She established the South Dakota Alpha-1 Support Group and was instrumental in the education and support of Alpha-1's throughout the state of South Dakota. In January of this year, Jeanne underwent a double lung transplant at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and spent three months at the Gift of Life Transplant House recovering.

Grateful for having shared her life are her husband Darrell Don DeHeer, her daughters, Amy Jean (Mike) Larson and their children, Sylvia and Haven, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Leslie Ann (Rob) Hale and their children, Brady and Lindsey, Yankton, South Dakota, her siblings, Ruth Navant, Golden, Colorado; Emily Deutscher, Scotland, South Dakota; Mary Wagner, Springfield, Missouri; JoAnn Morton, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Andy Meyer, Salisbury, Maryland; Joy Krein, Bismarck, North Dakota; Susan Deutscher, Hermosa, South Dakota; Steve Meyer, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; and Cindy Jensen, Dawsonville, Georgia.

She was preceded in death by a child lost at birth, her parents Reverend Andrew and Bertha Meyer and her sisters, Roberta Walding and Nancy Scholten.

Jeanne's' family thanks you for your support and presence today. An invitation is extended to join them at the church for refreshments and fellowship directly following the memorial service.