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Michael E. Wood died on 21 April 1991.¹

Shirley Ann Williamson was born on 14 December 1934 in Custer, Custer, South Dakota.^1,3 She died on 16 December 2007, at age 73, in Custer, Custer, South Dakota.³ She was buried in Custer Cemetery, Custer, Custer, South Dakota.³

Shirley Ann Williamson was a Beautician.² Shirley (Williamson) Hunt was born Dec. 14, 1934, in Custer, S.D., to Emmet Williamson and Laura (Bender) Williamson. She graduated from Custer High School in 1953 and in 1954 she married her high school sweetheart, Wesley Hunt, after he returned from his service in Korea.
Shirley was a beautician by trade, and worked at the Curley Locks Beauty Salon in the '60s in Custer. She also worked with her mother at the Rock Crest Lodge in the '70s for a few years. The rest of her life she devoted to her family.

Shirley's favorite pastime was fishing and going camping with her family and friends. She loved a good story and a good joke, as well as telling a few of her own. The family pets, "The Boys," were her pride and joy.

Shirley died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007, at her home in Custer. She was 73. She was preceded in death by her father, Emmet Williamson; mother, Laura Williamson; and brother, Wesley Williamson of Custer.

She is survived by her husband, Wesley; and daughter, Kimberly (Ron) Moos of Custer . A memorial service will be held at Custer Wesleyan Church at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 21 with Pastor Dan Benedict officiating.

Laura M. (?) was born on 4 April 1900 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 She and Roscoe Williamson were married about 1925.¹ She died in March 1978, at age 77, in Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota.²

James (Jimmy) Virgil Patten was born on 17 March 1929 in Los Angeles County, California.^1,2,3 He died on 4 July 2012, at age 83.³

Ruth Artruda Macklin was born on 5 June 1915 in Letts, Louisa, Iowa.^1,2,3,4 She and Floyd Harvey Bear were married on 29 March 1937 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa.⁵ She was married before 1954. She died on 1 July 1999, at age 84, in Tucson, Pima, Arizona.^1,3 She was buried in Holy Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum, Tucson, Pima, Arizona.^1,4

Ruth Artruda Macklin was a Coffee Shop Waitress.²

Homer (Howard) Mills Bear was born on 22 September 1916 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois.^1,2 He died on 13 January 1918, at age 1, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois.^1,2 He was buried on 16 January 1918 in Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois.

Tuesday, January 16, 1918, Morning Star (Rockford, IL), pg. 10

Funeral services for Homer Mills Bear, sixteen months old son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bear, who died early Monday morning at his home of pneumonia, will be held at the family residence, 704 Irving avenue, this afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. C. E. Wilson officiating. Burial will take place in the West Side cemetery.