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Rita Andree-Thompson

September 27, 1941 — January 31, 2014

Rita Gayle Andree-Thompson, age 72, of Canton, SD, and formerly of Aberdeen, passed away Friday, January 31, 2014, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD.

Her funeral will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at Schriver's Memorial Mortuary and Crematory, 414 5th Avenue NW, Aberdeen, with Pastor Deb Grismer, of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, presiding.

A luncheon and time of fellowship will immediately follow the service at Schriver's Memorial Fellowship Center.

Burial will take place at Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery in Aberdeen.

Visitation will be from noon until the time of the service on Wednesday.

Rita was born on September 27, 1941, in Redding, CA to John Carl and Elizabeth (Krick) Kuntz. The family moved back to the Kuntz family farm near Aberdeen in September of 1946. She graduated from Aberdeen Central High School in 1959 and furthered her education at The Aberdeen School of Commerce for one year.

Rita was united in marriage to Saniford "Sandy" Dale Andree on June 25, 1960. They shared 19 years together before he passed away in February of 1979.

Rita was a stay at home mother until 1978, when she began working for Control Data in Aberdeen. She remained employed there until it closed in 1988. After the closure of Control Data, she attended college and in 1990, moved to Sioux Falls and began working at John Morrell's.

While in Sioux Falls, she met Gwen "Tom" Thompson. They were married on August 28, 2002, at Fort Patrick AFB in Florida. She retired due to health issues in the early 2000's.

Rita enjoyed the outdoors and loved to hunt and fish. She was also an avid bowler.

Rita is survived by her husband, Tom of Canton, SD; sons: Saniford Dale "Bud" (Jennifer) Andree Jr. of Melbourne, FL, John Paul Andree of Canton, SD, and Trent Dale Andree of Aberdeen, SD; daughter, Shawn (Dana) Hermansen of Aberdeen, SD; brothers: Donald (Midge) Kuntz and Robert Kuntz all of Aberdeen, SD; sister, Carol Daly of Columbia, SD; 17 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her first husband, Sandy.

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