Susan Delores Church

Susan D. Church, 68 of rural Dakota City passed away at her home peacefully Tuesday May 17, 2016 surrounded by her family after an extended illness.       Services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday at St. Michael Catholic Church in South Sioux City with Rev. David Fulton officiating. Burial will be in the Dakota City Cemetery.   Visitation at Becker – Hunt Funeral Home will be from 4 to 8 P.M. Thursday with a Scriptural Wake Service at 7 P.M.       Susan Delores Smith was born November 27, 1947 in Sioux City the daughter of Harold H. and Mary (Hartnett) Smith. She graduated from South Sioux City High School in 1965. She married William L. “Bill” Church April 23, 1966 in St. Michael Catholic Church in South Sioux City, Nebraska. She was employed at I.B.P. for thirty-eight years. After her retirement she was a loving homemaker.       Susan was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church.       Survivors include her husband Bill, a son Brian Church of Dakota City and his daughter Briann Church, a daughter and her husband: Angela and Mark Schmith of Dakota City and their children: Taylor, Kelsey and Nicholas Schmith, three brothers: C. Robert Smith of Glendale, Arizona, Butch and his wife Pat Smith of Yorba Linda, CA, Jack and his wife Jeanne Smith of Rapid City, SD, two sisters: Peggie Schroeder of South Sioux City, Doris and her husband Alan Knutson of Centerville, SD, and many other family members and friends who loved her dearly.       She was preceded in death by her parents, a son James Robert Church, a brother Ronnie, a sister Judie Wisnieski and her mother-in-law and father-in- law Alen and Lyle Church.       Pallbearers will be: Nicholas Schmith, Brent Wisnieski, Rick and Randy Schroeder, Brad Burhoop, Joe, Tom and John Jacobson.