Dawnyel Marie Kleinschmidt, 44, of Sioux City passed away Saturday, January 6, 2018 at a local hospital after a courageous battle with cancer.
Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Dakota Dunes, SD. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4:30-8:00 P.M. with the family present from 6-8 P.M. and a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Dawn was born July 17, 1973 in Sioux City, the daughter of Steven and Rebecca (Saunders) Nelson. She graduated from South Sioux City High School in 1991 and attended WITCC, Bellevue University, and Wayne State College receiving her bachelor’s degree in Adult Education.
Dawn married Jeremy Kleinschmidt on June 22, 2002 in Sioux City. She worked at Gateway and then for the Winnebago Dental Clinic as a dental technician from 2011-2016. Dawn then became a full-time instructor for the Dental Technician Program at Western Iowa Tech Community College.
She enjoyed being outdoors, whether it be in her garden or camping, and loved quilting, crafting, and photography; but her greatest love was spending time with her family. She was a member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, where she was the chairman of the Evangelism Committee.
Survivors include her husband Jeremy; children: Isaiah Nelson, Jessica Kleinschmidt, and Brenden Kleinschmidt; parents Steve and Rebecca Nelson of South Sioux City; mother in law DeLoris Kleinschmidt of Sioux City; sister Jaime Woodard of Bonney Lake, WA; grandmother H. DarlineSaunders; brother and sister in law: Matt (Connie) Kleinschmidt and Vicky (Jerry) Behrens; uncle: and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father in law Matthew R. Kleinschmidt, brother in law Erron Woodard, sister in law Kathy Lafferty, paternal grandparents Victor E. and Dorothy Nelson, and maternal grandfather Theodore J. Saunders.
Memorials may be given in Dawn’s memory to the Jeremy Kleinschmidt Benefit at Iowa Nebraska State Bank.
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