This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wdB.2ACE/322 Message Board Post: NOTE-I am not related to this family Loveland Reporter Herald (Loveland, Larimer, Colorado) Sunday Jan. 5, 2003 page D-3 Donald C. Yanders, 78, of Rapid City, S.D., died Dec. 31, 2002, at a local nursing home. He was born July 1, 1924, in Ogallala, Neb., to Charles and Ethel Schwasinger Yanders. He went to high school in Ogallala and worked as a ranch hand before serving in the submarine service of the Navy during World War II. Mr. Yanders married Rose Mary Scheck on Dec. 30, 1952, in Omaha, Neb. He was a natural gas supervisor for Public Service Co. of Colorado for 23 years, retiring in 1975. They moved to Rapid City on May 10, 1991, from Colorado. He was a Methodist by faith, member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and lifelong member of the Disabled American Veterans. His interests included crafts, woodworking, hunting, fishing and western movies. He enjoyed being a National Rifle Association instructor with young people. He had a great love of family, his grandchildren and traveling with his wife and family. Survivors include his wife, Rose Yanders of Rapid City; a son, Ward Yanders and wife Linda of Rapid City; a brother, Robert Yanders of Oviedocq, Fla.; three grandchildren, Wendi Rusch and husband Matt of Des Moines, Iowa, Wayne Yanders and wife Penny and Amanda Yanders of Rapid City; two great-grandsons, Devon and Derek Yanders; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Dorothy Wardrip. Visitation will be at Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City from noon to 5 p.m. today and one hour before services Monday. Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Kirk Funeral Home’s Chapel of Light, with the Rev. Richard Mefford officiating. Interment will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, S.D., with military honors provided by Disabled American Veterans. A memorial has been established.