• Delbert "Dellie" Fey, 85, of Groton, formerly of Turton, SD, died Sunday, June 24, 2012 at Avera St. Lukes Hospital in Aberdeen. His funeral will be Friday, June 29, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at the Doland Methodist Church in Doland. The Rev. Kris Larson will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Aberdeen. Visitation will be Thursday from 1-8:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. at Thelen Funeral Home in Redfield.
• Delbert Keith Fey was born May 3, 1927, the youngest of six children to Thomas and Elva (Wallar) Fey. He was born near

Turton and lived his whole life in the same township, before moving to Groton in 2000.  He attended the first three years of grade school in Turton, finishing his grade school at the country school in Sumner Township, three miles west of Turton. He attended Turton High School graduating in 1945. Dellie helped his Dad run a threshing crew in the early years of his life.
• He married Sarah Jean Hoffman of Doland (the love of his life), October 10th, 1948, in De Smet, SD. They lived their whole working life on the T.E. Fey farm near Turton later buying and being the owners themselves. He was a grain farmer and raised livestock. He loved living on the farm and the new calves being born in the spring and the planting and harvesting of the crops. They retired and moved to Groton in the fall of 2000.

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