Clarice Deal passed away peacefully under hospice care at her home in rural Tyndall, South Dakota, on September 25, 2026. Private family services will be held at a later date. Goglin Funeral Homes is handling the arrangements. Clarice A. Deal was born April 22, 1939, on the family farm north of Wagner to Harry and Annabelle Cowin Crisman. She attended grade school in Kennedy and Lawrence Townships and graduated from Wagner High School. On April 20, 1958, she married Gareth J. Deal. One son was born to this union. Garry preceded her in death on October 16, 1966, after serving in Vietnam with the United States Army as an operating room technician. On June 29, 1969, she married Norman L. Deal, bringing one son and two daughters into her life.
She was a member of the Wagner United Methodist Church for 73 years. She was employed by Dr. M.A. Schuurmans and Biemer Abstract Company, as well as at the Wagner Community Memorial Hospital where she worked for 33 years as director of medical records.
She leaves behind her children, Norman “Skip” (Connie) Deal and Lea (Weston) Schell; grandchildren Brandi Thuringer, Carli Deal, Devin (Shelby) Schell, Rebekka (Nathan) Sundberg and Mali Deal; seven great-grandchildren; brother Harry L. (Janet) Crisman; sisters Carlene Hennies and Cheryl Jones; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Garry and Norman (in 2019); son Gareth Jr.; daughter-in-law Roxanne; daughter Mary Schneider; and brothers-in-law Lawrence Jones and Dean Hennies.
