David Turgeon

Memorial services for David Turgeon were held on Saturday, November 26, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Mason Funeral Home in Winner, SD. Burial will be held at a later date. Mason Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. David was born on August 18, 1951, to Clair and Shirley (McKenzie) Turgeon. Dave attended school in Burke, SD, and graduated from BHS in 1969. David loved to hunt and fish. As a child he would be found with a BB gun in his hand or a fishing pole. David also played football, basketball, and baseball if he was not hunting, fishing, or working. The summer before college, he worked at Homestake Mine. While attending Southern State University he was drafted into the Army. He was enlisted July of 1971, and honorably discharged December of 1972. He was deployed to Korea as a security guard in the DMZ for the United Nations. Dave received the Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service in the performance of his duties as Squad Leader and won Expert Marksmanship as well.

David met Kathy Beranek in 1973, in Burke, SD. They were married August 18, 1974, on David’s birthday. They had two daughters, Stacy and Jamie. He has two granddaughters, Samantha Rae, who is in college, and Jaymes Lou Jean, who is in high school. Papa Dave (as the girls called him) hardly ever missed one of their events. Track meets, cross country, dance, concerts, and basketball are just a few of the events he would attend. If he was not attending one of their activities, he might be in the shed making or fixing something for any one of his girls or working in his garden.

David worked for 45 years in telecommunications, retiring from Golden West Communications December 31, 2018. He was a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. He died doing what he loved, hunting. He was one with the land, living with it, always giving back and taking care of it for his family’s future.

David Michael Turgeon, age 71, of Hamill, SD passed away while hunting at Flattop, on November 16, 2022.

David is survived by his wife Kathy, daughters: Stacy Turgeon, and Jamie Turgeon; granddaughters: Samantha Peppel, and Jaymes Lou-Jean Drake; siblings Sandra (Alan) Hubbard, Rick (Jo) Turgeon, Carol Turgeon, Nancy Turgeon, Ed (Teri) Turgeon, Doug (Leah) Turgeon, and Larry (Kim) Turgeon; mother-in-law Lou Jean Beranek; and 14 nieces and nephews.

David is preceded in his death by his parents Clair and Shirley Turgeon; brother Kevin; niece Rebecca Hubbard; nephew Alex Turgeon; and father-in-law James Beranek.