William “Bill” Cable

A Celebration of Life service for William “Bill” Cable, 73, of Winner, SD, will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, September 27, 2025, at the Winner 4-H Center in Winner, SD. Burial will follow at a later date. Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. William “Bill” Cable was born on May 8, 1952, in Geddes, SD, the first child of Walter LeRoy Cable and Rose (Hermanek) Cable. His childhood was spent playing and rough housing with four older and two younger siblings on the family farm outside of Geddes. Bill graduated from high school in 1970 and immediately joined the National Guard where he served until 1976. Bill’s unit was called to help with the flood that devastated the Rapid City area in 1972.

That same year, Bill met his sweetheart, Susan Lucas, at her grandfather’s tavern in Geddes. Because she shared his interests in cars and playing pool, he was instantly smitten with her. They were married on January 11, 1974, and moved to Winner, where they raised their three sons, Nick, Adam, and Aaron.

Bill spent most of his life working as a mechanic for Grossenburg Implement and Mathis Implement, then as a truck driver for Kaiser Trucking and then for his own trucking business. Later he worked for the Tripp County Highway Department.

Bill had many interests throughout his life, but his passion was always cars, trucks, old tractors and anything that would “go,” a love he shared with Susan and his sons. He raced at the Winner Speedway and eventually worked in the Speedway pits. In the early ‘90s, he attended a school for building Winston Cup stock cars in Charlotte, NC. This led to him traveling to many Nascar events and volunteering for several Nascar Truck Race teams. Notable special memories were working races for AJ Foyt and Bob Keselowski.

Bill’s love of fishing, a hobby he shared with his sons, couldn’t be denied. He knew where the best bass ponds were in Tripp County and he could be seen taking his pickup and little boat out every chance he could get. He donated many pairs of pliers to several lakes and ponds in the area, but that never bothered him as much as losing a lure or breaking a line. In true fisherman fashion, that big one always got away.

He was also a member of the Gold Prospectors for several years and spent many weekends in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Through those years, he discovered new friends and learned about the science and geographical features of potential gold-bearing ground.

From the moment Bill met Susan they could be seen on the dance floor. A longtime friendship began with Al Tuffs, and the Cables spent many Saturday nights following Al Tuffs and the Night Raiders band. Bill also loved to play guitar himself. Never formally trained, he continued to give himself lessons throughout his life and also continued to bring home any guitar and stringed instrument he could find, often sneaking “one more” into the house hoping to charm Susan as to why he needed another.

Bill passed away Monday, September 1, 2025, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD, after a lengthy battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He is survived by his life dance partner and wife of 51 years, Susan; three sons—Nick (Nicole) of Lennox, SD, Adam of Winner, SD, and Aaron (Samantha) of Summerset, SD; grandchildren and greatgrandchildren Tristan (Cienna) Cable and sons William and Wyatt of Hamill, SD, Bethany (Storm) Mattern and son Rowen of Tulsa, OK, and Kady Cable of Winner, SD; brothers Ron (Sharon) Globke of Canton, SD, Ed (Kathy) Globke of Columbus, OH, and John (Lori) Cable of Geddes, SD; sisters Irene Lund of Elma, IA, and Rita (Marty) Boese of Geddes, SD; Lucas brothers-in-law Rick (Donna), Platte, SD, Don (Mary Ann), Platte, SD, Patrick (Diane), Mitchell, SD, Brian (Amy), Spearfish, SD, Bruce (Dawn),Volga, SD; sisters-in-law Anita Schoenfelder, Morris, MN, Kathy (Donnie) Bogenhagen, Kimball, SD, Amy (Preston) Burma, Platte, SD; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his father and mother, three sisters— Rosetta Muilenburg, Cheryl Strehlow, and Elsie Tank; and father- and mother-in-law Everett and Alice Lucas.