Stanley Roseland
February 6, 1925 ~ December 1, 2007
Served by: Luce, Luze & Reck Funeral Homes
Stan Roseland, 82, of Seneca died Saturday, December 1, 2007 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Pierre.
Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11:00a.m., Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at St. Thomas Catholic Church, Faulkton with Father Itukuleapata officiating. Burial was in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Faulkton, directed by Luce Funeral Home of Faulkton. Visitation was held from 1:00-5:00p.m., Tuesday, December 4 at the funeral home with a 7:00p.m., wake service at the church.
On December 1, 2007, in the land of 10,000 haystacks, Stanley Roger Roseland died after a lifetime of hard work and dedication to his family and the cattle business. Stan “Sonny” was born February 6, 1925, in Faulkton, to Salvia and Thelma (Hanson) Roseland.
Stanley spent his entire life in rural Seneca, attending 8 years in a one room school house. He never attended high school because his dad said he couldn’t go until the work was done. His favorite hobby was working with the livestock and driving around in his John Deere tractor from sun up until sundown. Stanley was known as one of the hardest working, most honest man you could find. His earliest memories were of depression days, finding bones to sell to glue makers, and collecting cow-chips for fuel.
He began his early days working with his father buying and selling livestock. Stanley spent many years working for Magness Livestock in Faulkton and Huron. Stanley’s love of the land is now the cornerstone of his fifth-generation ranch.
Stanley gave his time as a member of local and county school boards. He was a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus. Stanley was also honored to be a board member of the Dacotah Bank, Faulkton, for 13 years. Stan was given the award from the South Dakota Charolais Breeder’s Association for Commercial Breeder of The Year in 1994 as well as County Conservation Awards.
Stanley did not know the meaning of retirement, but, at age 75, he informed his family that he was no longer doing 2 A.M. cow checks. Stanley was very proud of his 4450 John Deere loader tractor. He spent 50,000 hours working in the John Deere he purchased new in 1985. Stanley lived through years of blizzards, droughts, hailstorms, and floods but had the most to say about the sunny days.
He was a veterinarian when his cattle were lame, a doctor when you were sick, and a preacher when you couldn’t keep your mind on sorting calves.
He married Yvonne June Heinzen in Faulkton on June 4, 1949. To this union, three children were born: Julene (John) Cass of Redfield, Steve (Debbie) Roseland of Seneca, and Twyla (Ken) Bartholomew of Ft. Pierre. Grandchildren: Scott, Jared, Chad and Stan Cass; Kelly Roseland Bohnenkamp, Slade, Sal, and Kim Roseland; Renee Huss Johnson, and Stacy Huss; 2 step-grandchildren: Alexis Bartholomew Clarksean and Chandler Bartholomew; 9 great-grandchildren; and 2 in the calving barn.
He is also survived by 3 sisters: Beulah Barrett of Faulkton, Beverly Lahren of Pierre, and Patty (Lester) Hansen of Faulkton.
Preceding Stanley in death were his parents; grandson, Joseph John Cass; and son-in-law: Larry Huss.
Luce Funeral Home of Faulkton has been entrusted with arrangements.
Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11:00a.m., Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at St. Thomas Catholic Church, Faulkton with Father Itukuleapata officiating. Burial was in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Faulkton, directed by Luce Funeral Home of Faulkton. Visitation was held from 1:00-5:00p.m., Tuesday, December 4 at the funeral home with a 7:00p.m., wake service at the church.
On December 1, 2007, in the land of 10,000 haystacks, Stanley Roger Roseland died after a lifetime of hard work and dedication to his family and the cattle business. Stan “Sonny” was born February 6, 1925, in Faulkton, to Salvia and Thelma (Hanson) Roseland.
Stanley spent his entire life in rural Seneca, attending 8 years in a one room school house. He never attended high school because his dad said he couldn’t go until the work was done. His favorite hobby was working with the livestock and driving around in his John Deere tractor from sun up until sundown. Stanley was known as one of the hardest working, most honest man you could find. His earliest memories were of depression days, finding bones to sell to glue makers, and collecting cow-chips for fuel.
He began his early days working with his father buying and selling livestock. Stanley spent many years working for Magness Livestock in Faulkton and Huron. Stanley’s love of the land is now the cornerstone of his fifth-generation ranch.
Stanley gave his time as a member of local and county school boards. He was a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus. Stanley was also honored to be a board member of the Dacotah Bank, Faulkton, for 13 years. Stan was given the award from the South Dakota Charolais Breeder’s Association for Commercial Breeder of The Year in 1994 as well as County Conservation Awards.
Stanley did not know the meaning of retirement, but, at age 75, he informed his family that he was no longer doing 2 A.M. cow checks. Stanley was very proud of his 4450 John Deere loader tractor. He spent 50,000 hours working in the John Deere he purchased new in 1985. Stanley lived through years of blizzards, droughts, hailstorms, and floods but had the most to say about the sunny days.
He was a veterinarian when his cattle were lame, a doctor when you were sick, and a preacher when you couldn’t keep your mind on sorting calves.
He married Yvonne June Heinzen in Faulkton on June 4, 1949. To this union, three children were born: Julene (John) Cass of Redfield, Steve (Debbie) Roseland of Seneca, and Twyla (Ken) Bartholomew of Ft. Pierre. Grandchildren: Scott, Jared, Chad and Stan Cass; Kelly Roseland Bohnenkamp, Slade, Sal, and Kim Roseland; Renee Huss Johnson, and Stacy Huss; 2 step-grandchildren: Alexis Bartholomew Clarksean and Chandler Bartholomew; 9 great-grandchildren; and 2 in the calving barn.
He is also survived by 3 sisters: Beulah Barrett of Faulkton, Beverly Lahren of Pierre, and Patty (Lester) Hansen of Faulkton.
Preceding Stanley in death were his parents; grandson, Joseph John Cass; and son-in-law: Larry Huss.
Luce Funeral Home of Faulkton has been entrusted with arrangements.
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My condolences Stan was always a good neighbor. We will miss him. Our thoughts and prayers are with June and the rest of the family.
My Dear Brother:
I will miss you and will always cherish the memories. One special memory that will always be special to me and will be remember each Christmas to follow is our holiday traditions. We grew up together and we hunted and found our gifts where dad had hidden them. We played with them before Christmas, put them up again and were so surprised come Christmas morning. I love You Sonny! My prayers are with you June and all. Love Beulah
Our brother, our friend, our hero. We will miss you so much be know you’re watching over us. We love you!
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you during this most difficult time. Sonny will always be in our minds and hearts. One of my favorite memories has to be the family reunions and seeing his love for dancing. May he dance forever in your hearts. Love, Kaydee, Chad, Ryan, Bri, Brittany, Chaddy and JuJu
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. May God strengthen you.
Darrel, Rhonda, Sasha & Seth Tuscherer
Sal, Steve and Family we are so sorry for your loss. If you need us feel free to call. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. May all your good times together keep you smiling in your heart.
To the Roseland Family, I am very sorry for your loss, my thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time
Uncle Sonny was a memorable man…a good man who shared many of Grandpa Sal’s traits. He was so good to us and he and Aunt June always made us feel so welcome in their home. I can remember hiking the short distance (it seemed pretty long in those days) from Grandma and Grandpa’s house over to visit Sonny and June on hot summer days. His obituary says most of it, but we need to mention his move of the schoolhouse out to the farm to preserve it. He always had a sentimental side.
I am certain God is saying, “Well done, my good and faithful servant!”
We will miss him. Our thoughts are with you.
Ed and Dixie
Uncle Sonny you are greatly missed. Your love, support, kindness and great memories will live in our hearts forever.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the family as we remember you. In Deepest Sympathy and all our love, Jeff, JoDee, Amy, DJ, Teagan, Tacey, Josh, Shari, Kennedy and Michael.
Uncle Sonny, We will miss you greatly and thank you for all the good times. Our thoughts and prayers with your family. We love you all. Linda, George and Sam
WE ARE SO SORRY FOR THE FAMILIES LOSS. IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU PLEASE LET US KNOW.
DONALD AND DORIS
Our condolences are with Sonny’s family and friends.
Owen, Andrea, and Owen Brennan Haubert
(daughter of Jeanne (Barrett) Toay, grand-daughter of Beulah Barrett)
To Stan’s Family:
We are so sorry to hear of your loss. This is such a difficult time for all of you. May the memories you shared with him fill your hearts with comfort, peace and love.
Our hearts and prayers are with your family. Sonny is fondly remembered. I love his picture and article, he had such a wonderful smile. We appreciate the time we got to spend with him. He will be missed.
Love,
The Blakes
Sal and family, I am sorry to hear about your grandfathers passing. I knew Sal when I was in high school back in Gettysburg I was one of the Westphal girls. Well my prayers go out to you and your family.
Rebecca,Nick,Austin,Leanne,Katelyn and Mandy Jo
Sorry to hear about Stan.He was one of our good customers and pleasant to work with.The boys and I enjoyed the years we hunted deer on the farm.We speak of it often.God be with you in your sorrow and loss.
Larry & Ruth
We are so sorry to hear of Sonny’s passing. We hold you all in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.
We wish to extend our sympathies to the family. Loosing a loved one is so very difficult but they are forever in our hearts. The peace of God and the love of family and friends will comfort you in this difficult time.
It is with deep regret that we learned of Stan’s passing. We offer our heartfelt sympathies to his family.
Kaiser’s Welding
Don Kaiser, Brent Kaiser
Cynthia Sampson
Grandpa, you will be in my heart and mind forever. I wish I could write and express the loss I feel, but it would overload this website. I would just like to thank you for being there for me, especially those times I just needed a kick in the butt, and when you needed rocks picked. I will never forget all of those 12am cow checks we had together, and watching the comet shoot across the sky, dragging the old chain around the stacks for you, changing the oil and greasing your tractor, fixing fence with you, looking for lost cows in the snow storms, lambing, stacking bales, and all of the other experiences we shared. I hope someday I can leave as great of an impact on my grandchildren as you did me. I love you Grandpa, and miss you so much. Thank you for being such a big part of my life.