HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1020
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION,
Expressing the Legislature's condolences upon the occasion of
the death of J.D. Kesling.
WHEREAS,
a distinguished and original South Dakotan, J.D. Kesling, passed away on February
27th; and
WHEREAS,
J.D. Kesling acquired his stepfather's hardware store and mortuary in 1936 and
worked there while also acquiring a lumber company, another hardware store, and the plumbing and
heating shop, and also owned the lumber company in Isabel. He owned these until 1965 when he
moved to Mobridge and purchased the Miles Funeral Home. In Mobridge he designed and built a new
Funeral Home at the West edge of Mobridge; and
WHEREAS,
flying was his most rewarding hobby; although, he also enjoyed cooking, reading,
card games (in particular double pinochle), history, politics, and visiting the more than ten thousand
people he claimed to know; and
WHEREAS,
J.D. lived his entire life with zest, compassion, humor, and a love for his fellow man,
which made him a man who is greatly missed:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-
fourth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the Legislature
hereby expresses its heartfelt condolences on the sad passing of this congenial man.
Concurred in by the Senate,
Adopted by the House of Representatives,
March 4, 1999
Concurred in by the Senate,
March 5, 1999
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Roger Hunt Speaker of the House |
Karen Gerdes Chief Clerk of the House |
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Carole Hillard President of the Senate |
Patricia Adam Secretary of the Senate |