Mary (Moody) Geiser, 78, died at the Fall River Hospital on June 12, 2009. She was born on March 10, 1931, on a ranch about ten miles north of Crawford, NE, the last of Tom and Sara (Lutie) Moody's ten children which included seven brothers and two sisters.

Survivors include her daughter, Connie Sue Geiser, Hot Springs; son, Tom (JoAnne) Hot Springs and their children, Melissa of Denver, CO; Chuck (Brittany) Spangdahlem of Germany and Sarah of Hot Springs as well as numerous nieces and nephews, her Shitzhu, Ringo, and her 3 legged cat, Boots.

She was preceded in death by her husband Dick; daughter, Rita Ann; parents, Tom and Sara; and all nine brothers and sisters.

In 1949 she attended Chadron State College and later went to work at B & L Drug Store, Jacks Star Market Grocery and Crawford Medical Clinic. In 1950, she was crowned Crawford Rodeo Queen, and in 1951, met her best friend, the man she would spend 52 years of life together, Donald (Dick) Geiser. They were married April 19, 1953. They ranched on the Moody-Geiser ranch for almost 20 years near Oelrichs, SD, and were grateful for their many friends that they came to know there. They sold the ranch and moved to Oelrichs in 1976 where she worked at Bill's Super Valu grocery store part time. They later moved to Hot Springs, SD to be near their children, where she would lose her husband to cancer at the VA Center in Hot Springs; the same disease that would take her life four years later. She now is at peace with her loving husband, Dick.

Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m., Thursday, June 18, 2009, at McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Hot Springs.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 19, 2009, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Hot Springs.

A memorial has been established in Mary's name to benefit the Oelrichs Ambulance or the memorial of the donor's choice.

Arrangements have been placed in the care of McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Hot Springs. Written condolences can be made at www.mccolleyschapels.com.