August 12, 1921 – July 30, 2024
Barbara Ellen (Ehli) Bringman, born August 12, 1921, passed away July 30, 2024 at the age of 102. She was born to John J and Rosalia (Hager) Ehli as the fifth of eight children. She spent her early life in Ziebach and Dewey counties attending rural county schools and graduated from Eagle Butte High School.
Barbara married Berton Bringman in Orofino, ID where Berton worked in Civilian Conservation Corps after the Great Depression. Born to this union were Frank, Jean and Peggy. Later they moved to Iowa, Nebraska, and Wagon Mound, NM where Burton worked for the Diamond A Cattle Company. In 1953, while visiting family in Eagle Butte, Bert suddenly passed away.
Barbara and her children stayed in South Dakota where she later married Glen (Tiny) Bringman. Marian, John and Barbara were born to this union. In 1960, they purchased the Harding Motel. Barbara ran it for 40 years. She was also a contributing member of All Saints Catholic Parish family for many years especially the All Saints Altar Society and assisted with many events.
In 2001 retirement took them to Rapid City to live closer to her family members. Barbara later moved to Sioux Falls to live with her daughter, Barbara. She decidedly wanted to remain independent and moved into an apartment where she volunteered for Meals on Wheels at the Senior Center in Sioux Falls for several years. As her health started to fail, she moved to into an assisted living facility and then into a nursing home.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands Berton and Glen; her sisters Katherine, Regina, Angie, Phyllis, and Anna-Marie; brother Wendel; great-grandson Barry Tyrrell; and great-granddaughters Ahakila Gallegos and Olivia Schuler.
She is survived by her children Frank (Betty Ann) of Ridgeview, Jean (Jerry) Perrett of Rapid City, Peggy (Ray) Mischkot of Bodega Bay, CA, Marian Tyrrell of Portage WI, John Bringman of Rapid City, and Barbara (Greg) Schuler of Sioux Falls; sister Caroline Rioux; fifteen grandchildren, thirty-one great–grandchildren and seven great–great–grandchildren.
A graveside blessing will be held at the Eagle Butte Cemetery on September 10, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. MT. Fellowship and light refreshments will take place after the graveside blessing in Eagle Butte at the UCC Church. All are welcome. Given the rural location of the cemetery, a piece of black cloth will be tied around the stop sign on Hwy. 212 to help mark the turn to locate the cemetery.