December 29, 1937 – November 8, 2024
Mass of Christian Burial for Esther Goldade, 86, of Timber Lake was held Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Timber Lake. Burial was in the Timber Lake Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge.
Esther passed away Friday, November 8, 2024, at the Walworth County Care Center in Selby.
Esther Jean was born December 29, 1937 to H. J. and Esther (Alquist) Dahlgren at the Dahlgren farm 8 ½ miles southwest of Timber Lake. She was born after her twin sister, Estelle Jane. The girls were inseparable, and she often told of them riding horse and being in parades.
Esther attended Stoick’s School and graduated from Timber Lake High School in 1955. She married John Goldade on December 26, 1956. They made their first home in Fort Chaffee, AR, as John completed his military service. They moved back to Timber Lake and lived next to the lake.
Esther worked as a bookkeeper with the Timber Lake Cheese Company for 35 years, then with the Senior Citizens Meals on Wheels Program and then later the Timber Lake School cafeteria.
Esther’s hobbies were researching family history, taking pictures, organizing them and displaying them throughout her home. She would spend hours arranging newspaper clippings of family and friends in photo albums. Every year during Christmas, Esther would crochet little Santa socks that she would hand out to everyone to hang on their Christmas tree. She also enjoyed attending her grandchildren’s and great-grandchildren’s sporting events.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, John Goldade; parents, Herbert Jonas and Esther (Alquist) Dahlgren; brothers, Herb and Vince Dahlgren; and sisters, Anna Smolik and Florence Mitchell.
Esther is survived by her twin sister, Estelle Cook of Glad Valley; children Cathy (Craig) Lemburg and Lawrence (Debbie) Goldade of Timber Lake, Helen (Tim) Zabel of Lowry and Renee (Raymond) Andrzejewski, of Summerset; 12 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous family and friends.
(Cathy Lemburg’s address is Box 51, Timber Lake, SD 57656 and Lawrence Goldade’s address is 24378 146th St., Timber Lake, SD 57656.)