Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
A funeral service for Duane D. “Dewey” Daggett was held Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Sanborn. Pastor Kevin Gingerich officiated.
Pallbearers were Wade Daggett, Blair Daggett, Joe Daggett, Mike Daggett, Isaiah Daggett and Larry Tifft. Honorary pallbearers were nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and nephews. Interment was in Roseland Cemetery at Sanborn. Sanborn Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.
Duane “Dewey” Daggett, son of Gary and LaVonne (Vos) Daggett, was born May 24, 1958 in Sheldon. He grew up in Sanborn and attended the Sanborn Public School, graduating with the Class of 1976.
Following high school, Dewey was employed with Graves Construction Company in Melvin. In June of 1979, he was involved in a motorcycle accident from which he sustained serious injuries. He remained a patient at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. from June until August of that year. He was then transferred to Minneapolis, Minn., where he resided at the Sister Kenny Institute until March of 1980. His parents brought him back home for a time before he was able to move to Village Northwest Unlimited in Sheldon, a place he called “home” for the next 40 years. Since 2022, Dewey has been a resident of the Happy Siesta Health Care Center at Remsen.
If you ever heard Dewey laugh, it made you want to laugh right along with him – it was contagious. His beautiful smile could light up a room. He made people happy with his exuberant “love-for-life” attitude, and he never gave up no matter what obstacles life put in his way. He was a quiet inspiration to many.
Fall football season kept Dewey busy watching the schedule to catch an Iowa Hawkeye or a Kansas City Chiefs game. Of course, none of that mattered if the Dallas Cowboys were playing. Always an avid fan, he was able to actually attend live games for each team organized through Village Northwest.
On Saturday, June 18, 2022, Dewey left this life at the age of 64 years. He now joins his father, Gary Daggett; grandparents: Frank and Sarah Daggett and John and Jessie Vos; and other family and friends.
Left to cherish his memory are his mother, LaVonne Daggett; brothers: Dan (Linda) Daggett and Doug (Sheila) Daggett; a sister, Deb (Fred) Glaze; 12 nieces and nephews and their spouses; 25 great-nieces and nephews; his special friend, Dianne Ruyter; and other relatives and friends.
