Alma (Ann) Liedtke died on December 15, 2011 in Kerrville, Texas after living 94 active years. Ann was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England to Arthur and Evelyn Anning on August 28, 1917. Her father ran Anning Shipping Company which was established in the late 1800s. Her father died when Ann was 13 and she and the family moved to London. Ann was working for Westminster Bank in Oxford, England in 1944 during World War II when she met her future husband, Chet Liedtke, who was in the Air Force. Ann helped to start the first American Red Cross chapter in Oxford during World War II. Chet and Ann were married in Oxford on
February 17, 1945. Chet returned home to South Dakota in September 1945, Ann came to South Dakota in February 1946. They farmed and ranched south of Miller, SD for many years. They started going to Texas in the winter of 1979 and settled in Kerrville in 1984.
She is survived by her two sons: Roy and his wife Amy of Whitesboro, TX and Brian and his wife Jodi of Glenham, SD. In addition, she is survived by Brian*s children: her grandson, Jed Liedtke and his wife Tammy and two great-granddaughters Sydnie and Tayla of Mitchell, SD and her granddaughter, Kisha and her husband Dan Hoar and two great-granddaughters Sarah and Claire of Sioux Falls, SD.
Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Chet, in 1998.
Memorial Services will be held 2:00 p.m., on Thursday, January 5, 2011, at Trinity Baptist Church in Kerrville, TX., with Rev. Chris Christoperson officiating the services. Interment was held on December 28, 2011 at Prospect Hill Cemetery in
Wessington Springs, SD
