Keo Lavon Glidden Smith, 101, Rapid City, SD, died Friday, September 29, 2017. She was born on June 3, 1916 in Willow Lake, SD to Ernest L. Glidden and Alta A. Skinner. She attended Willow Lake High School and later went on to get a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from South Dakota State University in 1937. She married Dwight E. Smith in Willow Lake, on September 1, 1940. Throughout her life, she lived in various places including Kansas City, MO, Akron, OH, Phoenixville, PA, New Orleans, LA, and Chicago, IL.

She was very active in clubs around the community. Some of those included Canyon Lake Senior Center, Rimrockers Club, Big Bend Presbyterian Church, and Rimrock Community Church. Keo retired from the Chicago area in 1964 and moved to Lake Kampeska, Watertown, SD, and the Black Hills. She enjoyed traveling, square dancing, golf, bowling, bridge, hunting and fishing. She did relief pharmacy until 1987. Keo was very interested in the SDSU foundation and the Black Hills Children’s Home.

She is survived by her nephews, Darrell Franklin and Duane Franklin and many beloved cousins including Marilyn Cornell, Aurora, CO.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; special friend Glenn Brad Ford and her cousin Larry Cornell who was like a brother.

Memorial services will be held Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home with Pastor Bob Savot of Big Bend Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Condolences may be conveyed to the family through the funeral home website.