Delores 'Elaine' Oyler

February 23, 1927 - February 14, 2016

Service Date: February 22, 2016

Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 21st at Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, Feb. 22nd. Interment will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery.

Delores “Elaine” Oyler, 88, Rapid City, lost her battle with cancer on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016 and the Lord peacefully took her home. Elaine was born Feb. 23, 1927 in Quinn, SD to Henry and Elsie Johnson. They later moved to Rapid City. She married Louie Oyler, the love of her life, in 1946 and they were still holding hands after 70 years. Elaine is survived by her husband, Louie; seven children, Randy (Effie) Oyler, AZ; Wanda (Reggie) Allen, GA; Kathy Work, Rapid City; Connie Barnes, GA; Mark (Tana) Oyler, Montana; LuAnne (Dean) Potts, Rapid City and Ronald (Mary) Oyler, Texas; 23 grandchildren; 29 great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; three sisters-in-law and many nieces and nephews she loved dearly. She was preceded in death by 5 brothers, 5 sisters, 1 grandson and 1 great grandson.