John I. Binegar

January 21, 1927 - May 6, 2006

Service Date: May 10, 2006

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday May 10, 2006 at Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home with Pastor Jim Roberts, Solid Rock Church, Spearfish, officiating. Full military honors will be provived by VFW Post #1273 Honor Guard. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service.  Private family burial will be later.

John I. Binegar, 79, died Saturday May 6, 2006 at his home in Rapid City.

John was born Jan. 21, 1927 in Dixon, SD to Claude and Irene (Thompson) Binegar.  He moved with his family to Rapid City in 1935 where he graduated from Rapid City High School in 1944.  He entered the US Army March 21, 1945 serving during WWII in Germany and was honorably discharged November 29, 1946 as a Sergeant.  

Throughout his life, he owned several businesses and worked overseas for more than a decade.  He retired from Pardee Construction, Las Vegas, NV in 1992.

John was a member of the Elks Lodge and the American Legion.

John is survived by his wife, Polly Binegar, Rapid City; 2 sons, Tom Binegar, Salt Lake City, UT; John Binegar, Spearfish; 2 daughters, Susan Rider, Salt Lake City, UT; Lisa Harley, Spearfish; 11 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild; his mother, Irene Binegar Ibsen, Rapid City; 1 brother, Bob (Ann) Binegar, Hot Springs and 1 sister, Marie Ellis, Rapid City.  He was preceded in death by his father, Claude Binegar and 1 daughter, Bonnie Jo.