Ethel Freeman

Ethel Freeman, age 90, of Kadoka, South Dakota, died on Saturday, December 24, 2022 at the Kadoka Nursing Home.
Ethel Irene Spinsby was born November 11, 1932, in Philip, South Dakota, the youngest of three children born to John and Isabel (Myers) Spinsby. Ethel grew up on the family homestead and attended rural school and graduated from Midland High School in 1951.
Ethel was united in marriage to Glenn Freeman in 1952. Glenn and Ethel had three children, Bryan Lee, Lynn Ann “Barb” and Valerie Layne. Two children from a previous marriage Claude Jesse Freeman and James Glenn Freeman joined the family in 1965. They farmed and ranched at the Freeman’s Homestead established in 1906 and held the mail route contract out of Stamford for many years.
In 1965, Glenn and Ethel took advantage of the location of the property near I-90 and built one of the first 35 KOA Campgrounds there. The business is still in operation today. The marriage ended in 1969, and Ethel moved to Rapid City and worked for Timberline for many years until she retired in 1999.
Ethel moved back to Kadoka in 2004, and spent the last two years of her life in the Kadoka Nursing Home, where she passed away on December 24, 2022.
Survivors include children Claude Freeman of Kadoka, Bryan Freeman of Minneapolis, Lynn “Barb” Guthmiller of Rapid City, and Valerie Rayevich of Missoula, Montana; four grandchildren John Freeman, April Freeman, Brandon Freeman and Justice Guthmiller, all of Rapid City; her sister JoAnn Moyer of Tucson, Arizona; nephews Mark and Mike Moyer of Tuscon; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Ethel was preceded in death by her brothers Jack and Billy Spinsby; step-son James Freeman; Claudette Hoag; and her parents.
Memorial services are pending.
Arrangements are with Rush Funeral Home of Philip.