Maxine G. Wiesner

Maxine G. Wiesner, age 92, of Toronto, SD, passed away Friday, March 17, 2023 at the Estelline Care Center in Estelline, SD.  Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at the Leganger Lutheran Church in Toronto, SD.  Visitation will be Thursday one hour prior to the service at the church.  Burial will be in the Lakeview Cemetery, Clear Lake, SD.  Houseman Funeral Home in Clear Lake, SD is entrusted with the arrangements.

Maxine G. Wiesner was born January 11, 1931 in Deuel County, South Dakota to Roland and Ida (Schiernbeck) Smith. She grew up in Deuel County and graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1949.

She was united in marriage to Paul Wiesner on April 20th, 1952. They moved to a farm West of Toronto, SD where they lived for 62 years farming side by side raising their family. She enjoyed working with flowers, trees, and her lawn. She was a member of Leganger Lutheran Church in Toronto where she helped with Sunday school, ELCA and help on the funeral committee. She was also a long-time member of the Jolly Workers extension club.

Her husband Paul died in December of 2014. She then moved to Clear Lake in March of 2015 where she lived until October of 2022 when she entered the Estelline Care Center.

Maxine is survived by her two children: Warren (Mary Ann) Wiesner, Sioux Falls, SD and Gail (Dennis) Toft, Gary, SD; four grandchildren: Chad (Jamie) Wiesner, Clear Lake, SD, Karen (Cory) Akin, Castlewood, SD, Carmen Toft, Sioux Falls, SD and Sarah (Bryan) Kraft, Canby, MN; eight great grandchildren: Hayden, Adysyn and Carsen Wiesner, Olivia, Karli and Natalie Akin and Cora and Kyla Kraft; one sister, Phyllis Salt, Lehigh, PA; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.