Erma Cora Margaret Sonnabend Larson of Lead passed away on June 19, 2021.

Erma was born in Kasota Township, LeSueur County, Minnesota to Herman and Bertha (Trebesch) Sonnabend on December 10, 1921. She was the second of nine children and cared for her siblings while growing up on the farm.  She married Walter E. Larson in Estherville, Iowa March 6, 1941.

She traveled in the United States with Walter while he was stationed stateside in the military. While Walt was deployed in WWII she spent time with her parents and other families. The couple moved to the Lead, South Dakota area in 1946.

While her children were growing up, she worked part-time cleaning in area hotel cabins.

Erma worked for many years for the Homestake Mining Company as the housekeeper and cook at the company mansion. She later worked for the Homestake Clinic and Lead-Deadwood Medical Clinic in medical records.  She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Deadwood where she had been active. She was a Life and Charter member of the VFW Auxiliary Post 5969. Later in life she lived with and was loved and cared for by Dale and René for over 4 years. She was very loved by her family and friends and was well known as an excellent cook. Her recipes have spread far and wide. You never left her home hungry.

The family would like to thank Helen Ertman for assisting them in her home care for Erma for several years.  She spent her last years in the care of the Burr family at Tender Care Assisted Living in Spearfish. We thank Aileen and Edgar, the Burr family and the staff for great care and making her stay pleasant and comfortable.

She is survived by three sons, Roger (Judy), Spearfish; Robert (Arla), Spearfish; Dale (René), and daughter-in-law Deidra, Lead. She was the loving grandmother to nine grandchildren; Troy, Todd, Dawnette, Eric, Jeremy, Wendy, Nicholas, Shane, and Chad; seventeen great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; all her siblings, Elvin, Alice, Jeanette, Harvey, Harold, Anton, Norbert, and Arnold; husband Walter and son Larry.

Funeral services will be at 9 am on June 24, 2021, at Grace Lutheran Church 827 Main St. Deadwood, SD 57732. Cards may be sent to 301 Chicago Ave. Lead SD 57754

Memorials may be sent to Grace Lutheran Church in Deadwood or the Lead-Deadwood Monument Ambulance.

Arrangements are under the care of the Lead-Deadwood Memorial Chapel in Lead. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com