Portrait of Kayla Paetow

Obituary for Kayla Paetow

1993 – 2014
Age 20
Published:

For 20 years, Kayla touched the lives of those around them.

"Grief is the price we pay for love."
— Queen Elizabeth II
What Kayla loved
Faith

The family of Kayla Paetow, 20, announces her passing, and invites all who knew her to remember her here.

The chapters of her life were many; these are some of them.

Kayla's story began in 1993, and unfolded across the years that followed.

Kayla spent her working life as ['CNA at the Tieszen Memorial Home in Marion'] and held deeply to the Presbyterian faith — and was, by all accounts, loved by those who knew her best.

A life of faith is rarely a life of certainty — but always one of trust.

Kayla Paetow, 20, died Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at her home. Funeral services will be at 2:00pm Monday, August 11, 2014 at Turner County First Presbyterian Church, rural Davis, SD with burial at Hurley Cemetery. Visitation with family present will be from 4-6:00pm Sunday at Hofmeister Jones Funeral Chapel, Hurley with a Prayer Service at 6:00pm. Kayla Marie Paetow was born on December 26, 1993 at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD to Wayne and Shannon (Benning) Paetow. She grew up at Hurley and graduated from Marion High School in 2012. She had been employed at AmPride, Subway, and worked as a CNA at the Tieszen Memorial Home in Marion, Oakview Terrance in Freeman, and was currently employed at Good Samaritan Center in Sioux Falls. On November 12, 2011 her daughter Kaydence was born which was her pride and joy until her death from SIDS on January 10, 2012. Grateful for having shared her life are her parents, Wayne and Shannon Paetow, Parker; 5 brothers and sisters, Michael (Nicole) Paetow, Hurley, Heather (Bill) Boterman, Sioux Falls, Heidi (Alex) Escobedo, San Antonio, Texas, Kole Paetow, Parker, and Kyle Paetow, Sioux Falls; her grandparents Diane and Norm Benning, Sioux Falls; and a great grandmother, Verla Meyer, Sioux Falls. She was preceded in death by her daughter Kaydence, and grandparents Harry and Ora Mae Paetow.

A Life in Years

1993Born2011Graduated high school2012She grew up at Hurleyand graduated from Marion High School2014Passed away

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