Rita R. Kubal, BS PT ’92, age 43—wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend — entered the everlasting peace of her Father near Scotland, S.Dak. On December 14, 1968, Rita Jackson was born to Darrel and Mary Ann (Bradley) Jackson of Wessington Springs, S.Dak. Rita attended Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.Dak., before transferring to Mount Marty College in Yankton, S.Dak. She served the sisters at St. Joseph Care Center as a nurse’s assistant and attended the University of North Dakota, where she completed a degree in physical therapy. On May 17, 1993, she was married to Dan Kubal of rural Lesterville, S.Dak. She worked at the Menno nursing home, the Freeman hospital, the Tyndall Hospital, the Yankton Care Center, and Sacred Heart Hospital throughout the years. She served the Sioux people at Indian Health Services in Wagner, S.Dak. Rita was preceded in death by her father Darrel Jackson, brother Mark Edward Jackson, niece Jennifer Reed, and grandparents. She is survived by husband, Dan Kubal, her children, Dana, Elizabeth, Kohl, John, and Kaleb, all from rural Lesterville, S.Dak., her mother, Mary Jackson of Lane, S.Dak, and her ten siblings and siblings’ spouses, Steve, John, and Kelly Jackson, all from Lane, S.Dak., Tim and Laura Jackson of Woonsocket, S.Dak., Travis and Karen Jackson of Lane, S.Dak., Mary and Bill Reed of Gillette, Wyo., Sandy and Michael Neth of Scotland, S.Dak., Lori and Bob Schleich of Mitchell, S.Dak., Tim and Linda Foos of Milbank, S.Dak., and Michele and Jeff Bigelow of Mitchell, S.Dak.