Jacqueline "Jackie" Kay Tool

Jacqueline "Jackie" Kay (Geraets) Tool, 73, of Dell Rapids, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls to a place without pain. Her Memorial Mass will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 17, 2023 in St. Mary Catholic Church, Dell Rapids. Visitation with the family present will be from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at Kahler-Brende Funeral Home in Dell Rapids. The Christian Wake Service will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Jackie was born in Sioux Falls, SD, at Avera McKennan Hospital on March 26, 1949 to Raymond and Rosemary Geraets. She was raised and educated in Dell Rapids, SD. She attended St. Mary School. She attended college for a year and then spent a year in South Africa. When she returned to the United States she moved to Minneapolis and was employed as an accountant.

She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and Altar Society and the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She always found comfort in her faith and relationship with God.
She found joy in spending time with her grandchildren.

She met and married Skip and began a lifelong marriage and friendship on December 19, 1970. No matter where they lived, Jackie provided a warm and loving home. She will be missed

Jackie is survived by her husband, Skip; her daughter, Courtney Tool; her grandson, Aric Madetzke; granddaughter, Elizabeth Rose Augustine; her brothers, Mark (Darlene) Geraets and Doug (Nancy) Geraets; her aunts,  Carolyn Drew  and Barb (Vince) Ahlers and numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.

The service will be live-streamed five minutes before it starts at https://www.facebook.com/KahlerFuneralHome.

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