Colleen Abernathy, 90, of Spearfish, SD formerly of Winner, SD passed away on Friday, January 26, 2024 at the Edgewood Vista Nursing Home in Spearfish, SD.  Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 10:00AM at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Winner, SD.  Burial will follow in the Colome City Cemetery.  A visitation will be held on Friday, February 9, 2024 from 5-6:00PM at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Winner, SD with a Rosary beginning at 6:00PM.  There will also be a memorial service held on Friday, February 2, 2024 at 5:00PM MT at the Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish, SD.

Colleen Marie (Woods) Abernathy was born in Colome, SD to Marie (Kreuger) & Glenn Woods on March 7, 1933.

Colleen grew up in the Colome area.  She married Kenneth "Pat" Taggart on July 1, 1950.  The family moved to Winner in 1966, then to Yankton in 1976 and in 1978 to Spearfish.  Upon Pat's passing she moved to Texas before returning to her beloved Spearfish community.  Upon returning to Spearfish, she met and married Bernie Abernathy and made her home on Lester lane.  She remained in the Spearfish area until her passing.

Colleen's pride and joy was her family.  She was known for making afghans, baby blankets and could sew almost anything.  There are many grandkids that received these things for graduations and for the birth of her great-grandkids.  She was an avid gardener and her flowers were proof, each year the front of her home was full of color.  Her greatest collection was chickens and roosters, you could find them in every corner of her home.  The chickens and flowers were always conversation pieces.

Colleen was preceded in death by her husbands; Kenneth "Pat" Taggart and Bernie Abernathy, daughter, Debbie Taggart (Gaikowski), son-in-law Bill Bisgard, her parents Glenn and Marie Woods, baby grandson Kenneth Taggart, and great-grandson Charles Schaweffer.

Survivors include: Ron (Kathy) Taggart of Winner, SD, Dean Gaikowski of Waubay, SD, Rosanne Bisgard, Waubay, SD, Patricia (Steve) Vertrees, Sacramento ,CA, Randy (Thelma) Taggart of Great Falls, MT, Beverly (Mike) Skillstad of Norfolk, NE and Steven (Joanne) Taggart of Spearfish, SD, 20 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.