Sherrill Ellen Burton Strawder passed away on September 3, 2018 at the Haven Hospice Care Center after a courageous battle with renal cancer.  She was born on September 18, 1942 in Oklahoma City, OK to Kenneth Mark and Beverly Ann (Reynolds) Burton.. She had an older brother named Kirby Daniel Burton and shared a close bond with her parents and brother.  Her father Kenneth worked in construction as a heavy equipment operator, allowing the family to travel and live in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and finally settled in Pierre, South Dakota.  Sherrill graduated from T.F. Riggs High School in 1960.  After a semester of college in Minnesota, she returned to Pierre to work at a local bank.  She married Lyle Schwaderer in 1961 and to this union three children were born:  Melodie Kay, Sherie Lea and Kyle Curtis.  She later moved to California and then to Florida in 1991.  She married Bobby Lee Strawder in 1998.  She was peceded in death by her parents, her brother, Kirby Daniel Burton and her husband, Bobby Lee Strawder. 

Sherrill was a very talented woman and her many hobbies included knitting, sewing, bowling, and reading.  Her knitting hobby evolved into a home based business, machine knitting Christmas stockings and blankets for family and friends.  In her later years she also enjoyed card making and made many one-of-a-knd holiday cards.  She was thrilled to become a grandmother and then a great grandmother and though distance separated them, she loved pictures and stories of her grandchildren and great grandchildren and would face-time her family to keep in touch.  She was active in the Order of the Eastern Star and was a Past Worthy Matron in Pierre, South Dakota.  Sherrill also had one celebrity crush in her life as she adored Elvis Presley, and was fortunate to have seen him in concert.  She had always wanted to tour Graceland but her declining health kept her from that.  She was of Christian Faith and was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church. 

She is survived by her children:  Melodie McGuire (Tony) of Sioux City, IA;  Sherie Johnson (Rick) of Lakewood, WA, Kyle Schwaderer (Erin) of Spartenburg, SC; and step-sons: John Strawder (Donna) and Randy Strawder.:  her nine grandchildren, two great-granddaughters and two nephews.