Douglas P. Dempcy

Douglas P. Dempcy age 50 of Louisburg MN (formerly Spearfish and Rapid City, SD) died Thursday September 24th, 2009 at the Spearfish Regional Hospital. The funeral service will be held 10:30am Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at the Christian Life Center in Belle Fourche, SD with Rev. Paul Howard officiating.  Serving as casketbearers will be Doug's three boys, Ben, Brian, and Brice as well as his brother, Lee Dempcy and also Carlos Erickson and David Henry.Visitation will be 5 to 7pm Tuesday at Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche, and one hour prior to the service at the church.  Interment will be held at Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, SD, with Military Honors provided by the Belle Fourche Veterans Honor Guard. Also, a memorial service will be held 2pm Friday October 2nd at the Calvary Baptist Church in Madison, Minnesota. Douglas was born July 7, 1959 in Wadena, MN.  He was the son of Jack and Bertha (Erickson) Dempcy.  Douglas graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1977 and afterwards served his country in the U.S. Army for 6 ½ years, stationed in Germany and in Colorado.  On June 21, 1986 he was united in marriage to Naomi Larson in Louisburg, Minnesota.  To this union, three sons were born: Benjamin, Brian, and Brice.  Following their marriage, Doug and Naomi lived in Spearfish and Rapid City, SD for 15 years.  For the past several years they have lived in Louisburg, Minnesota where Doug enjoyed working at the Lac qui Parle Valley schools with the elementary students.  Doug enjoyed the outdoors, camping, drawing, and sharing things he knew.  He also loved videotaping fine arts activities for the school and community.  Doug also made, repaired and created jewelry at his home shop which he called “Glacial Impressions”. Douglas is survived by his wife, Naomi, and sons, Benjamin, Brian, and Brice all of Louisburg, MN; mother, Bertha of Belle Fourche, SD; brother, Leland of Belle Fourche; and sister, Billie Jo (Chris) Cutter of Campbell, NY.  He was preceded in death by his father Jack, and Godfather, L.C. Hurtt.“The Soldier” Written by Douglas Dempcy May 29, 2005The angels stood in silence As heavens gates swung wide The streets were lined with veterans As the Soldier stepped insideThere stood our savior smiling As the crowd let out a cheer He said “Good and faithful servant, It’s good to see you here”He took the soldier by the hand And said “son, come with me There’s something I must show you, But you’ll have to wait and see”The golden walkway they stepped in stride And the Savior began to speak The teary eyes looked on with pride As they passed by on the street“I made you special and put you in The good old USA Where freedom rings and angels sing And children love to playTo guard that special freedom And with courage, take a stand To pledge allegiance to the flag And to God who made the landYou suffered like no others On the battlefields abroad Your selfless acts of bravery Were gifts to you from GodAll those who came before you A foundation they did lay And we celebrate it up here too Every year on Memorial DayThen there they were, a crowd so large They seemed to never end “This is what I wanted to show you Take a good look at them my friend”“You see, they wouldn’t be here They would never have heard of me You made it safe, around the world From sea to shining sea”“You stopped the Godless in their tracks And made the tyrants pay You spread the gift of freedom In your own land and far away”“A special place I’ve made for you And forever you will live With me and your faithful brothers Who taught the world to give”