Ruby "Snookie" Reichling

Ruby "Snookie" Reichling, age 67 of Watertown, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2024 at her residence in Watertown.
Funeral Service will be at 1:00pm Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel.
Father Fischer will be the Celebrant.
Visitation will be held prior to the service on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 starting at 11:00am.
Urnbearers will be: Brooke Quail & Faith Walker; Ashley, Christine & Jesse Anderson; and Micah Rumpca.
~ In Loving Memory ~
Ruby Ann (Deutsch) Reichling "Snookie" was born November 5, 1956 in Sisseton, SD to Rudolph Deutsch and Doris Loraine (Conley) Deutsch. She was the youngest of five children. The family lived on a farm until they moved to Watertown. She grew up in Watertown and attended catholic school.
Ruby was given the nickname "Snookie" by her grandfather when she was young and most people knew her by that name.
On September 26, 1981 Ruby was united in marriage to Mel Reichling in Watertown. Ruby made a longtime career being a driver examiner with the South Dakota Department of Motor Vehicles (DOV). She also spent time being a respiratory therapist and working with the handicapped.
Her husband Mel was an avid fisherman and she loved spending time fishing with him. They were able to live in Alaska for one year while Mel worked on power lines. Ruby enjoyed doing crafts. She took pride in her flowers and found joy playing with her cats. She also liked to attend her great- niece's events. Ruby always had a good time traveling with her girlfriends, she had a lot of friends and the best sister a girl could ask for.
Ruby "Snookie" is survived by her sister Connie (Wayne) Miller of Watertown, SD
She is preceded in death by her Husband, Mel Reichling; her parents, Doris & Rudolph; and brothers, Doug, Ronnie and Paulie.
Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel serving the family ~ www.wightandcomes.com.