RAPID CITY - Dean D. Aker, 82, Rapid City, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House. He was born June 1, 1927, at Des Lacs, N.D., to Marine and Alta (DePue) Aker. He married Cleota (Code) McKinley on May 16, 1950. They moved to Rapid City in 1951, where he worked for Dakota Lime & Brick Co. They farmed near Vale from 1952 to 1954. In 1954 they returned to Rapid City and Dean was employed with the Dakota Block Co. until his retirement in January 1989. He married Barbara Dryden-Foreman on August 26, 1988. Dean was well known and respected for his great work ethic and sense of humor. Many of his block laying jobs can be found around the Black Hills area. He loved horses and western art. During his retirement years he enjoyed wood working hobbies and leather work. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Aker, Rapid City; daughter, Glenda Halter (Bill Gorves), son, Randy (Anita) Aker, son, Bill (Lana) Aker, daughter, Carol Godsell and daughter, Laurie (Greg) Nelson, all of Rapid City, and daughter, Cathy (Blake) Barringer, Pierre; a sister, Jordice Leaver, Whitewood; stepson, Rick (Kelli) Foreman, Tucson, Ariz.; stepdaughter, Kim Stoll, Puyallup, Wash.; stepson, Brett Foreman (fiancee, Karen Rutan), Rapid City; 25 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; sister-in-laws, Eileen McKinley, Albuquerque, N.M., Betty Aker, Sturgis, Darlene Hoon, Whitewood, and Sue Aker, Spearfish; brother-in-laws, Keith (Betty) McAlmond, Helena, Mont., Dan (Judy) Dryden, Rapid City, and Tom (Nancy) Dryden, Tucson. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Code; three brothers, Virgil, Merlyn and Jimmy; a sister, Eunice McAlmond; and a sister-in-law, Sherrill Dryden. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 18, at the Zion Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Duane Duley officiating. Interment, with military honors provided by the Rushmore VFW Post 1273 and the South Dakota National Guard, will be at Pine Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. A memorial has been established for Hospice of the Hills.