Dee Jones Noordermeer, 58, of Rapid City, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Deloris (Dee) Ann was born May 14, 1953, in Chamberlain to Donald Schaub and Joyce (Peterson) Schaub. During school, Dee worked part-time at Kulm Laundry in Chamberlain and was the lead twirler of the baton twirling team. She graduated from Chamberlain High School in 1971 and then attended the University of Montana and San Francisco for accounting. On June 24, 1972 she was married to Douglas Jones of Chamberlain, and to this union were born two children. In 1989 the family moved from Sisseton to Pierre where she began working for the South Dakota Real Estate Commission. On Aug. 31, 2002, she married Bill Noordermeer and made Pierre their home. Upon retirement, the couple moved to their cabin in the Black Hills. In 2003 she was named Executive Director of the Real Estate Commission and had many Real Estate Laws passed during her tenure. She became very active with The Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO). She was on the ARELLO Board of Directors and was also a member, chair, or co-chair for over a dozen workgroups, task forces, and committees for multiple terms. She was instrumental in bringing methamphetamine awareness to the real estate industry. June 8, 2011 was declared Dee Jones Noordermeer day by the Governor for her dedication to the State of South Dakota. Dee was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church in Rapid City. She served as Secretary and Treasurer for various organizations and was active with the local ALS organization due to her mothers affliction with the disease. Dees last act of goodwill was organ donation. She loved gardening and flowers, traveling with Bill, NASCAR, motorcycling, card playing, cooking and entertaining, crossword puzzles, and especially being a Mom. She is survived by her husband, Bill, Rapid City; son, Alex Jones, Seattle, Wash.; daughter, Meredith Jones, Tea; step-son, Cory Noordermeer, Missoula, Mont.; brother, Wes (Renee) Schaub, Chamberlain and their children Ryan (Andrea), Nate, and Adam Schaub; sister-in-law, Cathy (Bob) Druckrey, Rapid City; and mother-in-law, Betty Noordermeer, Rapid City. She was preceded in death by her parents, Donald and Joyce, and many aunts and uncles. Visitation will be at Calvary Lutheran Church of Rapid City from 6 pm to 7:30 pm Friday, Aug 12, with prayer services following. Services will be at 11am Saturday, Aug 13, at the church, with the Rev. Dwight Stensgaard officiating. Memorials have been established to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Foundation and the Fallen Officers Memorial Fund for South Dakota.