RAPID CITYHosie Main, 100, passed away at the Rapid City Hospice House on Saturday morning, April 5, 2014. Hosie was born in Pipestone, Minnesota, son of Reverend Burdette and Edith (Hosie) Main. He moved many times during his childhood in Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin, graduating from Caledonia High School in Minnesota. Besides Hosie's interest in music, his father taught him the joy of fishing at their cabin in Bemidji. He shared many wonderful fishing trips with his son, Tom, throughout the years. Hosie graduated from Hamline University in St. Paul and received his Masters of Music at MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis. Summers he played string bass in dance bands at Glacier Park and on the President Line cruising to the Orient. Hosie taught music at Freeborn, Minnesota from 1937 to 1940 where he met his future wife, Barbara Guckeen, the school principal, and they married in June 1940. They enjoyed 65 years together prior to her passing in 2005. After marrying, they moved to Ekalaka, Montana in 1940 and both taught there until Hosie joined the Army in 1942. Hosie was in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day plus one and retired from the US Army reserves as a Major. Following WWII, the family moved to Boise, Idaho in 1946 and then to Rapid City in 1948 where Hosie taught orchestra for 27 years. He also continued to play string bass with his dance combo. He received the South Dakota Music Educators Distinguished Service to Music Award. Starting in 1971, Hosie crafted marquetry pictures using the local blue and brown pine beetle stained wood. His artwork won awards at shows in England, Colorado, Canada, New York and Minnesota. Hosie was a charter member of the Rapid City Fine Arts council, member of the Down Town Lions Club, Canyon Lake United Methodist Church, Elks Lodge, Retired Teachers, Canyon Lake Senior Citizens, American Marquetry Society and TROA Retired Officers. Hosie is survived by his son, Tom Main of Rapid City, his niece Barbara (and Marius) Martineau of Elbow Lake, Minnesota and nephew Bill (and Jean) Meyer of Nisswa, Minnesota. Graveside services will be at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 10, at Black Hills National Cemetery. Memorial services will follow at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, at Canyon Lake United Methodist Church with the Rev. Eric Grinager officiating. Donations in memory of Hosie may be made to the Rapid City Auxiliary Hospice House Fund, 224 Elk Street, Rapid City, SD 57701.