Wayne L. Saugstad RAPID CITY -- Wayne L. Saugstad, 84, Rapid City, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, at Rapid City Regional Auxiliary Hospice House. Wayne was born Jan. 9, 1927, in Hitchcock to Oscar and Crete (Littlefield) Saugstad, the youngest of 13 children. The family moved to California when he was 14. He later moved back to the Hitchcock area to work as a farmhand. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1948 and served in Okinawa, Japan, as part of the occupation forces there. After his honorable discharge as a Staff Sergeant in 1952, he returned to Huron and worked as a mechanic at the Ford dealership. On May 9, 1954, he was united in marriage to Mary Lou Knickrehm in Hitchcock. The couple lived in Huron and then moved to Santa Ana, Calif., in January 1956. He worked as a Ford mechanic for over 20 years before operating Waynes Brake and Alignment for the next five years. Wayne then worked an appliance delivery route for Sears in Orange County, Calif., before retiring in 1992, when they moved back to Rapid City. He enjoyed bowling and golf. He was a past-president of the Orange County Bowling Association and a member of the National Bowling Hall of Fame. He was the first recipient of the Jim Pontius Award for service to the bowling community and after starting golf in his 60s, had three holes in one. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Mary Lou Saugstad, Rapid City; two daughters, Peggy Sue Myers and her husband, Gary and Penni Diane Liebig and her husband, Willie, all of Lebanon, Ill.; four grandchildren, Kelly (Justin) Kocher, Michigan, and Stephanie Myers, Nicole Liebig and Matthew Liebig, all of Lebanon; and two great-grandchildren, Hannah Kocher and Gavin Kocher. He was preceded in death by his parents; and 12 siblings, Edwin, Myrtle Brush, Carl, Olive Dodd, Lewis, Mabel Gilbert, Dale, Eva Silvey and four in infancy. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Canyon Lake United Methodist Church with the Rev. Eric Grinager officiating. Burial, with military honors provided by Rushmore VFW Post 1273, will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.