Gwendolyn Kay Zoss , age 80, of Woonsocket, SD died Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Prairie View Care Center in Woonsocket, SD. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Monday at First United Methodist Church in Mitchell, SD with burial at 1:30 PM Monday at Butler Cemetery, rural Letcher, SD. Visitation will be from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Sunday at the Will Funeral Chapel.

Gwendolyn Kay Zoss, daughter of Ralph and Margaret (Moore) Wittstruck, was born February 20, 1937 in Mitchell, SD. She went to school  in Mitchell and worked at the Town House Café for many years.

Kay was united in marriage with Duane Byrd and had four children David, Rodney, Sandra and Blaine. Later she moved to Letcher and was united in marriage with Robert Zoss. The couple farmed and raised watermelons. Kay spent many hours attending to her flower garden and vegetable garden, it was her passion. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were her life, she was always there to help out with anything.

Grateful for having shared her life are her three children, David Byrd, Rodney and Shelby Byrd, Sandra (Byrd) and Mark Brueske, and Blaine Byrd; 10 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by a son, David Byrd; two husbands, Duane Byrd and Robert Zoss; her parents; two sisters, Marty and Nita; and three brothers, Don, Johnny and Jerry.