Traci Ann Temple, age 51, of Sergeant Bluff, formerly of Vermillion, South Dakota died Saturday April 28, 2012 at her brothers residence in Sergeant Bluff.

Funeral services will be held on Friday May 4, 2012 at 10:30am from Shepherd of Peace Lutheran Church in Sergeant Bluff with interment following in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 5:30-8pm with a prayer service held at 7:00pm at the church. Waterbury Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be made at www.waterburyfuneralserviceinc.com.

Traci was born in Sioux City, Iowa on January 7, 1961, the daughter of Richard L. and Mildred (Godfredson) Tainter. Traci graduated from Sergeant Bluff Community Schools with the class of 1979. She was employed in Sioux City by Warren Electric. She attended Brooks College in Long Beach, California and received her degree in interior design in 1981. Traci was united in marriage with Rock Temple on November 23, 1984 in Idaho, to this union three children were born.In Burley, Traci was employed by Lee Furniture for 23 years as an interior designer.

Traci also pursued a second career as an interpreter for the deaf. She attended the University of Idaho at Pocatello and Augustana Lutheran College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was her dream to become an interpreter for the deaf.

Traci was very physically active and enjoyed participating in triathlons which included mountain biking, running and swimming. She also enjoyed painting with water colors.

Traci was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 2 ½ years ago. She was very courageous in her battle with cancer to the very end. She touched many people’s lives with her compassion and kindness to others who were suffering too. She will be so dearly missed by all those who knew and loved her.

Traci will be missed by her family which includes her daughters: Alex Temple of Rupert, Idaho, and Libby Temple of Burley, Idaho, her mother Milly Tainter of Corona, California, her brothers: Tom Tainter and his wife Laurel of Sergeant Bluff, and Tony Tainter and his wife Donna of West Des Moines, Iowa and sister Terri Graham and her husband George of Madison, Wisconsin. She is also survived by Rock Temple of Burley, Idaho along with many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her Son Isaac Temple and her father Richard Tainter.

Memorials may be made to the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation at www.caringforcarcinoid.org