Tim passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2019 at his home at Peaceful Prairie Estates in Buffalo, SD. A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, May 24, 2019 at 2:00 pm at the Harding County Memorial REC Center in Buffalo, SD, with burial to follow the Celebration at St. Paul Crawford Cemetery located northwest of Rhame, ND.

Tim was born February 27, 1938 in Pasco, WA to Raymond and Inez (Peckens) Rue. The family moved to Rhame, ND 3 years after Tim was born. Tim grew up and attended school in Rhame and graduated from Rhame High School in 1956. Tim moved to Seattle, WA when he was one year out of high school and worked for the Boeing Aircraft Company for 12 years at the Renton, WA manufacturing plant. Tim then moved to Baker, MT and worked as a ranch hand for a few years, before moving to Buffalo. Since living in Buffalo, Tim has worked as an assistant school custodian, at various restaurants, and at the school cafeteria. Tim owned and operated Tim's Place Bar at the corner of 2 ^nd Street and Highway 20, in 1984 and enjoyed running the bar. Tim has been a Buffalo City employee responsible for tracking the comings and goings at the City Dump, starting in 2004 and continuing to April 2019. Tim slowed down in recent years, but never retired.

Tim was an active member of the Lions Club of Buffalo as the treasurer for many years. He always sold a great number of the tickets for the Lions Club annual drawings, prepared, and kept track of selling squares on the boards for the Super Bowl and World Series to benefit the Lions Club. Tim was very active in keeping the Lions Civic Center going and made sure it was always clean and maintained. He was very active in everything concerning the Lions Civic Center from pancake suppers to any fundraisers for the center and will be truly missed. Tim was a good neighbor and a good friend to all.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Roger, and a sister Audrey (Rue, Souther) Hurley. He is survived by a brother, Dean Rue, Littleton, CO; nephews Toby Hurley, Baker, MT and Stuart Hurley, Boise, ID; a niece Collette (Hurley) Maw, Boise, ID; and an aunt, Pat (Peckens) Knodle, Napa, CA.