SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —Lu Buenher loved everything about spooky season.

“She’s always just loved Halloween. And instilled this love of Halloween in me and my brothers and the grandkids,” Grandma Lu’s daughter, Jana Keller said.

Photos: KELOLAND shows their spooky decorations

“Every single year when she was in the nursing home, she had me come and we would decorate her whole apartment,” Grandma Lu’s grandson, Lennon Keller said.

“Even when it wasn’t Halloween, we’d go away on a trip somewhere. And we’d come back and there would be a fly in the yogurt, or there would be a snake in the toilet. You know, maggots in your sock drawer,” Grandma Lu’s son-in-law, Richard Keller said.

Her love of Halloween affected her family so deeply, that they decided to start a walk-through Halloween event, that they called Grandma Lu’s Hallow.

“I think the best way to describe what we have now is almost like a festival. We have lots of free activities. We’re going to be doing story reading this year, search and find, we give away free books, all that sorts of Halloween stuff,” Lennon said.

This year the theme is Witches Coven, which may not seem sentimental to most people, but it is for Grandma Lu’s family.

“As a tradition, every year, my mom and I would exchange ugly witches. We try to find the ugliest witch that we could, either like through thrifting or through rummage saling. And some of these witches were really hideous and bad. And, I still have most of her collection in my kitchen year round,” Jana said.

“We’re trying to throw some stuff in some Wizard of Oz stuff. A little bit Macbeth we’ve thrown in there,” Keller said.

“I think that this is our best year yet. I think this is the year that everything’s really come together. Everybody who has been helping the whole family is really a part of it. Family, friends, everybody just comes out and helps and we have, I think, the most volunteers this year than we’ve ever had. So it’s going to be a blast,” Grandma Lu’s granddaughter-in-law, Christen Kessler said.

But this interactive display isn’t easy to put on– it’s a year round endeavor.

“Jana does a lot of it. She works on this all through those dark winter months. It kind of fills her time when she needs something to focus on. And I think this is really her, like pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. But most of the big work comes in, I would say starting August is when we start putting together the big things, building things,” Christen said.

“It’s a ton of prep work. It’s a ton of building stuff. But the magic happens once we’re able to put stuff out,” Lennon said.

While Halloween is a spooky holiday, the crew at Grandma Lu’s does what they can to make it friendly for people of all ages.

“A lot of it is playful. Some of it is a little scary. But there’s nothing that would frighten away families. It’s more of an embracing of Halloween as fun as opposed to excessive terror or gore,” Richard said.

“Mostly we get young families with small children, and they’re very appreciative because I don’t think that there’s a lot of places for that age group to go. Maybe you have a little toddler who likes to trick or treat, but they can’t go very far. Or maybe it’s cold or the weather is not that great. This is just a quick, easy stop to go in and out,” Jana said.

While everyone has different reasons for helping out with the event, Lennon’s reason is clear.

“For me personally, it’s part of the family dynasty of loving Halloween. And I love Halloween. My mom instilled that in me, and Grandma Lu instilled that in her,” Lennon said.

While Grandma Lu passed away a few years ago, she is still with them— both in spirit and in teeth.

“I really think that she would be proud and honored. She was very humble, you know, and like my son had said, she didn’t want a lot of recognition in life. So it’s good. It’s all good,” Jana said.

“The last image I have of her at this haunt is, they had rolled her back into the van. It was a wheelchair accessible van and I saw her silhouette she was facing this way. She had big white poofy hair, like on her logo, and she was holding that plastic knife like she was Michael Myers, that’s the last image that she got to see of our Halloween stuff,” Lennon said.

If you missed Grandma Lu’s Hallow tonight, you can still catch it the next two nights from 6 to 10 P.M..

Grandma Lu’s Hallow is located at 913 W 36th St. Sioux Falls, SD.