Joyce Ehlers, 77, White Lake, died Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services were Friday, Nov. 15 at the United Methodist Church in White Lake. Burial was in the White Lake Cemetery. Arrangements were with the Bittner Funeral Chapel in Mitchell.
Joyce was born on Aug. 27, 1936 to Tom and Hattie (Cooper) Campbell and spent her youth in the Letcher and Plankinton area. Joyce married Donald Edward Ehlers on June 10, 1953. They raised 12 children on their farm north of White Lake where they specialized in registered Black Angus.
She is survived by five sons, Wayne Ehlers of Canova, Ronnie Ehlers and Russell (Claudia) Ehlers of White Lake, John (Kim) Ehlers of Sioux Falls, David (Denise) Ehlers of Newcastle, Wyo.; four daughters, Wanda (Wayne) Hohn, Bonny (Terry) Warnke, and Fay DeBoer all of Mitchell, and Suzie Letcher of White Lake; one daughter-in-law, Jennifer Ehlers Chance of Letcher; 27 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; five nieces and one nephew.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Don; sister, Patty; sons, Gary, Donnie David and James Joe; three grandchildren; and two sons-in-law, Bob Letcher and LeRoy Sperlich.