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.

Charlotte Brewer, 93, of Letcher died Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 at the Prairie View Care Center, Woonsocket. A prayer service was held Monday, Nov. 11 at the Basham Funeral Chapel, Woonsocket, with Rev. Garry Swagger officiating. A private family burial was on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in Eventide Cemetery, Woonsocket.
Charlotte Helen (Mann/Brown) Brewer was born on Oct. 29, 1920 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Homer and Mary (Heffner) Mann. She graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs in 1938.
On Feb. 7, 1948 she was united in marriage to Lester Brewer in Omaha, Neb. They farmed south of Woonsocket for 50 years. She also worked for the Bill Kaye Law Office in Mitchell and the Jerry Bollinger Law Office in Woonsocket.
She loved to go on trips with her family and friends. She was a member of the United Church of Christ in Letcher, the American Legion Auxiliary Unit #93 of Letcher and the “If You Go I Will Go” extension club.
She is survived by two children, Judith Lee of Council Bluffs and Theodore A. Brewer and his wife, Nancy, of Portland, Ore.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; five great great-grandchildren; and four step-great great-grandchildren.