Verna (Hetland) Wire Lyons, 92, Artesian, died Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013 in the Prairie Good Samaritan Center at Miller.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Sept. 7 at 11 a.m. in the Resurrection Lutheran Church, Mitchell. Burial will be in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery at Artesian. Visitation will be Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the Bittner Funeral Chapel in Mitchell.
A memorial fund has been established to the Mount Pleasant Memorial Cemetery Association.
Verna (Hetland) Wire Lyons was born July 25, 1921 at Artesian, daughter of Henry and Anna (Tysdal) Hetland. She grew up attending rural grade school and graduated from Artesian High School in 1939. Her secondary education included a two-year teaching degree from Augustana College at Sioux Falls. She taught elementary classes in several eastern South Dakota communities.
In 1945 she married Douglas E. Wire at Spencer. They farmed in the Forestburg/Artesian area and raised two children, Gloria Carolyn and Paul Douglas.
Following the death of her husband, Douglas, in 1965, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from the University of South Dakota and taught in the Vermillion School system for several years before moving to Rapid City.
In 1976 she married Albert V. Lyons of Rapid City. They owned and operated the Sunset Motel in Belle Fourche for a number of years before retiring in Rapid City. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert, in August 2007.
She was active in Calvary Lutheran Church, Sons of Norway, The Black Hills Rosemaling Association, Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research and the Black Hills Calligraphy Guild.
Verna’s greatest interest was reaching out to her many friends and family through her delicious meals, strong coffee, great pies, e-mail messages, or personal phone calls.
She is survived by her daughter, Gloria (Dennis) Keck, St. Lawrence; son, Paul (Lori) Wire, Rapid City; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, Arlis Hetland, Mitchell, Beverly (Oling) Wire, Mitchell, and Lavonne (Wire) Dinzl, Minneapolis, Minn.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Douglas and Albert; one brother, Robert Hetland; and her parents.
-
Weather
Failure notice from provider:
Connection Error:http_request_failedUpcoming Events
April 2024 SSunday MMonday TTuesday WWednesday TThursday FFriday SSaturday 31March 31, 2024 1April 1, 2024 2April 2, 2024 3April 3, 2024 4April 4, 2024 5April 5, 2024 6April 6, 2024 7April 7, 2024 8April 8, 2024 9April 9, 2024 10April 10, 2024 11April 11, 2024 12April 12, 2024 13April 13, 2024 14April 14, 2024 15April 15, 2024 16April 16, 2024 17April 17, 2024 18April 18, 2024 19April 19, 2024 20April 20, 2024 21April 21, 2024 22April 22, 2024 23April 23, 2024 24April 24, 2024 25April 25, 2024 26April 26, 2024 27April 27, 2024 28April 28, 2024 29April 29, 2024 30April 30, 2024 1May 1, 2024 2May 2, 2024 3May 3, 2024 4May 4, 2024 -
Recent Posts
Contact Us
Archives
Tweet