Ruth Lemon, 98, of Sioux Falls, passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at Bethany Nursing Home in Sioux Falls. 

Her funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 25, at American Lutheran Church with burial to follow at Riverside Cemetery in Huron. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday morning.

Ruth Marie (Noack) Lemon was born at the Noack family farm home in Floyd Township, Sanborn County on May 23, 1924. Her father was a second-generation pioneer farmer, and her mother was a recent immigrant from Germany. Ruth was the second oldest of five children, Margaret, Ruth, Arnold, Sieglinde and Siegfried.

Ruth grew up during the dust bowl and depression days that affected the area. She attended a one-room prairie elementary school (Zell School) and graduated from Woonsocket High School.

Ruth met Thyron O. Lemon while attending what is now Dakota State University in Madison. Their college educations were interrupted by World War II. Thyron entered the Navy and served as a Sea-Bee in the South Pacific, and Ruth worked for the Civil Service Commission-Investigation Division. After the war, on Jan. 26, 1946, they were married at Immanuel Lutheran Church. They moved to the Huron area and had six children, Bruce, Diane, Barbara, Craig, LuEllen, and Loren. They purchased a small home in North Huron, where Ruth lived for over 50 years.

Thyron died at the early age of 39 of a heart attack. Ruth was faced with raising six young children on her own. She returned to college to get her teaching credentials. She then taught in the Iroquois school district for over 25 years until she retired.

Ruth was a long-time member of the American Lutheran Church in Huron and worked in prison ministry, Native American ministries and Church Women United. Even when she moved to assisted living in Sioux Falls, she remained active, producing many crocheted works for charities.

Ruth is survived by five children, Bruce, Diane, Barbara, LuEllen and Loren; 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Max and Elisabeth Noack; her siblings, Margaret, Arnold, Sieglinde and Siegfried; her husband, Thyron; her son, Craig; her granddaughter, Jess; and great-grandsons, Dakota and Carter.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Ruth’s name to the Christian Learning Center at American Lutheran Church.

Lois Podhradsky, 94, of Woonsocket, passed away Tuesday, May 24, at the Weskota Manor Nursing Home in Wessington Springs. 

Funeral services were held Saturday, May 28, at the Basham Funeral Chapel in Woonsocket. Burial was in St. Wilfrid Catholic Cemetery. Visitations were held Friday, May 27, at the funeral home and Saturday one hour prior to the service.

Lois was born on Feb. 22, 1928, in Jolley, Iowa, to Henry and Agnes Morwitzer. She graduated from Jolley High School in 1946. She married Tony Podhradsky in 1951, and they had six children. She worked at the Corner Cafe for several years but spent most of her time at the family farm outside of Woonsocket.

Lois always loved her cats and chickens. She also loved spending time outside fishing, gardening, and planting flowers and trees. She enjoyed Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes comics and reading. She was active in the lives of her grandchildren. She was a reliable caretaker in the family and was a huge supporter of any of her loved ones. She was always pushing her family in their problem-solving skills and rarely gave answers without a riddle of some sort. She strived to create a family of hard workers and didn’t accept anything less than the best, but her tough love and encouragement will forever live on in the family.

Lois is survived by her sons, Michael (Rose) and Russell Podhradsky; daughter, Susan (Chuck) Engelmann; brother, Wayne (Diana) Morwitzer; four granddaughters; six grandsons; three great-granddaughters, and many other family members and friends.

Lois was preceded in death by her husband, Tony Podhradsky; daughters, Kelly Podhradsky and Pamela Morwitzer; son, John Podhradsky; brothers, Merle, Deane, and Gene Morwitzer; her parents, Henry and Agnes Morwitzer; and many other loved ones.

Angie Hinker, 47, of Beulah, N.D., passed away May 7, 2022, at home. 

Services were held Thursday, May 12, at Zion Lutheran Church in Beulah with Pastor Dan Paulson officiating. Visitation was one hour prior to the service at the church.

A celebration of life will also be held at 2 p.m. MDT on Friday, June 3, at the Eagles Club in Rapid City. Arrangements are conducted by Barbot Funeral Home, Beulah and Hazen.

Angie was born in Casper, Wyo., on Aug. 30, 1974, to Denny and Patricia Gering. The family moved to California where she graduated high school. Angie then attended South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for Paleontology and Geology and started her career with South Dakota Wild Land Fire, where she met her husband, Brandon Hinker, originally from Woonsocket. The couple was wed on Feb. 22, 2003. Angie and Brandon began their family in Rapid City with the two joys of her life, Ethan and Clayton. The family moved to Beulah the summer of 2018, where she worked from home as a project manager for the US Forest Service, enhancing wildfire dispatch programs.

Angie was apprehensive to leave the city life to follow Brandon to pursue his career in coal mining. She quickly grew to love the farm life, where she had her flock of chickens, each with their own name. She also had four cows with their own names, which she raised from bottle calves. Angie enjoyed daily breaks going to the barn to brush and massage her cattle and do chicken chores.

One of Angie’s greatest joys was following her boys through their sporting careers. It was also a great joy to have her family and friends visit. Angie loved showing her nieces and nephews the chickens and cows. Angie was a bright and happy soul that always wore a huge smile. She will be missed daily but will always be in our hearts.