Obituary of Lorraine Mettler

Lorraine Mettler was born November, 16, 1926 to Wilhelm and Katherina (Neth) Kost at the home place northeast of Lesterville, SD. She was baptized on December 26, ¬¬1926 at Petersburg Congregational Church by Rev. Bauman. Her Confirmation was held in the Scotland City Hall by Rev. Green on June 23, 1940. Lorraine attended Rockland Country Grade School. She lived on the farm where she helped around the house, herded cattle, milked cows, and made grain shocks. On January 18, 1949, Lorraine married Herbert Mettler at Scotland, SD by Rev. Richard Reiger. They lived on a farm north of Menno in the home that his father had built and to this union two daughters were born, Ruby and Donna. She was a member of Zion Reformed Church for the rest of her life. In 1969, they sold the farm and moved to Menno, Lorraine worked for a short time at the Open Door Café. Then she was hired at the Menno-Olivet Care Center where she was a housekeeper from 1976 to 1999 when she retired. In the following years, she continued to live in Menno, but would also vacation several months at her daughters’ homes who were living out in the Black Hills area. Then in 2005, Lorraine sold her home in Menno and moved to an apartment at West Winds in Scotland so she could be near her sister and sister-in-law. Those who will cherish her memory are her two daughters: Ruby (Dwight) Johnson of Sioux Falls, SD and Donna (Dan) Sutfin of Rapid City, SD; grandchildren: Dawn (Eric) Stover of Waverly, IA, LeeAnn (Jim) Shannon of Rapid City, SD and Terry Sutfin of Gillette, WY; great-grandchildren: Geoffrey of Liverpool, NY, twins Emily and Samuel of IA, Natasha in the US Navy, Terri, Daniel, Taylor, Hunter, Richard and Raymond of SD; sister, Frieda Thum of Scotland, SD; sister-in-law, Mabel Kost of Sedro Woolley, WA and many nieces and nephews. Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Herbert who passed away in 1998, six brothers and three sisters-in-law: Otto (baby), Otto, Bill (Betty), John, Ted (Helen), and Richard (Marilyn), a sister and brother-in-law, Anna (Edmund) Weltz, brother-in-law, Elmer Thum and a granddaughter, Tamara Johnson.