Services for Grace Slieter are at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills with the Rev. Lowell Berg officiating. Burial will follow at Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery in Hills. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service and sharing time at Roste Funeral Home in Hills. Grace Marie Slieter, 98, Hills, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. Grace Schipper was born to Ulfred and Tillie Schipper on March 27, 1906, in rural Valley Springs, S.D. She moved with her family in 1921 to Larchwood, Iowa. She graduated from Larchwood High School. She received her teaching certificate from Northern State Teachers College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She taught for five years in Larchwood Township Schools. She married Ben J. Slieter on Aug. 17, 1930, in Sioux Falls, S.D. After their marriage they settled and farmed by Steen before moving to a farm in the Beaver Creek area in 1958. Mr. Slieter died May 13, 1961. That year she moved to Hills where she worked at Tuff Memorial Home for 19 years. For several years following she assisted the elderly in their homes. She moved to an apartment in Luverne and moved to Tuff Memorial Home in 1995. Mrs. Slieter was very active in women’s organizations at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She was involved with 4-H and extension leadership in Rock County. Survivors include two daughters, Janet Burkholder, Pipestone, and Bonnie (Harlan) Kolsrud, Worthington; a daughter-in-law, Norma Salquist, West Fargo, N.D.; 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Slieter was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Ben, one son, Gordon, one son-in-law, Bill, and four brothers, John, Henry, Jacob and Fred. Roste Funeral Home, Hills, was in charge of arrangements.