Lucille S. Feekes-Graff died Nov. 24, 2022, in Luverne.
Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Miller Downtown Chapel in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service is at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints in Brandon, South Dakota. Interment will be at Hurley Cemetery.
Lucille Holbrook was born on Dec. 19, 1930, to George and Lucy Holbrook in Lake Wilson.
She married Roulland Feekes in April of 1947. They lived in various places in the Sioux Falls area and raised seven children. She began working for the Third Street Laundromat in the mid 1960s, and she and Roulland later purchased the business. Lucille managed the business until they sold it in 1976.
When the children had all finished school, the couple moved to Logan, Utah, and then Hyram, Utah. Lucille worked for Bourns Networks until Roulland retired in 1990. They then moved back to Sioux Falls. Roulland died in 2003.
Lucille moved into a retirement community where she met Donald Graff. They were married in April of 2006. Don died a year and a half later. She continued living in the retirement community until she began suffering from dementia. She then moved to the Good Samaritan Society – Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne and lived there until her death.
She is survived by her children, Dale (Kathy) Feekes, Virginia Feekes, Bob Feekes, John (Sheila) Feekes, Tim (Shari) Feekes and Ted (Shannon) Feekes; 33 grandchildren; 85 great-grandchildren; 30 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roulland Feekes; her late husband, Donald Graff; son Douglas Feekes; parents; siblings; great-grandson Landon Feekes; and great-granddaughter Justine Aarhus.
Arrangements were provided by Miller Funeral Home of Sioux Falls, www.millerfh.com.
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