Alice’s Obituary Alice S. Zell, age 102, of Huron, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at Huron Regional Medical Center in Huron. Her funeral service will be on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 10:00 AM at American Lutheran Church with burial to follow at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
Alice Sadie Goudy was born on the family farm in Sanborn County, South Dakota on May 9, 1917 to parents George N. and Freeda (Trenham) Goudy. She attended country school in Sanborn County and graduated from Forestburg High School. She attended Norte Dame College in Mitchell and Huron College.
She taught rural schools in Sanborn and Beadle counties. She loved playing the piano and taught private lessons in Sanborn and Beadle counties for many years. She and her brothers had a small family orchestra.
She was also active in 4-H both as a child and as a mother. Alice marred George Zell on November 3, 1938. They operated the Rayville Country Store for four years before becoming farmers.
They farmed in Sanborn County a few years before moving to their farm home in Beadle County. Because of her husband’s health, they retired from farming and moved to Huron in 1972. She worked in the Huron Nursing Home nutrition department for several years.
Alice was baptized into the Christian faith at the Forestburg Lutheran Church on April 22, 1937. She was always active in church service. While a member of Immanuel Lutheran, rural Iroquois, she taught children’s classes, was Sunday school superintendent, taught choir, church organist and participated in the woman’s organization.
Alice loved the high school groups. After transferring to American Lutheran Church in Huron, she continued her services in the women’s organization doing church visitation and bible study classes. She loved to study the bible.
She was a member of the Huron Senior Center and participated in crafts. She was preceded in death by her husband, son Larry, parents, four brother and spouses, Frank (Lucille), Clarence (Gertrude), Albert (Loretta) and Robert (Lola). Seven brothers-in-law and spouses, Irwin (Lydia), Walter (Emma), Frank, Marvin (Maxine), William “Bill” (Shirley), Clifford, Bernard (Evelyn), Ferdinand (Phyllis), and two sisters-in-law, Minnie (Les) Northstrom and Mary Zell.
Alice is survived by one daughter, Jean (Gary) Rieniets of Dubuque, Iowa, one son Lyle (Annette) of Huron, daughter-in-law Cheryl of Sioux Falls; seven grandchildren Gregory (Ann) Zell of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Carla (Daniel) Hedding of North Mankato, Minnesota, Beth (Kale) Urban of Pierre, Jonathon Zell of Slinger, Wisconsin, Ryan (Emily) Zell of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Joan (Russell) Madren of Shakopee, Minnesota and Jody (Keith) Ochs of Marion, Iowa. Ten great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Two brothers-in-law Verald (Phyllis) and Harland (Mary) Zell and two sisters-in-law Ester (Arthur, deceased) Moschkan and Lenora (Armand, deceased) Peskey and several nieces and nephews.
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