Irene Fehl


Irene Fehl, 89, Elkton, S.D., died Friday, August 4, 2017 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Mass of Christian Burial was held Thursday, August 10 at St. Genevieve Catholic Church in Lake Benton.

Interment was in St. Genevieve Catholic Cemetery in Lake Benton.

Irene Cecelia (Wichern) Fehl was born Jan. 28, 1928 to John and Edna (Miller) Wichern on the family farm near Tyler and was baptized into the Catholic Church. She attended country school and Tyler High School, graduating in 1946.

On Feb. 3, 1951 Irene and Morris Fehl were married  and moved onto the Fehl homestead near Lake Benton where they have resided since.

Irene grew up helping on the farm and after high school she worked as a teller at the bank in Tyler.

She was a member of St. Genevieve Catholic Church in Lake Benton where she was active in the CCW, serving as treasurer for many years and always looked forward to her time with the ladies in the Quilting Group. She served on the Lake Benton School board for 17 years, the Dollars for Scholar Committee and was a member of the Happy Day Club.

She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Morris; five sons, Steven (Billie), Oviedo, Fla. Gary (Becky), Greendale, Wis., Randy (Lori), Glenwood, Iowa, Tom (Robin), Omaha, Neb., and Jeffrey, Lake Benton; three daughters, Sherry Fehl, Lake Benton, Teresa (Bill) Bunkers, Lake Benton and Jeanette (Jayson) Kirmeier, Chanhassen; 18 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Marge Taveirne, Tyler and Helen (Joe) Murphy, Bloomington.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Richard and Jerry; a grandson, Derek; a great-grandson, William; her brother, John Wichern and two sisters, Dorothy (Glen) Hansen and Mary (Bob) Judge.

(Hartquist Funeral Home,

Utoft-Johansen Chapel,

Lake Benton)