Jane Hoyt Lamb, 91, of Hill City, South Dakota, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on May 31, 2010. She was cremated and a private family memorial service was held at the Hill City Cemetery on June 1, 2010. A celebration of life ceremony is planned for Sunday, June 13, 2010 Noon-2:00pm at the Hill City Senior Citizen Center.

Mrs. Jane Hoyt Lamb was born on June 15, 1918 to Dr. Randal Hoyt and Jacqueline Hendrick Hoyt of New York City.

She received a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University, New York City, in 1940, and an M.A. from Syracuse University in 1964. She taught elementary school for 15 years in New York State, and moved to Hill City in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1974.

She served as member and officer of several organizations, including the Friends of the Hill City Library, the Hill City Area Memorial Park, The Hill City Arts Council, The Hill City Senior Citizens, the Western Women in the Arts, and the Hill City Artforms. She has been a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for many years.

Mrs. Lamb worked for two years for the Hill City Forest Service part time, drawing maps and botanical specimens.

She published four books, The Aerie in 1981, Imaging in 1989, and Remembrance Framed in 1992, which was the winner of the South Dakota State Poetry Society award. A fourth book, Poems by a Teenager, had been written in her years at the George Washington High School in New York City. She recorded two CDs of her poetry accompanied by her son Charles, One Sky in 1997 and After Love in 2001. In 1999 she received the Second Bullion Award for poetry at the West River Conference of the Keystone and Area Historical Society. She also received awards for art and photography.

Mrs. Lamb is survived by a daughter, Betsy (Dave) L. Lyons of Hill City, South Dakota, and five sons: Dr. James (Vicki) W. Lamb of Dallas, Texas; Peter (Nancy) H. Lamb of Broomfield, Colorado; John (Pam) A. Lamb of Smyrna, Georgia; Richard (Andrea) H. Lamb of Conifer, Colorado; Charles (Theano) C. Lamb of Crestone, Colorado. There are six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Jacqueline Hoyt Swank of Towanda, Pennsylvania and Audrey Hoyt Johnson of Ojai, California and Hill City, South Dakota, and her husband of 28 years, Dr. Walter C. Lamb of Oneida, New York.

In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to the Hill City Area Arts Council at PO Box 321, Hill City, SD 57745.