Phylis L. Gotfredson, 91, Belle Fourche, died Saturday, April 18, 2015 at her home in Belle Fourche.

Visitation will be prior to services on Wednesday.

Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Harold Delbridge officiating. Burial follows at the Black Hills National Cemetery.

A memorial has been established to the Hospice of the Northern Hills.

Phylis was born December 9, 1923 at Belle Fourche to Philip and Helen (Masters) Vallery. She was raised on the homeplace in Fruitdale and attended the Hillside school. She graduated high school in Belle Fourche.

During World War II she worked in Washington, DC in the Pentagon and later in the Navy Yard in Seattle, WA.

She married Elvie Gotfredson on August 10, 1947. The couple eventually made their home on a ranch east of Newell.

Phylis was an avid reader and an accomplished china painter. She was active in the local china painting club. She cooked for many branding and shearing crews. She enjoyed crocheting, knitting and sewing. She also enjoyed gardening. Phylis had a special talent for raising bum lambs.

She is survived by her sons Gary (Deb) and Bruce (Wava); grandson Chris and granddaughter Kayla (Adam) Wiechmannn.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and brothers; Don, Thornton and Verlon.

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