Trista Marie Meyer, 34, went to Heaven with her daughter Shyann, on Dec. 2, 2012 as the result of a tragic airplane crash in Sevier County, Utah.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Saturday, December 8, 2012, at Our Lady of the Black Hills in Piedmont, SD, with Father Steve Biegler officiating. A second service will be held at 2:30pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012, at St. James Catholic Church in Chamberlain with Father Guy Blair officiating. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery in Oacoma, SD.

Trista was born on June 28, 1978 in Rapid City, SD to Roger James and Myra Jean (Harmon) Meyer. She joined her older sister Meridith at home. At an early age, her family moved to Randall, MN where three more siblings, Richard, Randy, and Tessa, joined her. Trista attended school in Randall and Little Falls, MN and then Sturgis, SD where she graduated high school in 1997. Growing up, Trista loved sports, cheerleading, 4-H, horseshows, and especially loved animals of any kind. She also loved being outdoors, going hiking, camping, and biked the entire 109 mile Mickelson trail in SD. In the last few years she developed a passion for flying, saying she never felt more free than when she was in the air. During high school, Trista started working at Elk Creek Steakhouse where she met and married Mark Allan Lenz, and to this union was born a beautiful blue eyed baby girl, Shyann Amy Lenz. Trista loved her daughter more than anything else in the world. Trista was not afraid to try anything and as a result, had many adventures and held many different jobs; aside from Elk Creek, she worked as a corrections officer for Pennington County Jail, a mail carrier for Black Hills Mail Carriers, and most recently a haul truck operator for Alpha Resources at the Bel-Ayre Mine in Gillette, WY.

Trista is survived by her mother, Myra (Bruce) Fees, Rozet, WY; father, Roger (Leslie) Meyer, Bethel, MN; sisters, Meridith (Scott) Johnson, Gillette, WY, Tessa (Chris) Meland, Sturgis, SD, and Gina Weyer, Sturgis, SD and Tina (Ryon) Palmer, Scribner, NE; brothers, Richard (Sophia) Meyer, Piedmont, SD, Randy (Lori) Meyer, Oacoma, SD, Sean Byboth, Minneapolis, MN, and Steven (Karen) Byboth, Anoka, MN; nephews, Steele Johnson, Blaise Johnson, Ridge Johnson, Korbin Meland, Blake Byboth, and Garett Palmer; nieces, Laika Johnson, Kerrigan Meland, Kwynnlee Meland, Penelope Meyer, Carmen Pryzbilla, Kelsey Byboth and Whitney Weyer; and grandmothers, Coleen Short, Piedmont, SD, Evelyn Meyer, Little Falls, MN and Faye Fees, Opal, SD.

Trista was joined in death by her daughter and the light of her life, Shyann.

Preceding her in death were her grandfathers, Lloyd Short, Edward Meyer, and Glenn Harmon.

A memorial has been established.

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