Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in Colome, SD. Burial was in the Colome City Cemetery. Mason Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Marilyn was born on December 1, 1939, to Ed and Mary Ann (Lampitt) Lewis in Tripp County, SD, and was a 1957 graduate of Keya Paha County High School in Springview, NE. Marilyn met her husband, Vern, in Millboro, SD. They were married on August 6, 1957, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, and spent the next 66 years together. They lived on a ranch in Millboro, SD, where they raised cattle, and many cats, throughout the years until they retired. Marilyn wore many hats. Not only did she help run the ranch and raise two sons, but she also worked for the South-Central Adjustment Training Center in Winner, SD providing care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She was very active in the community, volunteering her time with 4-H and extension clubs. She was recognized by 4-H for over 50 years of volunteer leadership. For many years, on Sunday nights you would find her on the phone with neighbors to collect information for the Millboro News section in the Winner Advocate. Marilyn enjoyed accompanying her husband on the guitar and other instruments when they played country music at community gatherings. She enjoyed attending dances at the Carlock and other dance halls, writing cowboy poetry and reading poems at local competitions, playing cards, and watching movies and Fox News.
Marilyn Sue Herrmann, age 84, passed away on March 4, 2024, at the Avera Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory, SD.
She is survived by her husband Vernon Herrmann; her sons, Rodney Herrmann (Sharon) of Winner, SD, and Kevin Herrmann (Laura) of Omaha, NE; grandson Micah Herrmann (Adam) of Sioux Falls, SD; granddaughters Grace Herrmann of Broomfield, CO, and Emma Herrmann of Omaha, NE; and many beloved nieces, nephews, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents Ed and Mary Ann Lewis; and brothers Harvey Lewis, Harlan Lewis, and David Lewis.
