Dorothy L. Oien, 80, Sioux Falls, S.D., died Monday, Nov. 17, 2003, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls. Memorial services were Thursday, Nov. 20, at Our Savior?s Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls. Private burial services were at East Nidaros Lutheran Cemetery. Dorothy Eitreim was born to Willie and Julia (Edmundson) Eitreim on May 18, 1923, on the family farm in rural Rock County. She graduated from Beaver Creek High School and earned her nursing degree from Sioux Valley School of Nursing in Sioux Falls. She married Hemming Oien on Nov. 8, 1952, at Palisade Lutheran Church, rural Garretson, S.D. She served as a 2nd Lt. in the Army Nursing Corps during World War II. After the war, she worked as a night supervisor at Sioux Valley Hospital. She later served as Director of Nursing at Good Samaritan Center in Sioux Falls. Mrs. Oien participated in numerous circle Bible study groups. She was an active member of the Sioux Valley Nurses Alumni Association.Survivors include her husband, Hemming Oien, Sioux Falls; five children, Juli (Jeff) Myers, Loveland, Colo., Barb (Bill) Mast, Oakdale, Jon (Julie) Oien, Bruce Oien and Janet Oien, all of Sioux Falls; six grandchildren, Peter Myers, Josiah, Jesse and Zachary Mast, and Peter and Rachel Oien; three brothers, Warren Eitreim, Parker, S.D., Milton Eitreim, Sun Lakes, Ariz., and Don Eitreim, Lady Lake, Fla.; three sisters, Bernice Miller, Sioux Falls, Mildred Larson, Armour, S.D., Shirley Knowlton, Austin; and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials may be directed to Augustana College in care of the Nursing Scholarship Fund.Heritage Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, was in charge of arrangements.
