Sylvia Kortemeyer, 89, Chancellor, S.D., formerly of Hills, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at Canton Good Samaritan Center in Canton, S.D.
Services were Monday, Dec. 9, at Chancellor Reformed Church, Chancellor. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Sylvia Theresa Sundem, was born to Nels and Mollie (Pederson) Sundem on April 30, 1913, in Rock County. She graduated from Hills High School in Hills and from South Dakota State College in Brookings, S.D., in 1935 with a home economics degree.
She married Frederick W. Kortemeyer on Aug, 11, 1940, in Hills. She taught at Barnard and Chancellor high schools and also worked for the Farmers’ Security Administration in Vermillion, S.D. She co-managed Kortemeyer Hardware Store in Chancellor until 1971. In 1977, she became a Mary Kay cosmetic consultant.
Mrs. Kortemeyer was active in church, civic and community groups, having served in many leadership roles including the Board of Directors at Dakota Heritage Bank of Chancellor.
Survivors include six children, William (Sadie) Kortemeyer, Canton, Carolyn Roths, Robert Kortemeyer, Phyllis (Larry) Schrag, Kenneth "Sid" Kortemeyer, all of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Ronald (Jo) Kortemeyer, Rapid City, S.D.; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one brother, Herb Sundem, Hills, and one sister, Helen Barron, Ruthton.
Mrs. Kortemeyer was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1981, and one grandchild, Joshua.
Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home, Parker, S.D., was in charge of arrangements.