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Lyle Williamsof Wall, South Dakota, died on Wednesday, January 20, 2016
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Lyle L. Williams was born June 12, 1927, on his father’s homestead, just west of the Jackson County line, between Cottonwood and Quinn, South Dakota, the son of Lee E. and Doris E. (Putnam) Williams. He grew up on the homestead and attended Pleasant Valley rural school until the 5th grade when he and his brother Leslie moved to Quinn and stayed in the dorms for the rest of the school years. Lyle lived in the dorms during the school year, and graduated from Quinn High School in 1945.
After graduation, Lyle entered the US Army, where he was stationed in Mississippi and Florida. Upon his honorable discharge on September 6, 1946, he returned to his father’s ranch.
Lyle was united in marriage to Viola Hamm on March 22, 1947, in Rapid City. (They later found out that they were baptized together on the same day as children.) They made their home on his father’s ranch for one year before moving to Interior where Lyle was the Standard Bulk Agent.
On October 11, 1950, they moved to Owanka and purchased a ranch and raised their family. In 1969, Lyle began in the livestock order buying business as a side job, but grew into buying and selling numerous cattle every year. In 1976, Lyle moved to Rapid City and purchased the Rapid City Livestock Auction. In 1978, he sold the auction barn and moved northeast of Box Elder where they resided until moving to Wall in 2004, after selling part of his cattle to his grandson, and handed his order buying business to his son Myron.
Lyle is a 63-year member of the American Legion, a 39-year member of the Elks Club of Rapid City, a 45-year member of the South Dakota Buckaroos, and spent 20 years as vice-moderator of the Wicksville Community Church, where he was instrumental in the consolidation of the Lakeside and Owanka churches, and the move of the church to Wicksville. Lyle is currently a member of the United Methodist Church of Wall.
Lyle is very proud of the legacy he has left with his family, and the work ethic that is shown in the younger generations.
Survivors include two sons Myron Williams and his wife Mary of Wall, and Marvin Williams and his wife Norma of Owanka; one daughter Laine Halverson and her husband Mike of Sioux Falls; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one brother Leslie Williams (Catherine) of Wall; two sisters-in-law Wava Williams of Boulder, Colorado, and Loy Hamm of Wall; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Lyle was preceded in death by his wife, Viola, on July 10, 2015; his parents; three brothers Gene, Verl, and Forrest Williams; one great-granddaughter Makayla Madeline Mattox as an infant; one great-grandson Jacob Williams as an infant; and one granddaughter-in-law, Stephanie Williams.
VISITATION
Friday, January 22, 2016
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Rush Funeral Chapel
Wall, South Dakota
FUNERAL SERVICES
Saturday, January 23, 2016
10:00 a.m.
United Methodist Church
Wall, South Dakota
OFFICIATING
Pastor Russell Masartis
INTERMENT WITH MILITARY HONORS
Wall Cemetery
Wall, South Dakota
VISITATION
3-5 p.m. Friday, January 22, 2016
Rush Funeral Chapel
Wall, South Dakota
FUNERAL SERVICES
Saturday, January 23, 2016 - 10:00 a.m.
United Methodist Church
Wall, South Dakota
CLERGY
Pastor Russell Masartis
MUSIC
Paige Cordes - Vocalist
“He Belongs To Me”
“I’ll Leave This World Loving You”
Mackenzie Parker - Vocalist
“Green Green Grass of Home”
USHERS
Jerry Johannesen - Wayne Davis - Daryl Brinkhous
PALLBEARERS
Travis Williams - Marty Williams
Monty Williams - Keilani Amo
Mindy Halverson - Misty Mattox
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Lyle’s Great-Grandchildren
INTERMENT WITH MILITARY HONORS
Wall Cemetery
Wall, South Dakota