Funeral services will take place on Friday, April 6, 2018 at 10:00 AM (Mountain).
United Church (101 S. Howard Ave.)
Philip, South Dakota
of Yankton, South Dakota, formerly of Philip, died on Sunday, April 1, 2018 at her daughter's home in Yankton at the age of 83
Alice Marie Fetter was born April 10, 1934, at home north of Martin, the daughter of Orvill and Bernice (Kimball) Fetter. She attended a one-room school house in Patricia (Bennett County) South Dakota.
At the age of 18, she was married to Earnest L. Frink in Martin at McPherson's Beauty Shop with Hazel Baker as her witness. They lived in Patricia, until they moved to the Eddie Seidler Ranch south of Kadoka from 1958 until 1963 they lived on the George Olson Place. In 1963 they moved to Kadoka. Her husband Earnest preceded her in death in 1981.
Alice was united in marriage to Kenneth "Catfish" Harvey on July 2, 1988, in Kadoka. They made their home in Interior until moving to Philip in 2001. Kenneth preceded her in death on May 15, 2004. Alice continued to make her home in Philip until moving to Yankton in 2006.
Alice was a longtime member of the Kadoka Lions Club, the Rebeccah Lodge, and the Presbyterian Church of Kadoka, Interior, and Philip.
Survivors include two daughters Mary Kehrer of Port Charlotte, Florida, and Patty Squyres of Yankton; six grandchildren Kathy Wright, Sonja Johnson, Earnest James "EJ" Frink, Erik Konold, Rebekka Catherwood, and Travis Frink; twenty-two great-grandchildren, one great-great granddaughter; two brothers Jim Fetter of Martin and Jack Fetter of Hay Spring NE; two sisters Opal Hopper of Merriman, NE and Judy Tallman of Yuma AZ/Rapid City SD; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
In addition to her first husband Earnest Frink, and her second husband Kenneth "Catfish" Harvey Alice was preceded in death by a son Larry Frink in 1983; a granddaughter Misty Hamar in 2017; her parents, and two brothers John and Roy “Shorty” Fetter.
Funeral services will take place at the United Church, 101 South Howard Ave, Philip, SD on Friday, April 6th 2018 at 10:00a.m. MDT.
Interment will follow at the Martin Community Cemetery that afternoon.
FUNERAL SERVICE
Friday, April 6, 2018 - 10:00 a.m.
United Church
Philip, South Dakota
OFFICIATING
Pastor Kathy Chesney
MUSIC
Sally Jankord - Pianist
Deb Smith - Vocalist
"Amazing Grace"
"How Great Thou Art"
PALLBEARERS
All of Alice's Grandchildren
Kathy Wright - Sonja Johnson
Earnest James "EJ" Frink - Erik Konold
Rebekka Catherwood - Travis Frink
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
All Great and Great-Great-Grandchildren
INTERMENT
Martin Community Cemetery
Martin, South Dakota