Audrey Jean Hilmoe

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Audrey Jean Hilmoe, age 80, of rural Dell Rapids, passed away on Friday, July 13, 2018, at her home. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Willow Creek Lutheran Church, rural Dell Rapids. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8:00 PM Friday at Minnehaha Funeral Home, Baltic. Memorials may be directed to the Willow Creek Cemetery.

Audrey was born on the family farm southwest of Hartford, South Dakota on March 19, 1938 to Melvin Clark and Bernadine (Maxvold) Gregg. Her family then moved to a farm on the west edge of Baltic along the Big Sioux River and she graduated from Baltic High School in 1956.

Audrey married Elden Hilmoe on January 5, 1957 at Baltic Lutheran Church. The couple lived in several places while Elden served in the United States Air Force which included: Rapid City (1957), Upper Heyford, England, Lincoln, Nebraska (1963), Topeka, Kansas (1966), Mountain Home, Idaho (1971), Thetford, England (1973), and finally Dell Rapids (1976). Audrey attended Stewart Beauty School in Topeka and worked as a beautician for many years.

Audrey was a member of Willow Creek Lutheran Church. She learned to knit while in England and loved knitting sweaters and blankets for family and friends. She was a loving spirit and was loved by all who knew her. She will leave a gap in our life, but we do not grieve as those who have no hope, as we anticipate seeing her again.

Survivors include her husband, Elden Hilmoe, Dell Rapids; sons Rock Hilmoe of Oak Hall, Virginia, Gary (Laura) Hilmoe of Sioux Falls, and Gregg Hilmoe of Sioux Falls; daughter-in-law, Kristi Hilmoe of Sioux Falls; and grandsons: Zeke (Mandy) Hilmoe of Watertown, and Ike (Autum) Hilmoe and their son, Kent, of Pocomoke City, Maryland.

Audrey was preceded in death by her parents; and siblings: Charles Gregg, Don Gregg, Melva Dybedahl, and LaVonne Leitheiser.