Graveside services for Eulala Lensegrav, age 96, of Rapid City, SD, formerly of the Meadow, SD, area, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at the Gallaway Cemetery south of Meadow, SD. Rev. Harold Delbridge will officiate.
Eulala M. (Martin) Lensegrav was born on August 3, 1921, in Lane, SD, to John and Olga (Johnson) Martin. Eulala's family moved to a farm near Coal Springs, SD, where she grew up along with 7 brothers and 4 sisters. Following her graduation from high school, she married John Hulm in 1943. They had two children, Lyle and Diane.
Eulala worked alongside John on the farm, and also worked as a waitress, a clerk at J.C. Penny's and eventually retired from Sears. She loved her children, family and friends and enjoyed reading, gardening, playing cards, dancing, walking and visiting.
In 2009 she entered the Bella Vista Care Center in Rapid City, SD. She battled Dementia, but received outstanding care, and her family is forever grateful to the staff for the love and care they gave Lala.
Eulala passed away on Friday, November 3, 2017, at the Bella Vista Care and Rehabilitation Center in Rapid City, SD.
She is survived by her daughter, Diane Stadel, Rapid City, SD; two brothers, Alvin and Dean Martin, both of Rapid City, SD; three sisters-in-law, Edna Martin (Lowell), Rose Martin (Floyd) and Lillian Martin (John); and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; son, Lyle, siblings, Maynard, Lowell, Vivian, Roland "Bud", Floyd, Marcella, John and Verna; three nephews, Maynard, Arlen and Monte Hulm.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred for Alzheimer's research.