Evelyn K. Josephson  Belle Fourche, SD

Funeral services for Evelyn K. Josephson, 99, of Belle Fourche will be held Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 10am at the Black Hills Gospel Assembly Church in Belle Fourche. Pastor Harold Giffin will officiate and graveside services will held at 12:30pm at Cave Hills Cemetery north of Buffalo, SD. Visitation will be from 1 to 7pm, Monday, January 24, 2005 at the Funeral Home of the Northern Hills, Belle Fourche and one hour prior to services at the church. Evelyn Katherine Josephson went home to be with the Lord on Friday evening, January 21, 2005.

Evelyn (Hilton) Josephson was born January 16, 1906 in Casper Canyon in the South Cave Hills, Harding County, SD. She was the youngest of twelve children born to Henry and Margaret (Karinen) Hilton.

Evelyn attended a one room school for 8 years and lived in the South Cave Hills for most of her life. She married Jalmer (Prince) Josephson in 1924. Together they raised eight children. She also took care of her mother for a number of years until her passing in 1959.

Evelyn was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in the little church in the South Cave Hills. Her faith was strong and sustained her throughout the hardships she endured. Her Bible was a constant companion.

She is remembered as a hard worker with a remarkable memory, even at 99 years of age. She was a gentle, kind, and loving person and will be missed by her family and friends.

She leaves to mourn her passing, her children; Rose Schar, Belle Fourche, Donald Josephson, Fort Meade, Joyce Jones, Niles, MI, Shirley Peterson, Rapid City, Verla (Howard) Heikkila, Belle Fourche, and Gloria Flinn, Belle Fourche; 18 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 20 great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.

She was preceeded in death by her husband Jalmer (Prince) Josephson in 1963, her parents, a son Virgil "Bud", a daughter Elsie and her husband Maurice Enerson, grandson William Enerson, grandson K.C. Jones, sons-in-law Claude Enerson, Milo Richard, Neil Newlander, Orville Jones and Kenneth Flinn, her brothers Jacob, Matt, William, George, Walter and Albert, her sisters Hulda and Anna, and several children in infancy.