Kevin L. Halvorson, age 51 of Lemmon, formerly of Sioux Falls died unexpectedly Friday evening, Aug. 19 at his home in Lemmon.

Kevin LeRoy Halvorson, son of Gordon and Lois (Nelson) Halvorson was born March 18, 1954 in Sioux Falls, SD. He was raised in Sioux Falls and graduated from Washington High School in 1972. Kevin loved motorcycles and started riding and building them when he was a young teenager. He also loved restoring classic cars and building hot rods.

Kevin did a variety of construction and building throughout his life including working on highways in South Dakota, various buildings in Sioux Falls, the Dakota Dome in Vermillion, and the largest compression station in the world in northwestern North Dakota, the Northern Border Pipeline, the gold mines in the Black Hills, and on the railroad. He was an armstrong certified linoleum and carpet installer and owned Kevin's Carpet in Vermillion.

He had strong political convictions and opinions that lead him to study law in Vermillion at USD just for the fun of it. Kevin loved animals, especially dogs, and enjoyed spoiling Bluto, his German Rottweiler, Toby, his Border Collie and Rex, his Husky mix.

He met his soul mate, Delretta Wiesinger and they were united in marriage in Vermillion on Sept. 9, 1994.

Most recently Kevin and Delretta were the owner-operators of the Prairie Motel in Lemmon for seven and one- half years. At his time of death he was employed as a marketing administrator at the Lemmon Leader.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Delretta; son, Jamie of Missoula, MT; daughter, Deby Jo (Greg) McNally, Helena, MT; his mother, Lois, Sioux Falls; brothers, Rodney, Sioux Falls; Randy, Vermillion; his father-in-law, Delbert (Lucy) Wiesinger, Hettinger, ND; sister-in-law, Dianna (Alex) Abadayan, Olathe, KS; and nieces, Jordan, Michelle, Miranda, Maria, Holly Beth, Alexis and grand niece Shelby.

Kevin was preceded in death by his grandparents; his father, Gordon; infant sister Cheryl; his mother-in-law, Esther Wiesinger; and sister-in-law, Dori Jordan.

The funeral service will be held 10:30am Thursday, August 25 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Lemmon. Pastor Ken Miller will officiate with burial in Greenhill Cemetery.

A memorial has been established.

Special music will be provided by Marilyn Willey.

Serving as casketbearers are Morgan and Rodney Wise; Dave Durick, Matthew Jack, Dale Johnson, Steve Seidel, and Jim Claude Haugen. All friends and family are considered honorary bearers.