Lorraine Luella Hendrikx , 83, Lemmon, SD, passed away Monday, Jan. 23, 2006 at Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon. Her funeral will be 10:30 a.m., Friday., January 27, 2006 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Lemmon with Pastor Kenneth Miller officiating. Burial will be at Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Renton, WA at a later date.


Special music will be provided by Tony and Ruth Waller. Casket bearers will be Martin Dietrich, Elwood Dietrich, Kenneth Dietrich, Melvin Maxon, Darren Messner and Max Dietrich.


A prayer service will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, January 25 at Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home.


Lorraine was born January 8, 1923 to Jacob and Selma (Dockter) Dietrich at Zeeland, ND. In 1932, the family moved to a farm 17 miles east of McLaughlin, SD. She attended Butte Rural Grade School in the Wakpala School District and McLaughlin High School.


In 1943, she moved to Helena, MT and worked at St. John's Hospital as a nurse's aid. On April 24, 1944 she married Jerry Winningham at Camp Patrick Henry, VA. While her husband served in the Army in Germany during World War II, she worked for her brother Edwin in his grocery store at McLaughlin, SD. After his discharge from the army they moved to Omaha, NE and then Aberdeen, SD. She worked at St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen as a nurse's aid. In 1952, they moved to Detroit, MI and in 1960 they moved to Bremerton, WA. Lorraine attended Griffin-Murphy Brown Business College in Seattle, WA. Upon completion of her schooling, she worked for Garrett Freightways as a dispatcher in Des Moines, WA.


Lorraine married John H. Hendrikx on Feb. 1, 1964. They lived in Des Moines, WA. In 1993, she entered Des Moines Vista Retirement Center at Sea Tac, WA and lived there until 2000. From there she moved to Stafford Suites Retirement Home in Kent, WA. In June of 2001, she moved to Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon, SD where she resided until her death.


Lorraine was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Des Moines, WA . After retirement, her most rewarding job was a volunteer job working for Grace Lutheran Church. She worked at home making phone calls for her Paster to parishioners about meetings and events, finding rides for senior citizens or whatever phone help that was needed. She enjoyed going to church retreats, church circle, collecting pitchers, and reading. Lorraine truly loved and cared for her family, especially her step-children, step-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.


Although Lorraine was born with a birth defect and survived cancer, she always had a positive attitude about her condition. She befriended other people with disabilities.


Grateful for having shared her life are her four stepdaughters, Jan Catlett, Rose Wekluk, West Valley, UT; Vivian Kitchen, Kearns, UT; Eileen Hutton, Sumner, WA; two step-sons John P. Hendrikx, Seattle, WA; Allan Hendrikx, West Valley, UT, one sister Delaine (Melvin) Maxon, Lemmon and five brothers, Martin (Bobbie) Dietrich, Becker, MN; Harold J. (Chun Ok) Dietrich, Mesa, AZ; Leslie Dietrich, Rapid City, SD; Elwood Dietrich, Sturgis, SD; Kenneth Dietrich, Black Hawk, SD; and numerous step-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.


She was preceded in death by her husband John in December 1991, parents, two stepdaughters, two sisters, and three brothers.


A memorial has been established to Five Counties Nursing Home.