Sydney Mizera, age 83 of Lemmon, passed away on Wednesday evening, March 1, 2017 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30am MT, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon. Fr Tony Grossenburg will officiate with burial in Greenhill Cemetery.
A Rosary Service will be held at 7:00pm on Monday evening at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon.

Serving as casketbearers are her grandchildren, Jeremy, Christopher, and Timothy Weaver, Rebecca Baumeister, Brianna Ortiz, Jedidiah Walker, Stacey Carrero, Kathryn Daywalker, Alicia Walker, Jennifer Hourigan, Marcie and Craig Mizera, Jamie Canning, Victoria and Chad Holgard, Megan and Daniel Stone, Jaci, Stephanie, and Jacob Satter. Sydney's 23 great grandchildren are considered honorary bearers.

Sydney Janet Heeren was born on May 6, 1933 in Lemmon, SD to John and Forrest (France) Heeren. She attended Lemmon public schools, went to school her freshman year at St. Martin's in Sturgis, SD, and graduated from Lemmon High School in 1951. Sydney started perfecting her bookkeeping skills while in high school working for her dad at Heeren Trucking Co. She continued bookkeeping for the company until her retirement.

She married John B. Mizera on September 25, 1951 in Lemmon. They lived in McLaughlin, SD for several years before moving back to Lemmon where she spent the rest of her life. Upon the death of her father, she and John continued to manage the company, which they co-owned with her sister Betty.


Sydney belonged to the St. Mary's Altar Society, Catholic Daughters of America (CDA), Koinonia, was a Sacristan and a Eucharistic Minister of Holy Communion. While she lived in McLaughlin, she played piano at Mass.


Sydney is survived by her children, Sally (Bill) Weaver, Rapid City, SD; Peggy (Allen) Walker, Pinedale, WY; Mike (Connie) Mizera, Lemmon, SD; Marilyn (Ken) Holgard, Billings, MT; Kathleen (Matthew) Stone, Rapid City, SD; Sharon (David) Satter, Phoenix, AZ; 20 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Mrs. Jean Mizera, and Mrs. Wihelmina Mizera.

She was preceded in death by her parents J.B. and Forrest (France) Heeren, her husband John, her sister and brother-in-law Betty and Jack Ross, 4 brothers-in-law, Raymond, Robert, and Donald Mizera, and Robert Voight, 2 sisters-in-law Maxine Mizera, and Lillian Voight, numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and many dear friends.

A memorial has been established.

Visitation will be on Monday from 1:00 to 5:30pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.