Mildred Giedd, 91, of Avon

Funeral services are 10:30 A.M, Monday, August 22, 2011 at the Danzig Baptist Church, rural Avon. Burial is in the church cemetery. Visitation will be at the church on Sunday with the family present from 5 pm until 7 pm. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Chapel in Avon is in charge of arrangements.

Mildred Violet Giedd was born on a farm northeast of Avon, South Dakota on July 29, 1920, the daughter of John and Emma (Berndt) Giedd. She died Friday, August 19, 2011 at Avera St. Benedict Health Center in Parkston.

Mildred attended school through the eighth grade at the Giedd country school northeast of Avon. She worked on the farm in her younger years. Mildred then moved to Mitchell and worked in various cafes. While living in Mitchell, she traveled extensively through Europe, the Middle East and the Orient during the 60's. After she retired, she moved to Avon, where she lived in the Meadowview Manor, but loved driving to and spending time at the farm with her sister and brother-in-law. Mildred moved to the Tripp Good Samaritan Society in 2006.

Mildred was a member of the Danzig Baptist Church and the Ladies Aid.

Mildred will be remembered for her love of traveling, photography, knitting and crocheting. She had a special interest in her nieces and nephews and loved being with her family.

Thankful for having shared her life are her brother, Wilmer and wife Arlene Giedd of Avon; sister, Dorothy Burfeindt of Avon; sister-in-law, Arlene Giedd of Wisconsin; and many nieces and nephews.

Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Earl Giedd and sister, Virginia Podzimek.