Ellen Pearl Shevlin, 85, of Mitchell died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at her home under hospice care. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, May 30, 2013, at First Lutheran Church with burial at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation was from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Will Funeral Chapel with a prayer service beginning at 7 p.m.
Grateful for having shared her life are her two daughters: Holly (Clinton) Pence, Mitchell, Kelly (David ) Roth, Parkston; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Shirley Kopke, Chamberlain; sister-in-law, Fern Olson, Aberdeen; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, on Oct. 19, 1986; a daughter in infancy, Jill, on Feb. 17, 1953; her parents; and a brother, James Arlo Olson Jr.