Viola Margene Eldridge was born July 9, 1936 at Winner, to Henry and Dorothy (Schmidt) Holthus. She was raised in Hamill where she attended grade school and then attended high school in Winner. On November 18, 1954, Viola was united in marriage to Byron Dale Eldridge at the Lutheran Parsonage in Winner. They made their home on Bull Creek on Byron’s folks yard for a year before moving to a farm northeast of Hamill where they remained for the next 35 years. In 1990, they moved to Colome and then in December of 2007 moved to Chamberlain to be near family and for health reasons.
Viola was a mother and farm wife first and foremost but would also work as a substitute post master in Hamill and Colome. At times, she worked at the Colome Cafe’. Viola was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church serving in the Ladies Aide and as a Sunday School Teacher. She was a member of the Hamill Horseman’s Club and was a faithful blood donor becoming a member of the “Gallon Club” and was very close to reaching the “Two Gallon Club”. Viola was a dutiful letter writer and loved to read.
Viola passed away on April 2, 2015 at Sanford Medical Center in Chamberlain at the age of 78 years.
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