Carol Tipton

Carol Ann Tipton formerly of Lennox, SD, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Village, Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 94. Carol was born to Henry P and Edna (Meier) Smit on November 7, 1929. She attended country school at Burma District #69 for one year, then completed her education and graduated from Lennox High School in May 1947. She worked at Leonard Motors in Lennox, the credit department of Montgomery Ward in Sioux Falls, and then for five years for Lennox Co-op. On May 14, 1952, Carol was united in marriage to Lester Tipton at Second Reformed Church, by Reverend Raymond Denekas. Following Les' discharge from the US Navy in 1953, the couple took up their residence on the farm southwest of Lennox that had been homesteaded by Carol's great-grandparents. To this union, four children were born: Terry, David, Sandy and Lois. Les passed away on August 5, 1994, ending a marriage of 42 years. Carol continued to make her home on the farm until March 2021 when she became a resident of Lennox Assisted Living. She became a resident of the Good Samaritan Village in September 2023. Carol was a lifelong member of Second Reformed Church of Lennox, where she was active in the Philathea Guild, Bible studies, and teaching Sunday School. She had been a 4-H leader, a member of the Lennox Area Historical Society, the Lennox Cemetery Board and although she wasn't always able to be involved in community affairs, she was always interested in the goings on in and around Lennox. Carol was preceded in death by her husband Les, her parents, sisters Sharon Smit and Harriet Tipton, brothers in law Walter "Bud" Tipton, Robert Watson, sister in law Mildred Watson, granddaughter Lacy Tipton, and a great-grandson, Gage Riley Boster. Family was important to Carol and she took an active interest in her children's and grandchildren's lives. Grateful for having shared her life are her children: Terry (Claudette) Tipton, Cecil, WI, David (Jan) Tipton and Sandra "Sandy" (Gary) Zwart of Lennox, and Lois (Russ) DeNeui, Sioux Falls, SD; 7 grandchildren: Jessica (Michael) Magee and Jason (Holly) Tipton of Shawano, WI, Tanner Tipton and Macy (Alex) Hagen of Lennox, SD, Cari (Dan) Boster, Steven (Laura Thiesse) Zwart of Lennox, SD, and Rachel (Victor) Larsen of Sioux Falls, SD; 10 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter, as well as well as a host of other relatives and friends. Services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 17 at Second Reformed Church, Lennox, SD. Visitation, also at Second Reformed Church, with the family present, will be 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Memorials may be directed to the Second Reformed Church Technology Fund or the Lennox Historical Society.

Carol Tipton

November 7, 1929 - August 11, 2024

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