Obituary | Lorraine Gouldin of Spearfish, South Dakota

Funeral services for Lorraine Gouldin, 96 of Spearfish, SD will be held on Friday, October 3, 2025 at the United Parish Church in Timber Lake at 10:30 am. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the services in the church. Interment under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge, will take place at the Timber Lake Cemetery.

Lorraine Scott was born July 20th, 1929, to Harry and Pearl (Glerup) Scott in Corson County. Lorraine had no middle name. The family had chosen Lucille Lorraine for a girl’s name so when twins were born, she and her sister shared the same name. She grew up on her parent’s cattle ranch The Bullhead Ranching company on Rock Creek near Bullhead SD, Lorraine attended the Jackson School which was a rural school near their ranch and later attended school in Walker SD and graduated from the McLaughlin High School in 1948. In 1951 Lorraine’s Uncle Dexter Glerup announced he was moving to Burns Oregon and invited Lorraine to move there with him as Burns Oregon at the time was a booming community with plenty of employment opportunities.  In 1952 Lorraine became employed at the Harney County hospital in Burns and made it her career working in Central Supply   for 32 years, retiring in 1983. In 1964 Lorraine and Harry Gouldin a Burns Oregon Police Officer were united in marriage. They made their home in Burns and purchased a new home to live in, and Lorraine quickly made her yard into one of the most beautiful and well-maintained yards in the neighborhood Lorraine and Harry spent a lot of their spare time traveling the Pacific Northwest and Lorraine always accompanied Harry on his annual hunting trips.  Harry passed away in 1977. After Harrys death Lorraine continued living in Burns until 1991 when she returned to South Dakota and moved to Timber Lake to be closer to family. Lorraine never did drive a car and always walked to work and the grocery store and almost anywhere else she needed to go. She was seen almost daily in Timber Lake at the post Office picking up mail for herself and Neighbors who were unable to get to the Post Office. She resided in the Timber Lake manor and always kept busy helping neighbors, shoveling snow around the manor, and keeping the grass watered.  She also volunteered at the senior citizen’s center helping with whatever needed accomplished. Lorraine was a very quiet individual, never had a lot to say but always enjoyed setting among a group of people listening to the conversations, she read the daily papers, watched a lot of national news on TV and was always very up to date on all current events and national news and if someone reported current events or news incorrectly, she always spoke up to correct them and then joined in on the conversations. Lorraine loved to travel and if asked to come along on a trip whether it was to Mobridge, Bismarck, or across the Country she never hesitated and was always ready to go. In 2016 Lorraine was unable to live alone and became a resident of the Golden Living Center in Mobridge SD,  In December 2018 she transferred to the Spearfish Canyon Health Care in Spearfish SD.                

Lorraine is survived by nieces; Joan (James) Luder, Jean (Bill) Veal, Carol (James) Reh, and Elaine (Dennis Neigel) Nephews; Dillard Enright, Justin (Kendra) Enright, Joe (Peggy) Holzer, Allan Elder, Vernon Scott, Scott Enright, and Leland Scott. And numerous Grand Nieces and Nephews. She was preceded in death by; her Husband Harry Gouldin, parents Harry and Pearl Scott, Sisters; Isabelle Holzer, Genieve Elder, Twin sister Lucille Enright, and Brother Charles Scott, Nieces; Dianne Scott, Sandra Pearson, Bonnie Boysen, and Darlene Elder. Nephews; Dale Scott, and Francis Elder 

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