Alyce L. Bartlett was born December 29, 1921 in rural Centerville, SD to parents Robert and Kathryn (Flynn) Young. She died March 5, 2009 at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 87 years, 2 months and 6 days.

Alyce received her education in the Centerville Public School and graduated in 1939. She married her husband Vern in 1940 and they enjoyed nearly 65 years together. They were blessed with two sons, Bob and Jerry. Alyce worked at the Centerville Bakery before joining her husband as a bookkeeper in their Standard Oil business. The couple purchased a LP gas business in the early 1960s and operated it until their retirement in 1974. They enjoyed the next 27 winters in LaFeria and Pharr, Texas.

Alyce was a lifelong member of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church. She was also an active member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Altar Society, Catholic Daughters, and the Model Mrs. Club. Alyces passions included her family, her flower garden, traveling, knitting, crocheting, and tatting.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Katie and Bob, and her husband Vern.

She is survived by her two sons: Bob Bartlett and wife Gloria of Pierre, SD and Jerry Bartlett and wife Nancy of Lees Summit, MO; 6 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren; and sister Rosalie Waggener of Centerville, SD; and many other relatives and friends.

A funeral mass will be held at 10:00AM, Monday, March 9, 2009 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Centerville, with burial at Riverview Cemetery, rural Centerville. Visitation with family present will be Sunday from 6:30PM to 8:00PM at Wass Funeral Home in Centerville.