Mavis Lorraine Satter was born in Union township, Pierpont, South Dakota on October 30, 1917 to Herman and Emma (Enstad) Paulson. She died in Watertown, SD on May 21, 2019 at the age of 101 years, six months and 21 days.

She was baptized and confirmed in Skudesness Lutheran Church. Mavis attended eight years of country school and graduated from Pierpont High School in 1935. After working in Minneapolis for several years she was married to Luverne Satter of Elk Point, SD on April 16, 1941.

They farmed in the Elk Point area until moving to Alcester in 1963. Mavis worked at Bethesda Home for the Aged for a few years and later was employed at Otis Radio in Hawarden, Iowa. After working at the same job for 22 years she retired in 1986.

She was a member of Brule Creek Lutheran Church where she worked with the Ladies Aid and taught Sunday School for many years.

Mavis is survived by her two sons, David (Marvey) Satter of Watertown and John Satter of Sioux Falls; daughter, Judith (Greg) Hammerstrom of Watertown; eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and three sisters-in-law, Ardis Leyman of Long Beach, CA, Delores Nelson of Bristol, SD and Arlene Satter of Houston, TX. She was preceded in death by her husband, Luverne, in 1977; her parents, two brothers, three sisters and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services for Mavis will be 10AM Friday, June 7, 2019 at Brule Creek Lutheran Church, rural Elk Point, SD with burial to follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, June 6th from 4-8PM at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford with the family present from 5-7PM. The family requests memorials to Brule Creek Cemetery, PO Box 566, Alcester, SD  57001.