Mildred Jeanette (Sommervold) Zweifel was born April 13, 1919 on her parents, John and Petra (Abraham) Sommervold, homestead near Red Elm, South Dakota (near Faith, SD). She died at Bethesda of Beresford August 26, 2007 at the age of 88 years, four months and 13 days.

She, at age four, moved with her parents and older sister, Martha to a farm north of Spink, SD where her brother, Morris and sister, RuAdene Rudi were born. Mildred attended North Spink School in Union County, SD for eight years. She began working for various families in the area and in Sioux City, Iowa before moving to Beresford where she worked for the Farmers Union Grocery and later Breuhlers Pharmacy until she married Clarence Zweifel on February 20, 1949. The couple lived on the Zweifel farm northeast of Beresford where they farmed with his brother Albert.

Mildred enjoyed family and friends, flowers, working in her garden and caring for her home. She was a former member of Roseni Lutheran Church of rural Beresford and Lands Lutheran Church in rural Hudson, SD. She was a current member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Beresford, was active in WELCA and taught Sunday and Bible Schools. Mildred was a member of the Friendly Hour Club for over 50 years.

Survivors include her husband, Clarence; daughter, Darlene Zweifel; sons, John (Valerie) Zweifel, David (Linda Kay) Zweifel and Royal (Kay) Zweifel all of Beresford; eight grandchildren, Heather Zweifel, Danelle (Tom) Kamnikar of Sioux Falls, Janelle Zweifel and Greg Behr of Murfreesboro, TN, Gregory Zweifel and Candace Jensen of Beresford, Mark (Shana) Zweifel of Harrisburg, Lori (Anthony) Laurvick, Luke Zweifel and Lisa Zweifel all of Beresford; great-grandchildren, Austin Zweifel of Murfreesboro, TN, Maggie and Lily Kamnikar of Sioux Falls and soon to arrive child of Mark and Shana. Mildred is also survived by her sister, Martha Jamtgaard of Beresford; brother, Morris Sommervold of Alcester; brother-in-law, Bruce Nilson of Fergus Falls, MN; sisters-in-law, Katherine Krause, Lorene (Freeman) Swanstrom and Laura Zweifel all of Beresford, Iona Carlson of Sioux Falls and Esther Zweifel of Alcester; two aunts, Violet Sand of Viborg and Margaret Sommervold of Sioux Falls and many nieces and nephews.

Her parents; sister, Rudi Nilson; sister-in-law, Helen Sommervold; brothers-in-law, Edwin, Jacob, Albert, Emil, Walter Zweifel, Walter Krause, Merle Carlson and Marvin Jamtgaard preceded her in death.