August 22 1922 November 2 2022
Obituary Please share a memory of Vivian to include in a keepsake book for family and friends. View Tribute Book Funeral services for Vivian V. Locken, 100, of Aberdeen, SD, will be 2:00pm, Monday, November 7, 2022, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, with Pastor Darlyne Johnson officiating. Private family burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Vivian died Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at Bethesda Home in Aberdeen. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Vivian Virginia Voigt Locken of Aberdeen, SD was born on August 22, 1922, to Ervin Friedrich and Clara (Severson) Voigt at her grandparents’ home north of Groton, SD. She was raised in the Groton area and attended grade school and high school, graduating with the class of 1940. She worked at the Fred Frommel Insurance and Real Estate office out of High School and in 1942 began work with the Brown County Treasurers office in Aberdeen. She worked there for 27 years. She was a member of Scandinavia Lutheran Church and enjoyed all church activities. She enjoyed various craft clubs, crossword puzzles, cards, reading, traveling, extension club, Dorcus circle, church quilters, and League of Women Voters. She was married to LeRoy Locken on November 19, 1944. They were blessed with four children, six grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. The children are Marsha James, Sioux Falls, SD, Dale (Susan) Locken, Akaska, SD, Debra (Steven) Ellsworth, Lawrence KS, and Kevin (Barbara) Locken, Gotha, Florida. Kevin passed away on October 19, 2013. The granddaughter is Michaela Gragert of Elkhorn, Nebraska. Grandsons are Brian (Alicia) James, Sioux Falls, SD, Nathan (Beth) Locken, Aberdeen, SD, Michael (Nicole) Locken, Broomfield, Colorado, Bradley (Bailey Louderback) Locken, Akaska, SD, Matthew Ellsworth, Lawrence, Kansas. Six great-granddaughters, Emma Grobe, Lincoln, Nebraska, Addie Gragert and Emme Gragert, Elkhorn, Nebraska. Airlie Locken, Broomfield, Colorado, Isabella Locken and Elliana Locken, Aberdeen, SD. Great-grandson Jackson Locken of Broomfield, Colorado, and one sister Jean Walter of Groton, SD. She is proceeded in death by her husband LeRoy, son Kevin, parents Ervin and Clara Voigt, two sisters Myrtis Larson and Lorraine Pasch, three brothers, Donald, Robert, and Beverly Voigt. The family would like to thank the staff at Bethesda Towne Square and Bethesda Nursing Home for the wonderful care that was given to Vivian. www.spitzerfuneralhome.com To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Vivian , please visit our floral store. Read more
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Vivian V Locken August 22 1922 November 2 2022.
Death notice for the town of: Aberdeen, state: South Dakota