Sarah A. Lofgren

   Sarah A. Lofgren was born August 15, 1927 to Fred and Gail (Crank) Carter in Isabel, SD.  As a young girl the family moved to Firesteel, SD which was a small town close to Isabel.  Sarah and her sister Charlotte attended grade school in Firesteel but had to travel to Isabel for high school where they lived at a boarding house with five other girls during the school week.  They would eagerly look forward to Friday when they would be excused early to catch the train called the Galloping Goose back to Firesteel for the weekend.  Sarah very much enjoyed living in Firesteel where she said everyone was friends and like one big family.

   After high school Sarah enrolled in Green’s School of Cosmetology in Rapid City, SD.  Following graduation she worked for one year as a beautician at the Style Beauty Shop in Lemmon, SD to obtain her beautician’s license before returning to Isabel and opening Sarah’s Beauty Salon which she owned and operated for 46 years before retiring and moving to Sioux City, IA.  She also mentored her sister Charlotte and helped her become a licensed beautician.  It wasn’t long after moving to Sioux City before Sarah decided she wasn’t quite ready for retirement and missed her community involvement.  She quickly took up volunteering at St. Luke’s Hospital and also decided to work at the Hy-Vee grocery store where she could interact with customers.  She was particularly well known by many customers for doing product samplings and seemed to have a knack for getting them to purchase whatever she was sampling.  Sarah truly enjoyed her interactions with the customers and the opportunity to visit with them.  She later worked for Midwest Alarm Company in Sioux City for a brief period before permanently retiring due to health reasons.

   On November 19, 1959 Sarah married the love-of-her-life, Myron Lofgren, and together raised four children in Isabel.  Sarah was very active in the Isabel community where she was extremely proud of helping start the Isabel High School Alumni Association and the Isabel medical clinic which brought much needed healthcare to the community.  She was also active in St. Mary’s Catholic Church and a member of the ladies Guild, the American Legion Auxiliary and Better Homemakers Extension Club.  In her spare time which wasn’t much, Sarah enjoyed painting, cooking and helping her daughters with 4-H cooking competitions.

   Sarah is survived by her daughters Marva McMillen of Sioux Falls, SD, and Maxine (Brock) Hutchinson of Dakota Dunes, SD; sons Marlon (Laurie) Lofgren of Omaha, NE, and Marty (Kathy) Lofgren of Edmond, OK; sister Charlotte Carter of Sioux City, IA; sister-in-law Lavone Lofgren of Armour, SD; 7 grandsons and 6 granddaughters.

   She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, a brother and sister, 3 sisters-in-law, 6 brothers-in-law, a son-in-law, one infant son and one grandson.

   Memorial contributions may be directed to Holy Spirit Retirement Home.