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Lynette Higgins, 69, of Mitchell passed away Friday, January 21, 2022 at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell after battling cancer for 18 years.  Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at the Congregational UCC Church in Mitchell.  Visitation will begin one hour prior.  Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.

The family requests memorials be made to the Congregation UCC Church, the Mitchell Area Historical Society or the Prehistoric Indian Village.

Lynette was born on May 12, 1952 to Cecil and Vera (Lorang) Alt in Mitchell, SD.  Her family later moved to Gregory, SD where she graduated High School.  She then attended Dakota State in Madison, SD for a year and a half before moving to Mitchell Technical College. She was talented when it came to music and she played several instruments including the clarinet, keyboard and guitar.  Lynette worked at St. Joseph Hospital where she met Edward.  The couple fell in love and married on May 24, 1974.  They moved to Omaha, NE in June of the same year where Lynette worked in the ER in admissions for 3 years.  Lynette and Edward moved to Webster, SD in June of 1977, where they had two sons, before moving to Mitchell in 1980. Lynette then worked part time in the radiology department as a transcriptionist at the hospital.

Because Lynette enjoyed helping people and sharing knowledge and wisdom, she did volunteer work for both the Area Historical Society and the Prehistoric Indian Village.  Friends and family alike knew if you could not find Lynette at home, she was volunteering her time to enrich other people's lives.

In 2005 and 2010 Lynette became a grandmother; she spent many months staying with her grandchildren when they first came into the world; driving to Sioux Falls on Sunday, staying with them throughout the week before returning home on Friday evening and doing it all over again the next Sunday.

Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Edward, her sons Jeremiah (JoLynn) Higgins and Michael Higgins, grandchildren, Ariana and Xavier Higgins, brothers, Terry (Annette) Larson, Stan Larson, Marlin (Susan) Alt as well as many extended family and friends.