With heavy hearts, we share the passing of Phyllis Georgeson Friman, 99,.
Below, the simplest tribute: the truth of a life as it was lived.
The story begins in 1919, with the arrival of a life that would be cherished by many.
Phyllis held deeply to the Catholic faith — and was, by all accounts, loved by those who knew her best.
A life of belief is a life of quiet conversation with something larger.
Phyllis Elfreda (Long)(Georgeson) Friman, 99 peacefully joined the multitude of angels on Tuesday November 27th, 2018. Phyllis was born January 27,1919 on a farm in rural Viborg.SD to Balsor and Rose (Peterson) Long. She was the 1st of 4 children. She had a long and eventful life. Phyllis attended rural school and then Hurley High School. She married Howard James Georgeson on January 12, 1938. They had two children, JoAnne and Jim. They lived on a farm close to Wall Lake and worked road construction and farmed until 1953 when they sold the farm and purchased Turkey Ridge Store and Turkey Ridge Oil Company. In 1958 they sold Turkey Ridge Store and moved to Hurley SD but continued to operate the Oil Company.Howard was killed in an auto accident in 1962 and Phyllis continued to own and operate the Oil Company.Phyllis then married Eugene Friman on December 2, 1965. They ran the oil company until August 1987Phyllis and Gene raised many different animals,most notably buffalo and llama on their acreage in Hurley which was often referred to as the Hurley zoo. Gene died of complications from surgery in 1996. Phyllis remained in Hurley until 2004 when her and her dog "Cookie" moved into the Good Samaritan Home in Lennox SD. Phyllis died peacefully at the Avera Dougherty Hospice Cottage on November 27, 2018.Grateful for sharing her life and memories were her daughter Joanne Krager, Redwood Falls, MN, and her son, Jim (Avis)Georgeson, Hurley – Grandchildren Julie (Daniel) Dorfschmidt, Mandan ND. Joni (Jim) Nieland, Redwood Falls, MN. Jean Lange, Jasper MN. Jacque Georgeson, Alameda, CA – Howard (Laurie), Hudson,WI. Jerome Georgeson, Hurley,SD. – One brother, Ralph (Jeanne) of Hurley, SD, and sister laws Lois Long of Sioux Falls, Edith (Donnie) Moe, Letcher, SD – Eleanor Bjerkaas, Yankton, SD, Dorothy Friman, Tripp SD, Doris Cordell, Huron SD, Jeanette Rusk, Audrey (George) Sample, Carolyn McMahon, all of Flandreau SD, 11 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren and many nieces nephews.Phyllis was preceded in death by her husbands, Howard Georgeson and Gene Friman, parents Balsor and Rose Long, brothers, Ray, Arlie and wife, Myrna Long, Great granddaughter Amanda Nieland along with many other close family members.A Celebration of Life will be held the weekend of her 100th birthday with visitation from 5-7pm and a prayer service at 7:00pm Friday, January 25, 2019 and Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30am Saturday January 26,2019 at St. Boniface/Idylwilde Catholic Church, Turkey Ridge, SD.
