Lillian “Lil” Ann (Kleinsasser) Woodfork, 93, of Clark, SD, passed away Monday, October 2, 2023, at Prairie Lakes Hospice in Watertown, SD.  

Visitation will be on Thursday, October 5, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., at Doland Methodist Church in Doland, SD. A prayer service and time of sharing will follow at 7:00 p.m.

Her funeral service will be Friday, October 6, at 10:00 a.m., at Doland Methodist Church in Doland, SD.  Pastor Melissa Rowenhorst will officiate.  Burial will follow at the Doland Cemetery. Lunch will be served at Bottom’s Up Event Room in Doland after the burial.

The funeral service for Lil will be recorded and uploaded after the service on the funeral home’s website below her obituary.  Arrangements have been entrusted to Hyke Funeral Home in Redfield, SD (www.hykefuneralhome.com).

Lillian “Lil” was born on September 3, 1930, on the family farm near Carpenter, SD, to John M. and Mary (Wipf) Kleinsasser. She attended country school in Milford Township until they moved to Spink County in 1942. Lil attended 7^th and 8^th grade at Albrecht School. She graduated from Doland High School in 1948. Upon confession of her faith, she was baptized in 1947 and joined Ebenezer Church, which she attended faithfully. Lil worked in several cafes and grocery stores in Doland during high school and after graduation.

On April 16, 1949, she was married to Milford Woodfork. To this union, six daughters were born. She still worked outside the home. Due to Milford’s illness and early retirement, Lil had a daycare out of her home from 1978 to 1990 to care for her disabled husband. Milford passed away on April 21, 1990.

Lil enjoyed crafts: sewing “Cabbage Patch” Dolls, embroidering, making baby blankets, and mending clothes. She was a good cook and enjoyed canning. Lil loved to collect stuffed animals, shoes, and purses of which, she had an extensive collection. She loved watching the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves baseball teams. Lil enjoyed thrifting at thrift stores and playing bingo. She would sing in the church choir and with the church Cantata.

Lil attended and became a member of the Doland Methodist Church and was a very active member. She sold tickets for Doland School activities from 1983 to 2013. Lil was also the Coordinator at Doland Senior Center from 1992 to 2015. In July of 1990, Lil moved to the Doland Apartment Complex, where she lived until moving to Wookey Assisted Living in Clark in July 2015.

She is survived by her daughters, Cleo (James) Parker, Fort Morgan, CO; Brenda Barrie, Garden City, KS; Janet (Norbert) Fortin, Watertown, SD; Karen (Brad) Walter, Garden City, KS; and Julie Woodfork, Sioux Falls, SD;  son-in-law Johnny Lindskov, Doland; thirteen grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Milford, daughter Gloria Lindskov; brothers Zack and David, sisters Mary Wipf, Verna Hausvik, and Lucille Lentz; and two grandsons: Brandon Hoffman, four years old in 1986, and Christen Lindskov, in 2014.