Lillian Beukelman

Lillian Beukelman, 90, passed away at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD on April 12, 2025. A Visitation will be held 9-10 AM, Friday, April 18, 2025, at Heritage Funeral Home with a Celebration of Life starting at 10 AM. Interment will follow after the luncheon at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Lillian was born December 19, 1934, to John and Adrianna (Van Den Bos) Meyerink. She was baptized as an infant at the Platte Christian Reformed Church. She lived on the farm, attended a rural country school and graduated from Platte High School in 1952. On May 28, 1954, she married the love of her life, Dennis Beukelman in Platte, SD. To this union, three children were born.

Grateful for having shared in Lillian's life are her son, Dwight (Deb) Beukelman, Sioux Falls, SD and their daughters Tiffany (Steve) Pope, Scottsdale, AZ - Brittany (Drew) Foley, Rapid City, SD and son Tanner, Sioux Falls, SD; Daughter Cheryl (Randy) Tisher, Faulkton, SD and their daughters Autumn (Joe) Ansell, Sioux Falls, SD - Kamaria (Jason) Serfling, Sturgis, SD - Vanessa (Kyle) Bowman, Faulkton, SD and Megan (Casey) Hlavacek, Faulkton, SD; Son Doug (Kristi) Beukelman, Sioux Falls, SD and their daughters MacKenzie (Nathan) Reynolds, Sioux Falls, SD - Stephanie (Mason) Landon, Clarksville, TN; 23 great grand-children; one sister, Irene Zwagerman and one sister-in-law, Rose Meyerink.

Lillian was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Dennis; parents, John and Adrianna Meyerink, sisters and brothers-in-law: Leona (Ted) Ringling, Martha (Hanky) Munneke, Wilma (John) Hasseler; and Andi (Ed) Van Zee; and two brothers and one sister-in-law: Harlow (Jean) Meyerink and Bertus Meyerink.

Memorials in Lillian's honor may be directed to the Navigator’s Ministry