Aberdeen - Mass of Christian Burial for Kenneth M. Red Hill Sr., 82, of Aberdeen, will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 16, 2005, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 409 Third Ave. S.E. Aberdeen, with Father Brian Simon officiating. A luncheon with time for fellowship will follow the funeral at Schriver's Memorial Fellowship Center, Aberdeen. Graveside Committal Service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at Tekawitha Cemetery, rural St. Charles, S.D. Father Janusz Korban will officiate. The casket will be open at the cemetery starting at 9:30 a.m. A lunch will be served at Sacred Heart Parish Hall in Burke, S.D., following the burial service.

Schriver's Memorial Mortuary & Crematory, Aberdeen, is in charge of arrangements, and Clausen Funeral Home of Burke, S.D. There will be a liturgical wake service at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2005, followed by a rosary led by Sister Barbara McTague at Schriver's Memorial Mortuary & Crematory, Aberdeen. Visitation will be from 3-9 p.m. Sunday, and from 8-10 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. A Liturgical Rosary service will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Burke, S.D. at 7 p.m. Monday, May 16, 2005, with visitation starting at 7 p.m. at the church in Burke, with a lunch following at the parish hall. Kenneth died of natural causes on Thursday, May 12, 2005, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen.

Kenneth M. Red Hill, was born June 7, 1922, to John and Winifred (Heck) Red Hill in Jordan, S.D. He attended school at the Rosebud Boarding School in Mission, S.D. Ken worked on the farm the majority of his life. He married Marcella Circle Fool on Sept. 17, 1943, in Butte, Neb. Ken loved the outdoors, cooking and working on Search Word Puzzles. His favorite game shows were “The Price is Right” and “Wheel of Fortune”. Ken was very encouraging, supportive and proud of his children's educational and career accomplishments. He loved his grandson very much and was extremely proud of his career choice in the law enforcement field.

Grateful for having shared his life are his children, Harvey Red Hill and Lila Topalian of Aberdeen, his grandson, Erik Red Hill of Aberdeen. Two nieces, Pauline (Ernest) Pourier of Vermillion, S.D., and Veronica Valandra of Rosebud, S.D.; three nephews: Richard Chasing Hawk Jr. of Aberdeen, S.D.; Steven Chasing Hawk of Vermillion, S.D.; and Melvin (Joyce) Chasing Hawk of Lake Andes, S.D. He was preceded in death by his wife, two daughters, Sandra Red Hill and one in infancy, two sons, Kenneth Jr. and one in infancy, his parents, eight brothers with one in infancy, and four sisters. Pallbearers for Ken's service in Aberdeen will be his grandson, Erik Red Hill, Luke Nelson, Richard Chasing Hawk Jr., Jim Geffre, Lucion LaFontaine and David Azure. Pallbearers for his graveside service at rural St. Charles, S.D., will be Erik Red Hill, Richard Chasing Hawk, Jr., Steven Chasing Hawk, Melvin Chasing Hawk, Byron Andrews, Lorenzo Stars, Jess Andrews and Maynard Heck. 

Published in the Aberdeen News on May 15, 2005.