The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

Lola Jean Booth passed away peacefully at home on Nov. 11, 2023 at the age of 99.

Lola was born March 22, 1924 in Chamberlain, S.D. She grew up in hard times from sturdy and strict immigrant stock. Her father, William E. (Bill) Holbach was of German descent. Her mother, Inga "Vera" Goff Holback was of German/Norwegian descent. Lola was a tom-boy and spent her days in the fields with her dad on a small farm along the Crow Creek; stacking hay or rounding up the milk cows, Whitey and Roannie. On cold winter days, she and her sisters would cut out paper dolls from the Montgomery Wards and Sears ca...