Lillie Ann Truhe passed away on March 25, 2016, at the age of 94 and went to her heavenly home after a courageous battle with cancer. Lillie Ann was born on July 2, 1921, to Felix and Anna (Riha) Watzel who were homesteaders near Colome, in 1909. She was the youngest of eight children. Her mother passed away at the age of 41 when Lillie Ann was two years old. Lillie graduated from Winner High School in 1938 at the age of 16. She attended Southern State Teachers' College in Springfield, and received a teaching credential. During her first year of teaching she met Clint Truhe. They were married in January of 1940 and became life-long companions for 63 years. They were blessed with five children. Their children's activities were important to them and came first and foremost. During the first years of their marriage they owned and operated a farm near Clearfield. In 1946 they moved to Winner where they built a new home and purchased a feed and seed produce business. Clint and Lillie Ann were active members of the Methodist Church. She belonged to the Winner Women's Club and participated in community events. In 1956 she resumed teaching and taught at rural schools in Tripp County and later taught elementary school in the Winner School District. After many years of attending summer school at Southern State Teacher's College she received a Bachelor Degree in1966. Clint and Lillie moved to Rapid City in 1966 where she taught at the Ellsworth Air Force Base for the next 18 years. She was a professional and dedicated educator. She received a special award at a state teacher's convention and had her name placed on a plaque in the S.D.E.A facility at the capital in Pierre. In 1971 they built their retirement home north of Rapid City and lived there for the next 27 years. Over the years they held family reunions in the Black Hills and other states where their children lived. Lillie Ann and Clint were a fun loving couple and lived life to the fullest. One of their greatest passions was dancing. It was said that all their dance steps could have taken them around the world. They traveled extensively in the US and visited Canada and Europe. She belonged to the First United Methodist Church, Retired Teachers Association, VFW Women's Auxiliary; Women of the Moose Lodge, Card Club and Canyon Lake Senior Citizens. In 1998 they moved back to Rapid City where they purchased a new home. After Clint passed away in 2003 she continued to live alone for 11 years. Suffering from health issues and macular degeneration, she moved to NC to be near her son DeWayne and his wife Fern in early 2014. Grateful for having shared her life are her three sons, Larry (Carol) Truhe of San Jose, CA, DeWayne (Fern) Truhe of Pilot Mountain, NC, and Marv (Nicki) Truhe of Broomfield, CO, and one daughter, Joann (Dave) Condie of Colorado Springs, CO, sister-in-law Viola Keszler of Clearfield, SD, 16 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and 19 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Felix and Anna Watzel, her beloved husband Clint, her daughter Bonnie Harris, son-in-law Ted Harris, grandson Jason Truhe, siblings Mary (Watzel) Maulis, FelixWatzel, Charles Watzel, Oscar Watzel, Anne (Watzel) Cahoy, Dorothy (Watzel) Papousek and baby sibling Ed Watzel.