Goldie Framness

Goldie Rose Framness, 92, passed away on Saturday, October 22 at the Weskota Manor nursing home in Wessington Springs, SD.  Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Friday, October 28 at Kinzley Funeral Home, Madison.  Visitation will begin on hour prior.  Burial will be held at 12:45 pm at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, near Chester.

Goldie Rose Pekarek was born on February 9, 1930 at Kimball, SD to Frank and Lillian (Burkine) Pekarek.  She moved with her family in 1940 to a farm near Ramona, SD.  Goldie married Elmer Henry Framness on April 3, 1947 at Pipestone, MN.  After their wedding they farmed near Chester from 1947 to 1979.  In 1979 they moved to Madison.  Goldie was the seamstress for the Madison area for many years.  She also worked at Dakota State and cleaned houses into her 80’s.  Goldie moved to Brandon in January of 2019 to be closer to her great grandkids.  She then moved to Woonsocket in October of 2019. In April of 2021 she entered the Weskota Manor Nursing Home in Wessington Springs.

Goldie enjoyed watching her grandkids and great grandkids play sports, but not football.  She was afraid that they would get hurt.  She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Madison. Goldie was very much involved with the Madison Senior Citizen’s Center and their dances.

Those who cherish her memory are her daughters, Nancy (Art) Hannemann of Watertown, WI, Shirley Redfield of Grove City, OH and Joyce (Dick) Zell of Woonsocket, SD; her grandchildren Chris (Katy) Zell and their children Sera, Christian and Lily, Lance (Mallory) Zell and their children Thor, Athena and Hera Zell and Heather (Matt) Pittman.

She was preceded in death by her husband Elmer in 2011, son, Gary Dean, brothers, Marcus and Ted and one sister, Elise Kloss.