SD HC8015

Alice Simonson, 108 years old, is recognized as the oldest living South Dakotan, having resided in Day County for 106 years since moving from North Dakota in 1920

Born January 4, 1918, she married Oscar Simonson on June 11, 1938, and they were married 75 years until his death

Her detailed farm income and expense records are preserved in a digitized collection at South Dakota State University's library

Served on the original board that built Sun Dial Manor in Bristol and maintained lifetime membership at Bergen Lutheran Church and later St. John's Lutheran Church in Webster

Recognized for hand-stitched quilts, gardening, canning, and firsthand memories of the Dust Bowl era and rural electrification