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Les Ravelletteof Philip, South Dakota, died on Friday, October 1, 1993
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Lester Ray Ravellette, better known as "Les" to his family and friends, was born July 4, 1932, in Knox County, Indiana, to Joseph and Elsie (Meeks) Ravellette.
He received his first years of education in Decker, Indiana. His father died in January 1945 and Elsie and the children moved to Sisseton, South Dakota, in December of 1946, where he graduated from Sisseton High School.
Les served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and after his discharge he returned to the Sisseton area. He attended South Dakota State College in Brookings where he majored in journalism. He worked for the Gregory Times Advocate in Gregory, South Dakota.
Les was united in marriage to Belle Vaughn on November 15, 1953, at Gregory.
They made their home in Gregory until moving to Sturgis in 1959 where he worked at the Sturgis Tribune. They moved to Philip in January of 1960 where Les worked as a linotype operator. In January 1963 they purchased The Pioneer Review. In addition to The Pioneer Review of Philip, The Pennington County Courant of Wall was purchased in 1978, and The Kadoka Press, in 1989, forming Ravellette Publications, Inc.
Les was a member of the United Church; the Philip Masonic Lodge #153 AF & AM; the Scottish Rite; NAJA Shrine Temple and the Royal Order of Jestors; was active in the Four Rivers Shrine Club; the Eastern Star, Philip Chapter #100; the South Dakota Newspaper Association; and the Wheeler-Brooks American Legion Post #173 of Philip.
Les was an avid hunter and fisherman; enjoyed wood working and spending time with his family.
Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Belle Ravellette of Philip; two daughters, Trudye Fosness and her husband, Don, of Tripp, South Dakota, and Jolene Haynes and her husband, Don, of Philip; two sons, Ron Ravellette and his wife, Vicki, of Huron, South Dakota, and Don Ravellette and his wife, Tami, of Philip; 16 grandchildren; three brothers, Samuel A. Ravellette of Corpus Christi, Texas, Richard Ravellette of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Glenn Ravellette of Spring Valley, California; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Les was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Eleanor Ravellette in infancy, and his twin sister, Esther Ravellette, at the age of 11 years.
Services
Tuesday, October 5, 1993
10:00 a.m.
American Legion Hall
Philip, South Dakota
Officiating
Reverend Donald Lagge
Music
JoAnne Stilwell - Pianist
Lynden Ireland & Joyce Wheeler - Vocalists
Ushers
Kelly Fees - Jerald Cook
Active Pallbearers
Clifford Fees - Ken Dietrich
Terry Holub - Bill Buls
Cecil Gartner - Larry Kirkpatrick
Honorary Pallbearers
All relatives and friends in attendance
Interment with Masonic Rites
and Military Honors
Masonic Cemetery
Philip, South Dakota
Services
Tuesday, October 5, 1993
10:00 a.m.
American Legion Hall in Philip