Carol Ann (Randel) Hefling was born October 15, 1937, at Ottawa, Kansas, to Leslie and Frances (Hagen) Randel. She died Friday, January 31, 2003, at the Madison, South Dakota, Community Hospital. Carol grew up in the Ottawa-Pomona area, and graduated from Appanoose High School. She received her bachelors and masters degrees at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. She taught school in Kansas for ten years. On May 30, 1965, she married Joel L. Hefling at Bison, Kansas. They moved to Brookings, South Dakota, in August 1970. Carol taught English, oral interpretation, and drama at Elkton High School from 1972 until her retirement in May 2002. Carol was a member of First United Methodist Church in Brookings, the Speech Communication Association of South Dakota, and the South Dakota Education Association. She enjoyed reading. Survivors include her husband, Joel Hefling, of Brookings; a daughter, Sara Hefling, of Brookings; a son, Brian (Deb) Hefling, of Plano, Texas; a step-grandson, Scott Anderson; a brother, Don Randel, of Pomona, Kansas; a sister-in-law, Donna Randel, of Osborne, Kansas; three nieces; and a nephew. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Frank; and a sister-in-law, Reba.