Elizabeth Terkelsen, age 87, of Volga, died Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, June 28, 2004, at the Volga Christian Reformed Church, with interment in First Lutheran Cemetery in Volga. Visitations will be 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M Sunday, at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Memorials may be directed to Gideons International, the Volga Christian Reformed Church, or the Volga Christian School. Elizabeth (Mans) Terkelsen was born February 11, 1917, near Volga, South Dakota, to Peter and Johanna M. (Lengkeek) Mans. She grew up in the Volga area, and attended country school in Bangor Township. She began working at the Farmers Co-op in the produce department when she was 18. On June 28, 1943, she married Orville Skipper Terkelsen at Volga. He died May 18, 1995. Liz sold Stanley Home Products, worked at F.W. Woolworths, and owned and operated a caf with her husband for seven years. They managed the Sioux Egg Farm. She was an active member of the Volga Christian Reformed Church, having served in several offices of the Dorcas Circle of the Ladies Aid, and in Adult Fellowship. She was involved in the Volga Homemakers and coffee club, and she was a member and officer of the Gideons International Auxiliary. She played in the Top Hats band and was active in volunteer work. Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy J. (Paul) Schaefer, of Yankton, South Dakota; two grandchildren, Shelly and Brad (Jana); a great-granddaughter, Olivia Jean; seven brothers: Arie (Alice) Mans of Orange City, Iowa, Henry (Margaret) Mans of Lynden, Washington, Otto (Genevieve) Mans of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Mitchell R. Bob (Laura) Mans of Volga, Clarence Mans of Cornwall, New York, Louis (Audrey) Mans of Bourbonnais , Illinois, and Rev. Peter (Joann) Mans of Blaine, Washington; four sisters: Dena Meyer of Volga, Margaret DeGroot of Byron Center, Michigan, June (Leonard) Gorter of Lynn Valley, Kansas, and Johanna Brink of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three brothers-in-law, Bill Meyer, Ronald Brink, and Donald DeGroot; and two sisters-in-law, Betty Mans and Dena Mans.