Iola Kurtz, age 99, of Elkton, died Sunday, February 1, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Center in Pipestone, Minnesota. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Flandreau, with interment in the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness-Zink Funeral Chapel in Elkton, with a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. Iola (Gubrud) Kurtz, daughter of Adolph and Olga (Enebo) Gubrud, was born April 29, 1915, in rural Hudson, South Dakota. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, Moe Parish, rural Hudson. She attended Hudson High School and graduated from the SDSC School of Agriculture in Brookings in 1933. She was active in church, choir, as pianist, and taught Sunday School for many years. She was a 4-H member and in Extension Clubs in Hudson and Elkton. She worked in Minneapolis and Phoenix and for Otis Radio in Hawarden, Iowa. On December 28, 1939, Iola married Norris Kurtz in rural Hudson. They moved to Coolidge, Arizona, where they did custom farming. They returned to South Dakota and began farming with his family near Bushnell. In 1947 they bought and moved to their farm southwest of Elkton. They moved into Elkton in 1977. Norris died January 5, 2001. Iola was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Flandreau, W.E.L.C.A. and circles, Home Missionary Aid, and Golden Agers. Survivors include her five children: Carol (Robert) Mersch of Boise, Idaho, James (Ethel) Kurtz of Garretson, South Dakota, Joan (Charles) Vasgaard of Lake Wilson, Minnesota, Robert (Alice) Kurtz of Elkton, South Dakota, and Glen (Susan) Kurtz of New Richmond, Wisconsin; 14 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Paul and Curtis Gubrud; infant twin brothers; and a grandson, Dr. Joel Vasgaard.