Theos F. Mittan, age 89, of Brookings, died Saturday, March 22, 2008, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, March 28, 2008, at Morningside Community Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 6-8 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Theos Frederick Mittan was born March 30, 1918, at Miltonville, Kansas, to Fred Franklin and Margaret Adeline (Markey) Mittan. He was the oldest of three children. As a young boy, he moved with his family to a farm near Bushnell, South Dakota. He attended country school near Bushnell and graduated from Brookings High School. Following his graduation from high school, he attended a Wesleyan college in Miltonvale, Kansas. On December 25, 1938, he married Ann Van Klei at Bushnell, South Dakota. Following their marriage, they farmed until 1948. At this time, they moved to Brookings, where Theos was employed by Oines Ford Motor. In 1954, Theos went into partnership with Earl Peterson and started Mittan-Peterson Ford Tractor. The business was sold in 1974, but he continued to work there until he retired. Ann died November 11, 1974. On September 9, 1975, Theos married Rachel Gisselbeck. Following his retirement, he and Rachel spent several months during the winter near McAllen, Texas, until 1998. Rachel died April 2, 2003. In 1999, Theos was asked to come to work for MTR of Brookings. He continued to be employed there until Thanksgiving 2007. Theos was an active member of Morningside Community Church. He taught Sunday School for many years and served on the building committee for the church. He was a member of Golden K Kiwanis and enjoyed fishing and golfing. In his younger years he was a pilot and took aerial photographs of many area farms. He also hunted wolves from an airplane. Survivors include his son, Ray (Shirley) Mittan, of Brookings; three grandchildren: Tom (Cindy) Mittan of Brookings, Dan Mittan of Toronto, South Dakota, and Susan (Marcus) Johansen of Coon Rapids, Minnesota; four great-grandchildren: Thomas, Sarah, and Isaac Mittan, and Bethany Johansen. He was preceded in death by his two wives; an infant son and an infant daughter; brother, Marion Mittan; and sister, Ruth Steinley.