Erlene Grace (Paul) Ragatz, 89, of Aberdeen, SD, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2026, at Aberdeen Health and Rehab in Aberdeen.

Services will be held on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Her funeral service will begin at 10:30 a.m. at Hyke Funeral Home in Redfield, SD, with Reverend Alton Vilhauer officiating. Inurnment will follow the service at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Frankfort, SD. After the committal service, lunch and fellowship will take place at Fisher Grove Country Club in rural Frankfort.

The funeral service will be live-streamed through a link on the funeral home’s website, below Erlene’s obituary in the funeral service panel. Arrangements have been entrusted to Hyke Funeral Home (www.hykefuneralhome.com).