The funeral for Elsie Ryckman, 90, of Pollock, SD, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Pollock Memorial Presbyterian Church, Pollock, with Rev. Randall Cloud officiating.Burial will be in the Spring Valley Cemetery, Pollock. Visitation will be 5p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the church in Pollock. There will be a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will continue for one hour before services on Wednesday at the church. Elsie was born on the family farm, rural Westfield, ND, the daughter of Gerrit John William and Gertrude (Plaggermeyer) Pool on June 20, 1925. She attended school in Strasburg, ND. Elsie lived for a time with an aunt and uncle in Grand Forks, ND where she worked at a meat packing plant. Following that time, she returned home and taught in a one-room country school at Krassna and also Kunz School. Elsie married Val Ryckman on December 24, 1947 in Strasburg, ND. They lived on the family farm until 1976 when they moved to Pollock, SD. Val died in 1995 and Elsie continued to live in Pollock. Elsie enjoyed having company, coffee and fellowship with friends, relatives and neighbors. She especially loved spending time with her family. She also enjoyed quilting at the Lutheran Church and sang in the church choir a number of years. Elsie is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Gordon and Tillie Ryckman, Westfield, and Valmen and Debra Ryckman, Lincoln, NE; two daughters and sons-in-law, Marlene and Donald Powers, Ames, Iowa and Lynda and Rodney Grenz, Hazelton, ND; 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren; one sister and two brothers-in-law, Donna and Wayne Fischer, Aberdeen, SD and Arnold Hasper, Aberdeen, SD. Elsie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and three sisters, Genevieve Nieuwsma, Angeline Vander Laan and Esther Hasper.