March 19, 1923 – February 2, 2025
Lena Sarah (Mattern) Glines, 101, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2025 at Rolling Hills Healthcare in Belle Fourche.
Mass of Christian Burial was held February 19, 2025 at St. Bonaventure’s Catholic Church in McIntosh. Burial was at the McIntosh Cemetery.
Lena was born on March 19, 1923 to Conrad and Caroline (Welder) Mattern in Glencross, which her dad helped establish in 1919. She was baptized, made her first holy communion, and was confirmed in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Glencross, and she attended school in Glencross through the 8th grade. In June of 1937 her family moved to McIntosh where her dad operated a general store including a bakery, butcher shop, and a cream and egg buying station. Lena needed to stay at home to help her parents operate the store, so her school days were over.
Lena married Charles Glines on November 23, 1940, in McIntosh and it changed her entire outlook, going from city life to country life. During the marriage they were blessed with five children, Patricia in 1941, Eugene in 1944, Vicky in 1952, Tim in 1955, and Terry in 1958.
They farmed with Charles’ parents until they purchased their own farm in 1944. Over the years, more land was purchased, on which they raised grain crops, and they also milked cows.
Lena was always busy on the farm. She had a bunch of sheep, which she really liked but so did the coyotes. She always had about 200 laying hens. She raised geese and turkeys that she dressed and sold during the holidays, and she had a large garden every year; she canned and froze the produce for later use. She reupholstered chairs, davenports, church kneelers, and even a horse drawn buggy seat and canopy.
On December 14, 1981, she lost Charles to a massive heart attack. Lena stayed on the farm with the help of her youngest son, Terry, and his family until 1991, when she sold the farm and moved to McIntosh again.
Living in the “city,” Lena was a member of the St. Bonaventure Catholic Church, Church Sodality, Country Gals Home-Makers Club, Legion Auxiliary, and the McIntosh Community Club, where Lena along with a group of ladies put together a delicious home cooked dinner every Sunday for the community to enjoy.
In April of 2018, Lena made a move to the Prairie Sunset Village in Mobridge, where she resided until October 2024, when a fall required her to move to Rolling Hills Healthcare in Belle Fourche.
Surviving family members include daughters Patricia Palmer of Bison, and Vicky (George) Coyle of Belle Fourche; sons Tim (Kathy) Glines of Buffalo, and Terry (Bonnie) Glines of Watertown; daughter-in-law Theresa (Schneider) Glines of Mobridge; brothers Eugene Mattern of Aberdeen and Paul (Loretta) Mattern of Watertown; sister Barbara (Ted) Walker of Sturgis; 15 grandkids, 33 great-grandkids, and 12 great-great-grandkids.
Lena was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; son Eugene; grandson Tommy Glines; son-in-law Delvin Palmer; parents Conrad and Caroline Mattern; stepmother Rose Mattern; brothers Pete Mattern, Frank Mattern, and Bernard Mattern; and sisters Anna Greene and Elvina Sexton.