Marlys M. “Marcy” Burns (nee Evans) passed peacefully into eternal life on July 26, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Brookings, South Dakota on January 19, 1935, Marcy moved at an early age to her family’s farm in Flandreau, South Dakota. The farm did not have running water or indoor plumbing until she was thirteen, and Marcy often told stories of her spartan upbringing. She raised and sold pigs for pocket money as a teenager and attended a one-room schoolhouse. She graduated from Flandreau High School and received her teaching certificate from the University of South Dakota.