Derry Dean Hochhalter

Vermillion, S.D.

Derry Dean Hochhalter, 88, of Vermillion, passed away peacefully on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, at Holy Spirit Retirement Home in Sioux City.

Funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, at Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, Morningside Chapel (1801 Morningside Ave.) with a visitation taking place one hour prior. His final resting place will be Graceland Park Cemetery. Online condolences can be made at www.christysmith.com .

Derry was born on Nov. 27, 1936, in Java, S.D., to Helmuth and Ella (Walz) Hochhalter. He attended school in the Java area and graduated in 1954 from Northwestern Lutheran Academy in Mobridge, S.D. Following high school, he served in the U.S. Army Reserve stationed in Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

On Sept. 9, 1961, Derry

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