Ferrol Mae Sanger, 1923 to 2020 Ferrol Mae Smith was born in Hettinger N.D., July 1, 1923, and grew up near Lodgepole, S.D., on a cattle ranch that was homesteaded by her parents. She attended high school in Hettinger and normal school in Spearfish, S.D. She taught in a one-room schoolhouse ...