Obituary Listing

Jul 26, 2022

Richard "Dick" Allen Anderson, 76, of Brookings, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Advance Group Home, Brookings.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Brookings with Pastor Micah Bauer presiding. Visitation will be one-hour prior to the service. Burial will be 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at...

Jul 25, 2022

Morris Knutsen, age 89, of Volga, passed away on Monday, July 25, 2022, at the Brookings Hospital.  Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga.  Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. on Friday, July 29th at First Lutheran Church in Volga with burial to follow at First Lutheran Cemetery.

Jul 23, 2022

Pamela Sowell, age 68, of Brookings, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. A funeral service will be 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, August 3 rd at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church with burial to follow at First Lutheran Cemetery in Brookings. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Wednesday. To...

Jul 23, 2022

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Connie Sallquist passed away peacefully July 23rd, 2022, at the age of 85. Visitation will be at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, Friday, August 5th from 5:00-8:00 P.M. The procession will begin at 1:15 on Saturday, August 6th from Eidsness Funeral Home and will travel to South...

Jul 20, 2022

Gloria Sonnenburg, 88, of Brookings, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls.  A memorial service will be held at a future date.

Gloria Louaine Sonnenburg was born on June 17, 1934, in Madison, South Dakota, to Clifford and Anna (Johnson) Hanson.  Throughout her youth during...

Jul 17, 2022

Gretchen "Kay" Perkins, 79, of Brookings, passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.  A memorial service will be held on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Eidsness Funeral Home at 10:00 A.M.  The service will be live-streamed as well as recorded and uploaded to the Eidsness Funeral Home website.  Instructions on joining the...

Jul 13, 2022

Roger French, 74, of Brookings, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at his residence surrounded by his loving family following a courageous battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at Eidsness Funeral Home beginning at 2:00 P.M. Family and friends are invited to share in a time of fellowship...

Jul 8, 2022

Mary Yonkovich, 59, of Brookings, passed away on Friday, July 8, 2022.  A memorial service celebrating Mary's life will be held on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at 6:00 P.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.  A time of visitation and fellowship will precede the service from 4:00 until 6:00 P.M. Wednesday afternoon at Eidsness Funeral Home.

Mary...

Jul 7, 2022

Michelle Stuefen, 63, of Elkton, SD passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at the Brookings Hospital.  Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at the United Parish of Elkton at 11:00 A.M.  Burial will immediately follow the service at the Elkton City Cemetery.  Family and friends are invited to join the Stuefen family...

Jul 5, 2022

Cora Van Dyke, 94, of Elkton, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at the Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls, SD.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Christian Reformed Church in Holland, MN, at 10:00 A.M.  Burial will immediately follow the service at the Holland Cemetery in Holland, MN.  Visitation will be...

Jul 5, 2022

Karen Hammond, age 68, of Volga, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.  Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. on Monday, July 11, 2022, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.  Visitation will be from 12:30 P.M. until the time of the service on Monday.  Burial will follow at South Lake Campbell Lutheran Cemetery.

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Jul 2, 2022

Mary Ann Elizabeth Pick, age 78, of Brookings, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2022, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings.  Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, July 8, 2022, at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish in Brookings with burial to follow in Ivanhoe, MN.  Visitation will be one hour prior to...

Jun 30, 2022

Royce J. Emerick, age 91, of Brookings, passed away at home on June 30, 2022.  Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. on Friday, July 8, 2022, at Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings with burial to follow at First Lutheran Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 5:30-7:30 P.M. on Thursday, July 7 th at Eidsness Funeral Home.

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Jun 26, 2022

Gerald "Jerry" deBlonk, 80, of Brookings and formerly of Volga, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.   Memorial services will be held on Friday, July 8, 2022, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, beginning at 5:00 PM.  A time of visitation and fellowship will precede the service from 3:00...

Jun 19, 2022

Jordan Christian Young, age 29, passed away at his ADVANCE home on Sunday, June 19, 2022.  A graveside service will be held at 9:00 A.M. on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Fairview Cemetery in White, SD.  Survivors include his ADVANCE family as well as two guardians, Sarah Venenga and Kellie Lee.  Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.

Jun 13, 2022

Sharon Lee Ueland, age 78, of Brookings, SD passed away Monday, June 13, 2022, at the Brookings Hospital. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer's Association, South Dakota Chapter.

Sharon Lee Ueland was born on December 14, 1943...

Jun 12, 2022

Betty Betlach, 91, of Brookings, formerly of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview.  There will be no local services, with a private family service planned for a future date.  Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the Betlach family with arrangements.  Instructions on sending memorial donations and condolences may be...

Jun 2, 2022

Lethe Miriam Gering Anderson was born in rural Brookings County near White, South Dakota on November 23, 1926 to Adolph (deceased in 1929) and Beulah (Denison) Gering.  She passed away at The Neighborhoods in Brookings, South Dakota on June 2, 2022.

Lethe attended country school at Oak Lake District #62. Then she attended White High School graduating...

May 31, 2022

Marilyn (Lyn) Ruth (Jones) Pedersen, a lifelong caregiver and long-time resident of Brookings who had moved to Minneapolis in recent years, died on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at the age of 86.

Lyn was born Oct. 6, 1935, in Webster, SD, to Paul and Charlotte (Christie) Jones, as the eldest of three siblings. She was preceded in...

May 31, 2022

**Please note that the recording of Sheldon's service may be viewed at the beginning of the video following the text of this obituary.  Due to the size of the file this may take some time, however, the video should be available for viewing this evening.**

Sheldon Cotton, 80, of Volga, passed away on...