Gretchen "Kay" Perkins
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...
Roger French
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...
Mary Kathleen Yonkovich
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...
Michelle Rae Stuefen
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...
Cora Van Dyke
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...
Karen Hammond
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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Mary Ann Elizabeth Pick
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...
Royce J Emerick
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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Gerald "Jerry" Deblonk
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...
Jordan Christian Young
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.
Sharon Lee Ueland
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...
Betty Jane Betlach
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...
Lethe Miriam Anderson
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...
Marilyn Ruth Pedersen
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...
Sheldon Cotton
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...
Thomas Richard Bell
May 29, 2022
Thomas Bell, 69, of Brookings, passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at his residence following a brief illness. A time of visitation will be held on Friday, June 3, 2022, from 10:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. A private family celebration of life will take place at a future date.
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Laura Jayne Shumaker
May 23, 2022
Laura Jayne Shumaker, age 52, of Brookings, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2022, at the Brookings Hospital. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. on Thursday, May 26 th at Eidsness Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. on Friday also at Eidsness Funeral Home.
Laura Jayne Shumaker was born on June 12, 1969, to Larry...
Kenneth Ivers
May 22, 2022
Kenneth Ivers, age 86, of Brookings, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2022 at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, May 28th at First United Methodist Church in Brookings. Visitation will be on Friday, May 27th from 5-7 P.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home.
Kenneth John Ivers was born on June 1, 1935,...
Donna Steen Wallum
May 19, 2022
Donna Steen Wallum, 96, of Brookings, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at the United Living Community. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 3, 2022, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, beginning at 2:00 P.M. A time of visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.
Donna Steen Wallum was born...
John Edward Howard
May 15, 2022
John Edward Howard was born on December 7, 1947, to Larry and Renata Howard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He joined siblings Joanne, Jim, Jane, Judy, and later Julie.   John passed away on May 15, 2022.
In 1968, John enlisted in the Navy, serving as a Gunner's Mate in Vietnam. After his discharge, he attended and graduated from the...
