Orie Leisure
Mar 2, 2022
Orie Leisure, 83, of Brookings, passed away on March 2, 2022, at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Lunch will be served at the funeral home following the service. A time of visitation will be...
Dellas Cole
Feb 20, 2022
Dellas Dane Cole "DC", age 61, passed away unexpectedly on February 20 th , 2022, at home.
A visitation will be from 3:00pm to 7:00pm on Thursday, February 24 th at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, SD. His Funeral Service will be at 1:00pm on Friday, February 25 th at Bob Jostad Gym at Brookings High School.  ...
Andrew "Andy" Molengraaf
Feb 15, 2022
Andrew "Andy" Molengraaf, 88, of Volga, passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 21, 2022, at the Christian Reformed Church in Volga at 10:30 AM. Burial will immediately follow the service at Trinity Cemetery in Volga. A time of visitation will be held the afternoon prior, Sunday,...
Alpha Thorson
Feb 11, 2022
Alpha (Baltzell) Thorson, age 92, of Miller, SD passed away on February 11, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society in Miller. Born May 1, 1929, she was the only daughter and second child to Nolan and Alvida Baltzell.
Alpha was baptized and confirmed at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Bristol. She graduated from Bristol...
Marlys Jean Dixon-Houtman
Feb 9, 2022
Marlys Jean Dixon-Houtman, 95, died Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Eidsness Funeral Home at 10:00 AM. Burial will immediately follow the service at Greenwood Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to return to the funeral home following burial to share in a...
Delila "Dee" Florence Davis
Feb 8, 2022
Delila "Dee" Florence Davis, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings, South Dakota. Her funeral service will be held on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at 2:00 PM at First Lutheran Church in Brookings. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will take place following...
Elta May Woodard
Feb 8, 2022
Elta May (Kurtz) Woodard passed away peacefully on February 8, 2022 of natural causes at Sioux Falls hospice at age 96. Elta was born May 29, 1925 in Esterville, IA, to Fred Kurtz and Elta Lillian (Kretsinger) Kurtz  Elta May's mother died when she was only 6 months old. Elta was then raised by her grandparents, Eldridge Ulysses Kretsinger,...
Marlys Ilene Kelsey
Feb 7, 2022
Marlys Ilene (Trudell) Kelsey died peacefully and surrounded by family on Monday, February 7, 2022. In the weeks before her passing, she was visited by all of her children and many grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Eidsness Funeral Home with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour...
Barbara Ann Nelson
Feb 6, 2022
Barbara Ann Nelson, age 82, of Brookings, passed away on February 6, 2022, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 A.M on Monday, February 14th at St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Visitation with family present will be Sunday, February 13th from 2-4 P.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home with...
Dawn Renee Peterson
Feb 5, 2022
Dawn Peterson, 54, of Brookings, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 14, 2022, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings at 11:00 A.M. Following the service there will be lunch served at the church. A time...
Robert Innes
Feb 5, 2022
Robert Innes, 61, of Aurora, SD passed away on February 5, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family following a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings beginning at 10:30.
Robert John Innes was born on March 4,...
Doris Marie Mitchel
Feb 3, 2022
On January 24 th , Pat and Doris Mitchel were involved in a car accident on interstate I29. Pat died on scene. Doris survived the initial trauma, but succumbed to her injuries on February 3 rd . Funeral services for Pat and his wife Doris will be Saturday, February 26, 2022, at 12 noon at Peace Lutheran Church in...
Wayne K. Fischer
Jan 30, 2022
Wayne K. Fischer, age 82, of Brookings, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2022, at the Riverview Healthcare Center in Flandreau, SD. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 2 nd at Eidsness Funeral Home with burial to follow at the United Cemetery, rural Arlington, SD.
Wayne was born on August 5, 1939, in Ada,...
Patrick Arthur Pate
Jan 29, 2022
Patrick Pate, 33, of Brookings, passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family following a courageous battle with cancer. A time of visitation will be held on Thursday, February 3, 2022, from 4:00 until 7:00 P.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. A private family funeral service will be held...
Pat Mitchel
Jan 24, 2022
On January 24 th , Pat and Doris Mitchel were involved in a car accident on interstate I29. Pat died on scene. Doris survived the initial trauma, but succumbed to her injuries on February 3 rd . Funeral services for Pat and his wife Doris will be Saturday, February 26, 2022, at 12 noon at Peace Lutheran Church in...
David William Haugan
Jan 22, 2022
David William Haugan (Brookings, SD), was healed from his struggles with lung cancer on January 22, 2022 at the age of 63. David led his family through his cancer journey with faith, grace, love, acceptance, and humor. We believe he was guided by Jesus and his son, Mitchell as he entered Heaven. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January...
Linda Rose Raabe
Jan 19, 2022
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Linda Raabe, 73, of Brookings, passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls from complications due to COVID-19. A memorial service and celebration of...
Shaun James Jensen
Jan 3, 2022
Shaun Jensen, 40, of rural Brookings passed away on January 3, 2022, at his home as a result of natural causes. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at the Pioneer Lutheran Church in White, South Dakota at 11:00 A.M.. A time of visitation will be held the evening prior, Friday, February 4, 2022,...
John Alexander Barney
Jan 1, 2022
John Barney, born in up-state New York at Potsdam on December 1, 1941, passed away peacefully at his home near Brookings, South Dakota on January 1, 2022. Following John's wishes, there will be no services held.
John was a born aviator. He earned his private pilot's certificate at age 16 and as a...
Neva Corlett
Dec 31, 2021
Neva Jean Corlett, age 88, of Brookings, South Dakota, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, December 31, 2021 in Columbia, South Carolina. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 8, 2021 at the First United Methodist Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery following the service. Visitation will be held at...
