Merle Knutzen
Dec 18, 2020
Merle Knutzen, 99, of Brookings, passed away on December 18, 2020 at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. Private family funeral services will be held on Monday, December 28th at Zion Lutheran Church in Alexandria, MN, with burial to follow in Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria. The funeral will be uploaded to the Eidsness Funeral Home website by Tuesday morning. Eidsness...
Deiedre Jane Leisure
Dec 17, 2020
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Deiedre Jane Leisure, 61, of Tempe, AZ passed away from Covid-19 complications on December 17, 2020. She was born on September 22, 1959 in Brookings, SD to Orie and Jody (Cooley) Leisure. She attended elementary, middle, and high school in Brookings and graduated in 1977. She graduate with a BS from South Dakota...
Dennis "Denny" Becker
Dec 16, 2020
Dennis (Denny) Becker, 65, of Brookings, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at the Brookings Hospital. Private family funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. The service will be live streamed on the Eidsness Funeral Home website for those wishing to view the service from...
Harold Widvey
Dec 14, 2020
Harold Widvey, 92, of Brookings, passed away on Monday, December 14, 2020, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. A private family funeral service will be held on Monday, December 21, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home beginning at 11:00 A.M. The service will be live streamed on the Eidsness Funeral Home website for those wishing to view the service...
Cedric Clarence Raine
Dec 13, 2020
Cedric Clarence Raine was born to Clarence and Lena Gurthrud (Koopman) Raine in Shaokatan Township in Lincoln County Minnesota on January 27, 1930. He died at the Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings, South Dakota on December 13, 2020. Private family graveside services will be held in Fairview Cemetery at White. Eidsness Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.
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Jeanine Krogmann
Dec 11, 2020
Jeanine Krogmann, 73, of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away on December 12, 2020, at the Brookings Hospital. A celebration of Jeanine's life will be held in the summer of 2021, with burial taking place at Union Cemetery in Flandreau, South Dakota.
Jeanine Mae Krogmann was born on December 22, 1946, at Chester, South Dakota, to Fritz and Nellie...
Ellen Kay Hobbie
Dec 11, 2020
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While surrounded by family, Ellen "Kay" Hobbie, of Flandreau, SD, passed away peacefully at age 79, on December 11, 2020. In celebration of her life, a visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 15 th , 2-6:00 at Eidsness Funeral...
Dr. Philip R. Blackford
Dec 4, 2020
Dr. Philip R. Blackford, 95, of Brookings, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2020, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview. A private family memorial service will be held on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, beginning at 11:00 A.M. The service will be live streamed on the Eidsness Funeral Home website for those wishing...
Anna Marie Strom
Dec 2, 2020
Anna Marie Strom, age 91, of Brookings and formerly of White, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, December 7, 2020, at Zion Lutheran Church in White with burial to follow at Fairview Cemetery. Anna Marie's funeral will be recorded and uploaded on the Eidsness Funeral Home website...
Wilda May Knutson
Dec 2, 2020
Wilda May Knutson, age 91, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2020. She was born March 16, 1929 in East Liverpool, Ohio to John and Bessie (Scott) Pethtel. She married Rolland D. Knutson two weeks after meeting and they were married 57 years. Rolland proceeded Wilda in death in 2018.
Wilda had an exuberance for life and...
Florence Lucille Schoon
Dec 1, 2020
Florence "Flo" Schoon, age 74, of Brookings, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at the Brookings Hospital. Public visitation will be from 9-11:00 A.M on Saturday, December 5, 2020, with a private family funeral starting at 11:00 A.M. all at Eidsness Funeral Home. The funeral will be live-streamed on the Eidsness Funeral Home website under Florence's obituary.
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Kathy Hetrick
Nov 29, 2020
Kathy L. (Jones) Hetrick passed from this earth and met her Savior on Sunday, November 29, 2020. Severe dementia had plagued her for the past several years and brought her loss to her husband and the family and friends who loved her. A private family graveside service will take place on Thursday, December 3, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. at...
Arvid Albin Melquist
Nov 27, 2020
Arvid Albin Melquist, age 80 of Volga, passed away on Friday, November 27th at his daughter's home under hospice care. A public graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8th 2021, at The Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, MN. Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Arvid was born May 5, 1940,...
Pamela Ann Straw
Nov 26, 2020
Pamela Straw of Lake Norden, formerly of Brookings, passed away Thanksgiving Day at the Avantara Lake Norden Nursing Home. A private burial will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Brookings. Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.
Pamela was born July 11, 1931, to Windsor A. and Pamela (Powers) of Brookings. She grew up in Brookings, where...
Myrtle First
Nov 25, 2020
Myrtle First of Brookings, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Avera Mckennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 4, 2020, at 10:30 A.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. The service will be live streamed on the Eidsness Funeral Home website under Myrtle's obituary page for those wishing to view from home....
Connie Englund
Nov 25, 2020
Connie Englund, 66, of Brookings, left this earthly world suddenly and unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at the Brookings Hospital Emergency Room. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a private family memorial service is planned for Thursday, December 3, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, beginning at 10:00 A.M. The service will be live streamed on Connie's obituary...
Thomas Simmons
Nov 24, 2020
Thomas "Tom" Simmons, 68, of Dell Rapids, formerly of Brookings, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at his home surrounded by his loving family. A private family funeral service will be held on Saturday, November 28, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. at the White United Methodist Church in White, South Dakota. Interment will immediately follow the service...
Mavis Peterson
Nov 23, 2020
Mavis Lavonne Dorothy Peterson, age 93, passed away November 23, 2020 at the Estelline Nursing Care Center. A family funeral service will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, November 30, 2020, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Brookings with burial in the Sterling Lutheran Cemetery north of Brookings. Visitations will be Sunday, November 29, 2020, from 4-6 P.M. at Our Savior...
Clifford Pickard
Nov 22, 2020
Clifford "Cliff" Pickard, age 78, of Brookings, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2020, at the Brookings Hospital. Visitation will be on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, from 4-6 P.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home. Masks are required at the funeral home. Funeral Services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, November 27, 2020, at Bible Baptist Church in Brookings with burial at the...
