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Troy Vaske

Troy Vaske

Mar 23, 2020

Troy Vaske, age 49, of New Hope, MN, passed away Monday, March 23, 2020, from an apparent heart attack. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, July 31, 2020, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Parish in Elkton, SD.   Troy will be buried next to his parents at the Elkton City Cemetery....

Dr. Richard Powell Holm

Dr. Richard Powell Holm

Mar 22, 2020

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Dr. Richard Powell Holm, age 71, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2020, at home under hospice care. A Celebration of Dr. Holm's life will be on Sunday, August 1, 2021, at 6:30 P.M. at Pioneer Park in Brookings.  Please bring a lawn chair or blanket to the celebration. ...

Earl "Bernie" Stewart

Earl "Bernie" Stewart

Mar 16, 2020

Earl "Bernie" Stewart, age 71, of Brookings, passed away Monday, March 16, 2020, at home under hospice care. No services will be held for Earl. Eidsness Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

Earl Stewart was born on January 6, 1949, in Rapid City, SD, the son of Earl and Virginia (Zolper) Stewart.  They moved to Brookings,...

Dolores Ostroot

Dolores Ostroot

Mar 8, 2020

Dolores Ostroot, age 98, of Brookings, passed away Sunday, March 08, 2020, at the Estelline Nursing and Care Center in Estelline, SD. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, March 13, 2020, at Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings with burial to follow at First Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. Thursday, March 12, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral...

Rosella "Rose" A. Thompson

Rosella "Rose" A. Thompson

Mar 6, 2020

Rosella A. Thompson, age 71, of Brookings, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020, at the Brookings Hospital. Visitations will be 5-7 P.M. Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, March 12, 2020, at Pioneer Lutheran Church rural White, SD, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Eidsness Funeral Home is...

Leland Gerry Bass

Leland Gerry Bass

Mar 3, 2020

Leland Gerry Bass, age 91, a resident of Brookings for the past five years and formerly a resident of Baker, MT, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at the United Living Community in Brookings. Visitation will be 4-6 P.M. on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at First Assembly of God Church in Brookings.  Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday,...

Harmen Greenwood

Harmen Greenwood

Feb 28, 2020

Harmen Greenwood, 91, of Brookings, and formerly of the Bruce and Arlington areas, passed away on February 28, 2020, at the Brookings Hospital.  Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at the Bethel Baptist Church in Brookings beginning at 1:00 p.m.  Interment will take place following a time of fellowship after the service at...

Barb Egeberg

Barb Egeberg

Feb 25, 2020

Barb Egeberg, formerly of Volga, passed away on February 25, 2020, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview at the age of 75.  Funeral services are planned for Saturday, February 29, 2020, at the First Lutheran Church in Volga, beginning at 10:30 A.M.  Interment will immediately follow the service at the First Lutheran Cemetery in Volga.  A time of...

Leland Arthur O'Connell

Leland Arthur O'Connell

Feb 21, 2020

LeLand Arthur O'Connell, age 50, of Aurora, passed away Friday, February 21, 2020, at the Brookings Emergency Room from an apparent heart attack. Visitations will be 5-8 P.M. Thursday, February 27, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home.  Memorial services with full military rites will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, February 28, 2020, also at Eidsness Funeral Home.  Burial will be held...

Robert Eugene Fryer

Robert Eugene Fryer

Feb 20, 2020

Robert Fryer, age 56, of Brookings, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020.  The family will be holding a celebration of life service sometime this summer.  Robert is survived by his wife, Jodi Fryer of Brookings.  Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Aldon Palmer Strom

Aldon Palmer Strom

Feb 17, 2020

Aldon Palmer Strom, age 95, of Brookings and formerly of White, passed away Monday, February 17, 2020, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 22, 2020, at Zion Lutheran Church in White with burial to follow at Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be 5-7 P.M. Friday, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.

Aldon...

Jeffrey Jay Olson

Jeffrey Jay Olson

Feb 17, 2020

Jeffrey Jay Olson, age 57, of Volga, passed away Monday, February 17, 2020. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, February 21, 2020, at First Lutheran Church in Volga with burial to follow in the church cemetery.  Visitations will be 4-7 P.M. Thursday, February 20, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga.

Jeff was born March 13,...

Henrietta Gohring

Henrietta Gohring

Feb 16, 2020

Henrietta Gohring, 94, of Brookings, passed away on February 16, 2020, at Edgewood Vista Assisted Living in Brookings.  Memorial services will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, beginning at 10:30 A.M.  Burial will take place at a future date at St. Lawrence Cemetery in St. Lawrence, South Dakota.

Rustin "Rusty" Olson

Rustin "Rusty" Olson

Feb 15, 2020

Rustin "Rusty" Olson, age 40, of Brookings, passed away from an apparent heart attack on February 15, 2020, at the Brookings Hospital.  Visitations will be 5-8 P.M. on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, with a prayer service at 8:00 P.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home.  Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Thursday, February 20, 2020, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in...

Randy Tripp

Randy Tripp

Feb 14, 2020

Randy Tripp, 65, of Brookings, passed away on February 14, 2020, at his home, surrounded by his ADVANCE family.  Funeral Services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, February 24, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home with visitation starting at 9:00 A.M.  Burial will be in the Lennox Cemetery at Lennox, South Dakota.

Randy Tripp was...

Sandra "Sandy" Knutson

Sandra "Sandy" Knutson

Feb 13, 2020

Sandra "Sandy" Knutson, age 74, of rural Brookings, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020, at United Living Community under hospice care.  Visitation will be from 4-7 P.M. Thursday, February 20, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.  A memorial service for Sandy will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 21, 2020, also at Eidsness Funeral Home.  Burial will...

David Blaine Garlow

David Blaine Garlow

Feb 9, 2020

David Garlow, 59, of Pierre, South Dakota, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at Ava's Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be 9-11 A.M. on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at Crosby Burket Swanson Colonial Chapel (11902 W. Center Road, Omaha, NE). Eidsness Funeral Home of Brookings is assisting the family with local arrangements.

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Harold Skovlund

Harold Skovlund

Feb 8, 2020

Harold Skovlund, age 75, of Brookings, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020, at Ava's Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, February 14, 2020, at the Grace Free Lutheran Church in Bruce, South Dakota, beginning at 2:00 p.m.  A time of visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the funeral...

Gerrit Albert Den Otter

Gerrit Albert Den Otter

Feb 2, 2020

Gerrit Albert DenOtter, 105, of Clear Lake, formerly of Volga, passed peacefully on February 2, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Home of Deuel County. A private family service is planned for Saturday, February 8, 2020. Interment will take place at the First Lutheran Cemetery in Volga, South Dakota. Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

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Janice Lorraine Johnson

Janice Lorraine Johnson

Jan 28, 2020

Janice Johnson, age 70, of Brookings, passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020, in Sioux Falls.  No local services will be held.  She will be buried next to family in Wisconsin.  Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Janice Lorraine Johnson was born May 16, 1949, to Otto and Myrtle (Hjelmhaug) Hove in Fosston, Minnesota.  She...

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