Obituary Listing

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.

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...

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...

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...

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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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...

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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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...

Jan 26, 2020

Duane Kracke, age 61 of White, SD, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2020. Funeral Services are 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 1, 2020, at Zion Lutheran Church in White with burial at Fairview Cemetery in White.  Visitations will be 5-7 P.M. on Friday, January 31, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.

Duane (Dewey) W. Kracke was born...

Jan 25, 2020

Kristin "Kris" Hesby Hovey, age 53 of Brookings, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, January 30, 2020, at First Lutheran Church in Volga with burial to follow in the church cemetery.  Visitations will be 6-8:30 P.M....

Jan 24, 2020

Viola Elizabeth Nelson Wagner, age 100, of Brookings, passed away Friday, January 24, 2020, at the United Living Community. Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 P.M. Friday, January 31, 2020, at St. Thomas More Parish in Brookings with a private family burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be 4-7 P.M. Thursday, January 30, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home...

Jan 24, 2020

Elaine Marie (Friedrich) Waples was born to Henry and Marie Friedrich on July 20, 1929 at the Brookings Hospital.  She died on January 24, 2020 at the Brookings Hospital after a brief illness.

Elaine grew up near Aurora where she attended grade school in Aurora and graduated from Brookings High School in 1947.  She developed a love...

Jan 16, 2020

Dorothy Myers, 95, formerly of Brookings, passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at the Homestead Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, beginning at 10:00 A.M. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Brookings.  Burial will immediately follow the service at Greenwood Cemetery in Brookings.

Dec 31, 2019

Cindy Pedersen, a longtime resident of Brookings, and more recently a resident of Walker Methodist Nursing Home, Minneapolis, Minnesota, passed away on December 31, 2019. She will be remembered by her family and friends for her many warm smiles as she greeted everyone by name and for her uncanny ability to share a boisterous laugh with a sparkle in...

Dec 31, 2019

Lorraine Carolyn Bowman, age 78, of Brookings, passed away at home on December 31, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 11, 2020, at Ford-Wolf-Bruns Funeral Chapel in Coffeyville, KS.  Eidsness Funeral Home is handling local arrangements.

Lorraine was born October 5, 1941, to Herman and...

Dec 31, 2019

Reuben Calvin Skordahl, age 95, of Brookings, passed away December 31, 2019, at home. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, January 4, 2020, at Sinai Lutheran Church in Sinai with burial to follow at West Sinai Lutheran Cemetery.  Visitations will be 5-7 P.M. Friday, January 3, 2020, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.

Reuben was born...

Dec 25, 2019

Sidney Peters, age 94, of Brookings and formerly of White, passed away December 25, 2019, in Sioux Falls under hospice care. Memorial services will be 11:30 A.M. Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with a private family burial at Fairview Cemetery in White. Visitation will be 10:00-11:30 A.M. Tuesday, also at the funeral home.

Dec 12, 2019

Doris Van Maanen, age 95, of Volga, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, December 12, 2019, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview surrounded by her loving family.  Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 19, 2019, at the First Reformed Church in Volga, beginning at 10:30 A.M.  Burial will immediately follow the service at Trinity Cemetery in Volga. ...

Dec 1, 2019

Mary Ann Wingate, a Brookings resident since 2012, died December 1 at United Living Community. A native of New Jersey who migrated to Colorado after the death of her husband in the 1970s, she started college in her late forties and earned an education degree from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, fulfilling a lifelong dream to become...

Nov 29, 2019

Ione Swedlund, age 75, of Volga, passed away Friday, November 29, 2019, unexpectedly at home from an apparent heart attack. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, December 5, 2019, at Abundant Life Church in Brookings with burial to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be 5-7 P.M. Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.