Obituary Listing

Mar 8, 2018

Alan was born in Sioux Falls, SD on April 23, 1951 to John and Dorothy Peterson. He lived in White, SD until his graduation in 1969.  He then attended Southeast Tech, earning an associate's degree in Electronics.  From there he began a career with CNW Rail Road in Rapid City from 1973 to 1991.  After...

Mar 6, 2018

Les Hoffman, age 92, of Brookings, passed away, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at the Brookings Hospital. Visitations will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Eidsness Funeral Home. Burial will be private on Monday at Greenwood Cemetery. Memorial Services will be 7:00 P.M. Monday, March 12, 2018, at Peace Lutheran Church in Brookings.

Les was...

Mar 4, 2018

Arthur Mulder, 94, of Brookings, formerly of Volga passed away on Sunday March 4, 2018 at United Living Community in Brookings .   Visitation will be Sunday, March 18, 2018, from 2:00 until 5:00 p.m.at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga.  Funeral services will be held at the Christian Reformed Church on Monday, March 19, 2018, beginning 10:30 a.m., with burial ...

Feb 27, 2018

Kevin Keenaghan, age 68, of Brookings, SD passed away at home on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, surrounded by his family. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday, March 2, 2018, at Bethel Baptist Church in Brookings. Memorial services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, March 3, 2018, at GracePoint Wesleyan Church in Brookings. Eidsness Funeral Home...

Feb 26, 2018

Dolores Steinway, 98, of Brookings, SD, died on February 26, 2018, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. She was born in rural Howell County, Missouri on April 24, 1919, to James Edward and Jane Lamb. Dolores married Bynum Redford on August 9, 1939. They had one daughter.

Following the attack...

Feb 25, 2018

Marjorie "Marj" (Tirrel) Prunty, 83, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Brookings, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 25, 2018.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings at 10:30 A.M., with burial immediately following the service at Greenwood Cemetery in Brookings.  Visitation will be held on Friday, March 2, 2018 at...

Feb 23, 2018

Cheryl Dobesh, age 70, of Elkton, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018, following a brief illness at Avera Hospital. Memorial Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2018, at Prairie Winds Baptist Church, rural Elkton. Visitations will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2018, also at the church.  Eidsness Funeral Home is handling the...

Feb 20, 2018

Janet Learing, age 87, died on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at the Brookings Hospital. Memorial services are pending. Eisdness Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Janet was born on January 21, 1931 in Sioux City, IA, the daughter of...

Feb 18, 2018

Martha Ruth (Koch) Weischedel, born on March 28, 1934, at home near Gettysburg, SD.  She died Sunday, February 18, 2018, in Brookings, SD.

Martha, known by many in her younger years as Cookie, married Clayton Weischedel on August 20, 1955. They had five children together and spent their married...

Feb 8, 2018

Bradley Lorenzen, 55, of Brookings, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2018.  Burial will take place on August 24th, 2018 at 6:00 P.M. the Trosky Cemetery in Trosky, Minnesota.  There are no other services planned at this time.  Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family.

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Feb 5, 2018

Alvin Bohlen, 79, of Brookings, SD, passed away Monday, February 05, 2018, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 am Thursday, February 08, 2017 at First United Methodist Church in Brookings, SD. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.

Feb 4, 2018

Lewis Shelsta, 82, of Brookings, formerly of Clear Lake passed away the morning of February 4, 2018, at the United Living Community in Brookings.

Lewis was born January 30, 1936 in Hayti, SD to James and Elizabeth (Hentges) Shelsta. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from...

Feb 2, 2018

Eugene "Gene" Arthur Gilbert was born on March 13, 1934, to Samuel and Birdeva (Rhine) Gilbert in Brookings, SD, and passed away after battling kidney disease, which included 8½ years of dialysis. Gene died on Friday, February 2, 2018, surrounded by family at Edgewood Vista, an assisted living facility in Brookings that had become home. Funeral Services will be...

Jan 30, 2018

William Reginald Lufkins, age 71, of Brookings, passed away, January 30, 2018, in Orlando, Florida while on vacation.  Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, February 15, 2018, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings with burial of his cremated remains in the Sisseton Cemetery, Sisseton, South Dakota.

William was...

Jan 22, 2018

Douglas Lee IntVeld was born in Volga on October 26, 1951. He was the fourth of ten children born to Marten and Mag (Lengkeek) IntVeld. Doug passed away peacefully at the Mayo Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN, on January 22, 2018. Funeral Services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings with burial...

Jan 17, 2018

Stewart W. Moyer, age 93, of Brookings, South Dakota, died Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview.  Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on February 3, 2018, at Whitemarsh Memorial Park, 1169 Limekiln Pike, in Ambler, Pennsylvania.  No local services will be held. Eidsness Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Stewart (known to his friends...

Jan 12, 2018

Jasper Grey Chambers, age four months and twenty-one days, passed away in his sleep from apparent sudden infant death syndrome on Friday, January 12, 2018.  Funeral services will be 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Eidsness Funeral Home.  Visitations will begin at 5 P.M. on Wednesday and continue until the time of the service....

Jan 7, 2018

Robert (Bob) A. Peterson, age 94 of Brookings, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2018, at the Brookings Hospital following a brief illness. Visitations will be 5-7 P.M. Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at Eidsness Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at First Presbyterian Church in Brookings. Memorials are preferred to...

Jan 4, 2018

Douglas Edwin Strande, 55, of Sioux Falls, SD passed away on January 4, 2018, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM on...

Jan 3, 2018

Martha "Marty" (McVay) Marken was born on July 8, 1925, in Akron, Ohio. She was the daughter of Grace and Fred McVay. Marty passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at her residence in Brookings, SD at the age of 92.

Marty attended college in Akron, Ohio where she met Jack W. Marken....