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Sharyn Archer
Jun 5, 2017
Sharyn Archer, age 69, of Brookings, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017, at the Brookings Hospital surrounded by her family. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, June 9, 2017, at the First United Methodist Church in Brookings. Interment will take place at Greenwood Cemetery in Brookings. Sharyn was born June 13, 1947, in Pierre, South...
Marlys Ann Schutt
May 29, 2017
Marlys Ann Schutt, age 77, of Brookings, passed away on Monday, May 29, 2017, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2017, beginning at 11:00A.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Visitation will take place on Friday, June 2, 2017, from 5:00 P.M....
Robert E. Moberg
May 27, 2017
Robert E. Moberg, age 91, of Bruce, SD, died on Saturday, May 27, 2017, at United Living Community, Brookings, SD. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, June 2, 2017, at Gracepoint Wesleyan Church, Brookings, SD. Visitation will be 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Thursday, at Eidsness Funeral Home, Brookings,...
Lee Simmons
May 25, 2017
Lee Simmons, 49, of Brookings, passed away on Thursday, May 25, 2017, while on hospice at the Arlington Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, at the Holy Life Tabernacle in Brookings, with interment taking place at 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, June 1, 2017, at Fairview Cemetery in White, South Dakota. Visitation...
Russell Reeter
May 14, 2017
Russell Reeter, 87, of Volga, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Volga, South Dakota. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at the Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Eidsness Funeral Home...
James H. Bailey
May 12, 2017
James H. Bailey, D.V.M., age 93, of Brookings, died May 12, 2017, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, May 19, at the First Presbyterian Church, 405 7 th Avenue, Brookings, SD. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home. James will be buried in Atlantic, IA, on Tuesday, May 23, 2017,...
Christine Rebekah Nail
May 10, 2017
Crazy, but that's how it goes. Christine Rebekah Nail passed away peacefully at home, under hospice, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on November 25, 1975 at Hill AFB, Utah. She was a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend and life of the party. She spent her grade school...
Carol Jensen
May 8, 2017
Carol Jensen, age 57, of Brookings, passed away on Monday, May 8, 2017 at her ADVANCE home under hospice care. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, May 10, 2017 at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Interment will follow at 3:30 P.M. at the Romsdahl Cemetery in rural Beresford, South Dakota. Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting...
Ella Christine Debates
May 3, 2017
Ella Christine DeBates, age 93, of Brookings, formerly rural Jasper, Minnesota, died on May 3, 2017 at the Neighborhoods at Brookview surrounded by her family.
Visitation will be held at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, SD on Friday, May 5 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Funeral services will be...Carolyn Steege
Apr 28, 2017
Carolyn Steege, age 76, of Brookings passed away on Friday, April 28, 2017, at her home after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Her deep and strong faith in The Lord was evident by the positive attitude she portrayed during this journey. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 5, 2017, at...
Pamela Kay Cool
Apr 25, 2017
Pamela Kay Cool was born to Marvin George and Norma Jean (Kepplinger) Schamber, October 19, 1949, at Mitchell, South Dakota. She died April 25, 2017, at the age of 67, from pancreatic cancer at Centennial Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Peace Lutheran...
Marjorie "Ann" Aaker
Apr 17, 2017
Marjorie "Ann" Aaker, 84, of Elkton, passed away on Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Riverview Retirement Community. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 21, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at the United Parish Church in Elkton, South Dakota. Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 20, from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M....
David Fruechte
Apr 16, 2017
J. David Fruechte, age 78 of Lake Benton, Minnesota, passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2017. Â Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 20, from 4:00-7:00 at the Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Elkton, South Dakota. A private family funeral service will be held on Friday, April 21, 2017. David Fruechte was born on November 8, 1938, to John and...
Roberta J. Bailey
Apr 16, 2017
Roberta G. Bailey, age 92, of Brookings, died Easter Sunday morning, April 16, 2017, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, April 21, 2017, at the First Presbyterian Church in Brookings. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Roberta will be buried in Atlantic, Iowa, at the Atlantic Cemetery at 11:00...
Dorothy Simmons
Apr 9, 2017
Dorothy B. Simmons, age 84, of Brookings, died Sunday, April 9, 2017, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at Eidsness Funeral Home with burial to follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Closed casket visitations will be one hour prior to the funeral.
Dorothy Sheridan Simmons...
Lucille Georgina Boyd
Apr 8, 2017
Lucille G. (Bishop) Boyd, age 106 of Brookings and formerly of the Egan area, passed away April 8, 2017 at United Living Community in Brookings.
Lucille was born August 27, 1910 in Leola, SD, to William K. and Lena Bishop. Lucille began her teaching career in a one room...
Verl Hieb
Mar 27, 2017
Verl Hieb, 75, of Brookings, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017, at his home surrounded by family after a brief but courageous fight with metastatic melanoma. Services will be held on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 1:00 P.M. at the Christian Reformed Church in Volga, with interment to follow at Trinity Cemetery in Volga. Visitation will be held from...
Boyce Smith
Mar 27, 2017
Boyce Smith, 94, of Brookings, passed away on March 27, 2017 at the Brookings Hospital. Services will be held on Friday, March 31, 2017, at 1:00 P.M at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with interment taking place at Greenwood Cemetery in Brookings.
Boyce Eugene Smith was born on April 7, 1922, in Beresford, South Dakota, to DeLoss...
Gerald "Jerry" Steineke
Mar 26, 2017
Gerald "Jerry" Steineke, 71, of Brookings, passed away on March 26, 2017, at the Brookings Hospital. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, beginning at 10:30 A.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with interment immediately following services at First Lutheran Cemetery in Brookings. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 28, 2017,...
David Jenkins Mccaa
Mar 24, 2017
David Jenkins McCaa, 80, died March 24, 2017, in Brookings after a brief illness. A celebration of Dave's life will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, June 3, 2017, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to a charity of your choice. Eidsness Funeral Home is handling...
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