Obituary Listing

Oct 12, 2017

James Nass, age 74, of Brookings, passed away on Thursday, October 12, 2017, at the Brookings Hospital.  Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, at 11 A.M. at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with burial to follow at First Lutheran Cemetery in Brookings.  Visitation will begin one hour prior to...

Oct 12, 2017

Robert "Bob" Heesch, age 87, of Brookings, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017, at the Brookings Hospital.  Memorial services will be Thursday, October 19, at 10:30 AM at First United Methodist Church in Brookings with burial to follow in Greenwood Cemetery.  Visitation will be Wednesday, October 18, from 5-7 PM at Eidsness Funeral Home.

Robert William Heesch...

Oct 9, 2017

Ella Mae Korthals, age 90, of Brookings, and formerly of Huron, died October 9, 2017, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, October 16, 2017, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings with burial to follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Sunday, October 15, 2017, at...

Oct 4, 2017

Allen Lee Nelson, age 83, of Volga, passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at home under hospice care. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, October 7, 2017, at Calvary Free Lutheran Church of Arlington, SD. Visitations will be 5-7 P.M. Friday, October 6, 2017 at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Burial will be in...

Sep 23, 2017

Myrtle Arlene McKinney, age 90, of White, SD, passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017, at the Hendricks Hospital, Hendricks, MN, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church, White, SD. Visitations will be held on Monday, September 25, 2017, from 5:00...

Sep 22, 2017

John T. Runia, age 80, of Brookings, passed away, Friday, September 22, 2017, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at The Volga Christian Reformed Church with burial to follow in Trinity Cemetery.  Visitations will be from 5:30 – 7:30 P.M. on Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel...

Sep 14, 2017

Hazel Miller, age 93, of Brookings, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2017, at Edgewood Vista.  Funeral services will be held on Monday, September 18, 2017, at the First Lutheran Church in Brookings, beginning at 10:30 A.M.  Interment will follow funeral services at Greenwood Cemetery in Brookings.  Visitation will be held the evening prior, September 17, 2017, at Eidsness...

Aug 23, 2017

Virgil P. Deethardt, 77, Lincoln, Nebraska, passed  away on August 23, 2017.  Virgil was born on May 30, 1940 in Brookings, SD, the son of Harold I. and Dorothy E. (Pike) Deethardt.  A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00PM, Saturday, September 2, 2017, at Greenwood Cemetery in Brookings, SD....

Aug 10, 2017

Louise Lena Ida Oppelt was born December 15, 1915, in Lyon County, Iowa, to William and Ella (Hamann) Wenzel. She died Thursday, August 10, 2017, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings at the age of 101. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, August 14, 2017, at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Elkton with...

Aug 8, 2017

Donna was born August 12, 1933, in Elkton, SD, the daughter of Benjamin and Mildred (Bebensee) Youngmon.   She died Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at The Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings, South Dakota. Memorial services will be 2:00 PM Monday, August 14, 2017, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings, with visitations one hour...

Aug 7, 2017

Duane Anderson, age 74, of Aurora, passed away, Monday, August 7, 2017, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral Services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, August 10, 2017, at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Elkton with burial to follow in the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitations will be one hour prior to the service.

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Aug 4, 2017

Clayton Johnson, age 88, of Brookings, South Dakota passed away Friday, August 4, 2017, at the Arlington Care Center in Arlington, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, August 11, 2017, at Eidsness Funeral Home. Visitations will be one hour prior to the service.

Clayton R. Johnson was born November 2, 1928, to...

Jul 23, 2017

James L. Jones Sr., former Chief of the South Dakota Highway Patrol, passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2017, in Brookings, South Dakota at the age of 83. Funeral Services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, July 28, 2017, at the First Presbyterian Church in Brookings with burial at 3:00 P.M. on Friday in Hillsid e Cemetery at Langford, SD....

Jul 20, 2017

Lester L. Clark, 85, of Brookings, passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2017, at the United Living Community.  Private services will take place at a later date.

Lester Lafayette Clark was born on July 24, 1931, in Ruthton, Minnesota, to Lafayette and Anna (Schirholz) Clark.  The family moved to South Dakota when Lester was 2 years old,...

Jul 8, 2017

Dennis Robert Lundgren passed away at home surrounded by his loving family under hospice care on July 8, 2017 after courageously battling pancreatic cancer. Visitation will be held at the United Parish Church in Elkton on Wednesday, July 12 from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Funeral services will be held July 13 at the Elkton United Parish at 10:30 a.m. with...

Jul 7, 2017

Jane Howard lost her battle with brain cancer on July 7, 2017, after being diagnosed in November of 2015. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M., Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Eidsness Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.

Jul 5, 2017

Donald Dale Johnson, son of Adolph and Martha (Schlieman) Johnson, was born February 4, 1925, on their farm northwest of Hartford, SD; where he grew up. Don joined his family and friends at their heavenly home on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at the United Living Community. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Mt. Calvary...

Jul 3, 2017

Richard D. Gray, age 58, of Brookings, died Monday, July 3, 2017, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. No services are planned. Richard is survived by his wife, Charell; daughters, Nicole (Daniel) Mann, Rebekah Glascock, and Christine Gray. Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Jul 2, 2017

Jane Helms-Price (Starkenberg), age 57, of Volga, passed away, Sunday, July 2, 2017, at the Brookings Hospital.  Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M. Friday, July 7, 2017, at First Reformed Church in Volga with burial in Trinity Cemetery.  Visitations will be two hours prior to the funeral.  Eidsness Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Jane was born...

Jul 1, 2017

Betty Lou Johnson, age 84, of Brookings, passed away, Saturday, July 1, 2017, at Avera Mckennan Hospital in Sioux Falls after suffering a stroke. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M. Thursday, July 6, 2017, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Visitations will be one hour prior to the funeral service.

Betty was born December 23, 1932, to...