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Muriel A. Granum

Muriel A. Granum

Feb 29, 2016

Muriel A. Granum, age 88, of Volga, died Monday, February 29, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society in Clear Lake, South Dakota. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 4, 2016, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment of cremated remains in First Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at...

Marj Hendricks

Marj Hendricks

Feb 20, 2016

Marj Hendricks, 85, passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Neighborhoods at Brookview. Private burial will take place Saturday morning at Fairlawn Cemetery in Aurora. A memorial service will be held at Eidsness Funeral Home Saturday, February 27 th at 1:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to The...

David W. Thompson

David W. Thompson

Feb 20, 2016

David W. Thompson, age 83, of Volga, died Saturday, February 20, 2016, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Burial will be in First Lutheran Cemetery at Volga. Visitations will be 5-7 p.m. Monday, February 22, 2016, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.

David...

Georgia Ellen Anderson

Georgia Ellen Anderson

Feb 15, 2016

Georgia (Ellen) Anderson, 91, of Brookings passed away February 15, 2016, at the Estelline Care Center. We rejoice in the knowledge that our mother, grandmother, and great grandmother is at peace and enjoying eternity with her Savior.   Funeral Services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 20, 2016, at Eidsness Funeral Home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery at Brandt,...

David P. Olson

David P. Olson

Feb 12, 2016

The Rev. Dr. David Paul Olson, age 73, died on February 12, 2016, after a nine month battle with cancer. He was with his wife and other family members at the Neighborhoods of Brookview in Brookings. A celebration of his life will begin with the visitation on Friday, February 19 , at Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings. Family will...

Norma Karlstad

Norma Karlstad

Feb 12, 2016

Norma Jean (Hawe) Karlstad, 84 died Friday, February 12, 2016, surrounded by her family at United Living Community in Brookings. Funeral services are at 10:30 am Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at First Lutheran Church in Volga. Burial is in First Lutheran Cemetery in Volga. Visitation is Monday, February 15 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm...

Gerald L. Skovlund

Gerald L. Skovlund

Feb 9, 2016

Gerald L. Skovlund, age 73, of Bruce, died Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 15, 2016, at Grace Free Lutheran Church in Bruce, with military rites and interment at St. Petri Lutheran Cemetery at Bruce. Visitations will be from 4-7 p.m. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.

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Charles N. Larson

Charles N. Larson

Feb 7, 2016

Charles "Chuck" N. Larson, 86, of Volga, formerly of Sinai, died surrounded by his family on Sunday, February 7, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 13, 2016, at Sinai Lutheran Church in Sinai, with interment and military graveside rites at the East Sinai Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be...

Herbert William Mager Jr.

Herbert William Mager Jr.

Jan 29, 2016

Herbert William Mager, Jr., 76, passed away on January 29, 2016, at Mountain Edge Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, due to complications of COPD. His cremated remains will be interred at a later date in The Memory Garden in Iowa City, Iowa. A gathering of friends and family with a luncheon...

Maynard Bjorklund

Maynard Bjorklund

Jan 26, 2016

Maynard L. Bjorklund, 87, passed away January 26, 2016 from congestive heart failure. As per his wishes, no services will be held. A private burial will take place at East Norden Cemetery on a later date.

Maynard was born on June 8, 1928 to Ted and Altha (Bergerson) Bjorklund on the farm near Lake Poinsett. After high...

Orville R. Nelson

Orville R. Nelson

Jan 26, 2016

Orville R. Nelson, age 92, of Sinai, died Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at the Golden Living Center in Arlington, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016, at Sinai Lutheran Church, with interment in the West Sinai Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday at...

Elaine Hanson

Elaine Hanson

Jan 23, 2016

Elaine C. Hanson, age 85, died Saturday, January 23, 2016, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 28, 2016, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga and one hour before services on Thursday....

Patricia L. Carpenter

Patricia L. Carpenter

Jan 16, 2016

Patricia L. Carpenter, age 71, died Saturday, January 16, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society in Clear Lake, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will precede services at the church Wednesday morning.

Patricia Lorraine Carpenter was born in...

Edna Jean Alfson

Edna Jean Alfson

Dec 29, 2015

Edna Jean Alfson, age 92, formerly of Brookings and Volga, died Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 5, 2016, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in Lake Madison Lutheran Cemetery, rural Rutland. Visitations will precede services at the church on Tuesday.

Edna Jean...

Barbara Jean Nelson

Barbara Jean Nelson

Dec 20, 2015

Barbara J. Nelson, age 49, of White, died Sunday, December 20, 2015, at Sanford/USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Visitations will be from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. No formal services are planned.

Barbara Jean (McGhghy) Nelson was born September 12, 1966, at Beloit, Kansas, to Lloyd and Marlene (Dennison)...

Joyce Ruth Boucher

Joyce Ruth Boucher

Dec 15, 2015

Joyce Ruth Boucher, age 73, of Brookings, died Tuesday, December 15, 2015, at the Brookings Hospital.   Joyce's wish was to donate her body for medical research.  Memorial Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 18, 2015, at Eidsness Funeral Home. Joyce Ruth Boucher was born January 1, 1942, to Winfred and Ruth (Miner) Fellows in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.  She...

Dorothy Mary Butler

Dorothy Mary Butler

Dec 10, 2015

Dorothy Mary Wilson Butler died on December 10, 2015, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview, in Brookings, South Dakota, after a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish. Visitations will be a half hour prior to Mass. Eidsness Funeral Home is handling the arrangements....

Ursel E. Seidl

Ursel E. Seidl

Dec 8, 2015

Ursel E. Seidl, age 85, of Brookings, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at the United Living Community in Brookings. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Brookings, with visitations beginning at 1:30 p.m. Ursel Ergeen Seidl was born June 25, 1930, at Fairfax, Minnesota, the only child of Herbert and Hilda (Bleick)...

Hazelle M. Little

Hazelle M. Little

Dec 3, 2015

Hazelle M. Little, age 98, of Brookings, died Thursday, December 3, 2015, at the United Living Community in Brookings. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 11, 2015, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will precede the funeral service, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Memorials may be directed to the Hoffman-Townsend American Legion Auxiliary....

Mavis Ilene Parker

Mavis Ilene Parker

Dec 1, 2015

Mavis Parker, age 81, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, died Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at her home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment at First Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Memorials may be directed to the Friends of the Colorado...

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