Grace Kurtz
Dec 28, 2014
Grace C. Kurtz, age 98, of Brookings, died Sunday, December 28, 2014, at the Brookings Hospital. Visitations will be from 4-6 P.M. Friday, January 2, at Eidsness Funeral Home. Memorial services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, January 3, 2015, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Grace C. (Lees) Kurtz was born November 19, 1916, at Elkton, South Dakota, to Walter...
Merlyn "Trip" A. Triplett
Dec 22, 2014
Merlyn A. "Trip" Triplett, age 63, of Brookings, died Monday, December 22, 2014, at the United Living Community. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 26, 2014, at First Lutheran Church with entombment to follow in the church cemetery. Visitations will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Eidsness Funeral Home is handling the arrangements....
Wilbur Schwartz
Dec 20, 2014
Wilbur Schwartz, age 89, died Saturday, December 20, 2014, on the farm near Bruce, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, December 27, 2014, at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Volga, with interment and military rites at Trinity Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-6 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Wilbur A. Schwartz was born August 5,...
Bonnie Kay Knutson
Dec 18, 2014
Bonnie Kay Knutson, age 52, of Sioux Falls, died unexpectedly on Thursday, December 18, 2014, in Sioux Falls. A private family memorial service was held on Saturday, December 20, 2014, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with interment at First Lutheran Cemetery in Volga. Bonnie Kay Knutson was born January 31, 1962, to Otis and Helen (Nettleton) Knutson at Brookings....
Janice Embry
Dec 17, 2014
Janice Hauge Embry, age 85, of Brookings, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 22, 2014, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-6 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home, with an Order of Eastern Star service at 6:00 P.M. Katherine...
Lois Meyer
Dec 17, 2014
Lois Meyer, 99, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings. Lois is survived by children, Greg (Jane) Applen, Medford, OR, Mary (Doug) Malo, Brookings, SD, Paul (Mary) Kloster, Perham, MN, and step children Susanne (Larry) Jungwirth, Bloomington, MN, David (Erin) Meyer, Detroit Lakes, MN; 12 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. The family would like to...
Marvin "Marv" Buechler
Dec 12, 2014
Marvin Buechler, age 76, of Indianapolis, IN, died Friday, December 12, 2014, at his home. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, December 22, 2014, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery at White. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Marvin (Marv) was born September 10, 1938, in Spring Lake, South...
Ellene D. Jensen
Dec 11, 2014
Ellene D. Jensen, age 100, died Tuesday, December 11, 2014, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings, South Dakota. Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at GracePoint Wesleyan Church in Brookings. Eidsness Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Ellene Jensen was born in Gruver, Iowa, to Fred and Bess (Reed) Dowden on September 27, 1914. She...
Amy Sue Knight
Nov 30, 2014
Amy Sue Knight, age 31, of Brookings, died Sunday, November 30, 2014, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, December 5, 2014, at the Eidsness Funeral Home. Amy Sue Knight was born May 29th, 1983, to Kathleen and Randall Knight in West Plains, Missouri. Amy had been a residential student at Children's Care...
Gordon W. Hillestad
Nov 27, 2014
Gordon Hillestad, age 89, of Volga, died Thursday, November 27, 2014, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the Oslo Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 p.m. Monday at First Lutheran Church in Volga. Eidsness Funeral Home is in charge...
Dolores "Dolly" Olive Brage
Nov 21, 2014
Dolores "Dolly" Olive Brage, age 91, of Brookings, died, Friday, November 21, 2014, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings, SD. Funeral Services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, November 28, 2014, at Cannon River Lutheran Church in Cannon Falls, MN with burial in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at Eidsness Funeral...
Patti L. Monahan
Nov 21, 2014
After a long battle with Parkinson's disease, Patti Monahan died on Friday, November 21, 2014, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings, South Dakota. Patti LaVern Nopens was born August 4, 1934, on a farm near Spencer, South Dakota, to Darrel and Malba (Pugh) Nopens. At the age of 16, Patti came to Brookings, where she graduated from Brookings High...
William "Bill" Heylens Sr.
Nov 19, 2014
William "Bill" Heylens Sr., age 84, of Volga, died Wednesday, November 19, 2014, in Arlington, SD. Funeral Services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 22, 2014, at Grace Lutheran Church in Bruce, SD, with burial to follow in Elmwood Cemetery at Bruce. Visitations will be from 4-7 p.m. on Fridayat Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. William Heylens was born on...
Lori J. Jagger
Nov 18, 2014
Lori J. Jagger, age 56, of Brookings, died Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at her residence in Brookings. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 22, 2014, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Interment of cremated remains will be at a later date at Greenwood Cemetery in Brookings. Lori Jean (Martinson) Jagger was born April 13, 1958, at Dell Rapids,...
John E. Thompson
Nov 17, 2014
John E. Thompson, age 90, of Brookings, died Monday, November 17, 2014, at the United Living Community in Brookings. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, November 20, 2014, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings. Interment of cremated remains will be in the Arlington City Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings....
Lanita "Jo" Arndt
Nov 11, 2014
LaNita "Jo" Arndt, age 73, of Brookings, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday Nov 15th at 1pm at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be Friday Nov 14th from 5-7pm at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. LaNita "Jo" Faye (Sweany) Arndt was born April...
Geneva Ackman
Nov 4, 2014
Geneva Ackman, age 82, of Brookings, died Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the United Living Community in Brookings, SD. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 8, 2014, at First Presbyterian Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Geneva was born on May 8, 1932 in...
Arlen "Pat" Patrick Isler
Oct 29, 2014
Arlen Patrick "Pat" Isler, age 61, of Brookings, died, Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at his home in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 1, 2014, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Visitations will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery at Watertown, SD. Pat was born on March 17, 1953,...
Duane Everrett
Oct 26, 2014
Duane Everrett, 83, of Lincoln, passed away October 26, 2014. He was born August 10, 1931 in Lincoln, NE to Herbert G. and Anna (Maxon) Everrett. Duane's professional career was dedicated to promoting educational opportunities in the Midwest and international communities. He started his career as a vocational agricultural teacher in Bartlett, NE. He went on to be a superintendent...
Nancy Lee
Oct 26, 2014
Nancy Lee, age 69, of Volga, died Sunday, October 26, 2014, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 30, 2014, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment of cremated remains at 2:30 p.m. at the Milbank Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Nancy Jean...
