Katie Jones
Dec 30, 2013
Katie Jones, age 29, resident of Bismarck, formerly of Volga, passed away in her sleep on Monday, December 30, 2013, in Bismarck. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 6, 2014, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at First Lutheran Church in Volga. In...
James R. Hornby
Dec 29, 2013
James R. Hornby, age 66, of Brookings, died December 29, 2013, in Brookings. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, January 3, 2014, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Thursday at First Lutheran Church. Memorials may be directed to the South Dakota Special Olympics. James Robert Hornby was born February 19, 1947, to Robert...
Joye Ann Billow
Dec 6, 2013
Dr. Joye Ann Billow, 70, of Brookings died Friday, Dec. 6, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls after a brief battle with cancer, which she faced in a straightforward manner and with much grace. A visitation will take place Friday, Dec. 13, from 3 to 5 p.m. at Eidsness Funeral Home. Friends may share their memories of Joye through...
Maxine Martinson
Dec 5, 2013
Maxine "Mickey" Martinson, age 81, of Brookings died Thursday, December 5, 2013, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 9, 2013, at the Volga Christian Reformed Church. Visitations will be from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Maxine Helen (Gillen) Martinson was born November 7, 1932, at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to...
Gwenn Johnson
Dec 2, 2013
Gwenn Johnson, age 79, died Monday, December 2, 2013, at her home in Brookings after a long, courageous struggle with heart failure. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 7, 2013, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery at Pipestone, Minnesota. Visitations will be from 5-6:30 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Gwendolyn...
William B. Kessler
Nov 26, 2013
Dr. William Burnell Kessler, 84, a retired dentist, passed away on Wednesday November 26, 2013, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am. Monday, December 2, 2013, at the United Church of Christ in Brookings. Dr. Kessler was born December 16, 1928 in Oklahoma City, OK to Walter and Louise (Killinger) Kessler. He...
George Madsen
Nov 24, 2013
George Junior Madsen (Junior Madsen) died Sunday, November 24, 2013, at Brookings. Funeral services will be 4:00 P.M. Saturday, November 30, 2013, at Pioneer Lutheran Church, rural White. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Friday at George and Arlene's home in White, (301 East First Street). Interment will be in the church cemetery with graveside military rites by Higgins-Jessen American...
William Lee Tucker Jr.
Nov 23, 2013
William Lee Tucker Jr., age 83, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at his home in Brookings under hospice care. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Morningside Community Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 p.m. on Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home. W. Lee Tucker Jr. was...
Alice S. Volkers
Nov 17, 2013
Alice Susie (Mans) Volkers was born December 20, 1923, on the family farm six miles west and one mile south of Volga in Bangor Township, to Mitchell H. and Ida (Piebenga) Mans. She was welcomed into her heavenly home on Sunday, November 17, 2013. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, November 25, 2013, at the Volga Christian Reformed Church,...
William J. Kuechenmeister
Nov 17, 2013
William J. Kuechenmeister, age 88, died Sunday, November 17, 2013, at his home in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, November 22, 2013, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in First Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home, with a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. William J....
Robert Laverne Henninger
Nov 16, 2013
Robert LaVerne Henninger, age 80 of Brookings, went Home to be with The Lord Saturday morning at his daughter's home under Hospice Care. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, 11/21/13 at his nephew, Donnie Fishers home located in Pawnee City, Nebraska. Preceding this, at 3:30 p.m., will be a gathering of friends &...
Kay Bauman
Nov 3, 2013
Ida K. "Kay" Bauman, age 67, of Bruce, died Sunday, November 3, 2013, at her home under hospice care surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, November 7, 2013, at Grace Free Lutheran Church in Bruce, with interment at Elmwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Kay was...
Arlyne Janssen
Oct 21, 2013
Arlyne Janssen, age 91, of Elkton, died Monday, October 21, 2013, at Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, October 24, 2013, at the United Parish of Elkton, with interment in the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Wednesday at the Eidsness-Zink Funeral Chapel in Elkton. Mary Arlyne Janssen was born July...
Clarice E. Shank
Oct 18, 2013
Clarice E. Shank, age 93, of Brookings, died Friday, October 18, 2013, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Memorials may be directed to the First Lutheran Church...
Adrianna Walburg
Oct 16, 2013
Adrianna "Ady" Walburg was called home on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at the age of 81. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, October 21, 2013, at the Volga Christian Reformed Church, with interment in Trinity Cemetery at Volga. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Ady was born on December 2, 1931, in...
Edna B. Reed
Oct 8, 2013
Edna B. Reed, age 98, of Brookings, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at the United Living Community, in Brookings, SD. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 11, 2013, at the Brookings Christian Church, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. In lieu of...
Adell Mckeown
Sep 27, 2013
Adell F. McKeown, age 89, of Brookings, died Friday, September 27, 2013, at the United Living Community in Brookings. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 30, 2013, at the United Parish of Elkton, with interment in the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitations will precede services beginning at 10:00 a.m. Adell Florine McKeown was born January 4, 1924, at Lily,...
Marlene Selken
Sep 9, 2013
Marlene Selken, age 83, died on Monday, September 9, 2013, at the White Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm on Sunday, September 15th at Zion Lutheran Church in White, visitations will be one hour before the service. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery. Eidsness Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Marlene Jane (Lambertus) Selken...
Jo Ann Woodard
Sep 9, 2013
Jo Ann (Reinhardt) Woodard was raised in Connecticut as the middle child of three daughters. After college, she worked in various jobs most notably as a training specialist for a computer software company in Manhattan, NY. She married Howard J. Woodard in 1984 and they moved to Brookings, SD in 1989. She helped raise two children: David (wife Tanya) and...
Lois E. Willert
Sep 7, 2013
Lois Elta Schaffer Willert departed this world on September 7, 2013. Lois was born on January 1, 1927 to Albert and Edna (Gust) Schaffer. Lois was a lifelong resident of Elkton, South Dakota. She was born in the northeast section of town, moving to other residences while residing at her current home for 56 years. Lois was baptized, confirmed, married...
