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Catherine Benton
Apr 9, 2014
Catherine (Wiener) Benton, 93, died April 9 at the United Retirement Center in Brookings, S.D. Catherine was born on Oct. 6, 1920, in Baltimore, Md., to Nicholas J. and Mary (Maniski) Wiener. Two years later the family moved to nearby Brooklyn, Md. She attended Brooklyn Park Grammar School and Glen Burnie High School. She graduated from Strayer Business College and...
Robert Gruseth
Apr 9, 2014
Robert Gruseth, age 65, longtime Volga resident, died on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Society of Lennox after an eight year battle with Alzheimer's disease. . Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at Lake Campbell Lutheran Church. Visitation will be on Friday from 5-7 p.m. at Eidsness Funeral Home in...
Norma Basmajian
Mar 30, 2014
Norma Basmajian was born on October 27, 1919, in Mt Vernon Georgia, the daughter of Doster and Arlie Humphrey. She died on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at the Neighborhoods at Brookview at the age of 94. Services will be held at a later date in Georgia. Norma who was the oldest of five children. While living in Mt Vernon,Georgia, she...
Darrel "Red" Pahl
Mar 29, 2014
Darrel D. "Red" Pahl died Saturday, March 29, 2014, at his home near Aurora, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 3, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to McCrory...
Linda Montgomery
Mar 26, 2014
Linda Montgomery, age 66, of Brookings, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 29, 2014, at First Baptist Church in White, preceded by interment in Fairview Cemetery at White. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be given...
Betty A. Erschens
Mar 24, 2014
Betty Erschens, age 88 of Virginia and formerly of the Brookings area , died on Monday March 24, 2014, in Virginia. Visitation will be from 9:30 -10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, 2014, with a scripture service at 10:00 a.m. at the Eidsness-Zink Funeral Chapel in Elkton, South Dakota. Burial will follow at Elkton in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Betty...
Ronald R. Tyler
Mar 19, 2014
Ronald "Toby" Tyler, age 69, passed away at his home in White on March 19, 2014, after a hard fought battle with cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer). Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 24, 2014, at the United Methodist Church in White. Interment of cremated remains will be in Fairview Cemetery at White. Visitations will be from...
Bill Ulmer
Mar 17, 2014
JW "Bill" Ulmer passed away Monday, March 17, 2014 at Sanford Hospice Cottage following a short stay. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Eidsness Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Sanford Hospice, 2710 W. 12 St. Sioux Falls, 57104. Bill, the son of JW "Joe" and Edleen DeCamp Ulmer, was...
Brittnee Lint
Mar 15, 2014
Brittnee Danielle Lint, age 19, daughter of Dusty & Annette Lint of Sioux Falls, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014. Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 20, 2014, from 4-7 P.M. at Miller West Funeral Chapel (41st and Valley View Rd.).Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday at Celebrate Community Church (1000 Sycamore) in Sioux Falls.Burial will follow at...
Geneva Furey
Mar 12, 2014
Geneva Musgrove Furey, 94, died March 12, 2014, at Edgewood Vista in Brookings, South Dakota. Visitations will be from 4-6 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the Brookings First Assembly of God Church. Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 24, in Sunrise Cemetery at Manhattan, Kansas. In Lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Brookings First Assembly...
Everett M. White
Mar 9, 2014
Everett White, age 90, of Sioux Falls and formerly of Brookings, died on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, 2014 in the Halladay-Peterson Chapel at Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery at Brookings at a later...
Ross W. French
Feb 27, 2014
Ross French, age 80, of Brookings, died Thursday, February 27, 2014, at the Bryant Parkview Care Center in Bryant, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Tuesday at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, with a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. Eidsness Funeral Home...
Sherwood O. Berg
Feb 16, 2014
Sherwood O. Berg, age 94, died Sunday, February 16, 2014, at the United Living Community in Brookings. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 21, 2014, at First Presbyterian Church. A reception will follow at the Performing Arts Center. Visitations will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, at the McCrory Gardens Visitor and Education Center. In lieu of...
Sara Schmidt
Feb 14, 2014
Sara Lea Schmidt, age 46, died unexpectedly on Friday, February 14, 2014, at her home in White, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 22, 2014, at the United Methodist Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery at White. Visitations will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the church. Sara was born March 31, 1967, and...
Betty Mae Nagel
Feb 8, 2014
Betty Mae Nagel, age 88, of Brookings died on Saturday, February 8, 2014, at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. Visitations will be from 4:00 -6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, followed by a prayer service at 6:00 P.M. at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. Eidsness Funeral...
Douglas A. Herold
Feb 2, 2014
Douglas A. Herold, age 61, of Brookings, died Sunday, February 2, 2014, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, February 10, 2014, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Sunday at First Lutheran Church. Eidsness Funeral Home is in charge of...
Raymond H. Shepherd
Jan 31, 2014
Raymond H. Shepherd, age 79, died Friday, January 31, 2014, at his home in Elkton. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Elkton, with interment and military rites in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness-Zink Funeral Chapel in Elkton, with a prayer service at 7:00...
Opal Lucille Bandy
Jan 25, 2014
Opal L. Bandy, age 91, of Brookings, died on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the United Living Community in Brookings. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at GracePoint Wesleyan Church in Brookings. Burial will be at rural Mina, South Dakota in the Richland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, January...
Mike Lother
Jan 24, 2014
Mike Lother, age 59, of Brookings, died Friday, January 24, 2014, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 27, 2014, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview chapel, with interment in the Elkton City Cemetery. Eidsness Funeral Home is in charged of the arrangements. Michael Charles Lother was born August 24, 1954, at Rapid City, South...
Leora Colbeck
Jan 20, 2014
Leora Colbeck, age 94, of Brookings, died Monday, January 20, 2014, at Neighborhoods at Brookview. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 24, 2014, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in New Woodlawn Cemetery in Pipestone, Minnesota. Visitations will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Our Savior Lutheran Church. Eidsness Funeral Home is in charge of...
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