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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...
Carol Perry
Sep 3, 2013
Funeral services for Carol Perry, 76, of Brookings, SD, will be 2:00PM, Friday, September 6, 2013, at the First Assembly of God Church in Brookings, SD. NOTE: Visitation will be from 5-7PM on Thursday, at the Church. Carol passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview surrounded by her loving family. Carol was born April 18,...
Hazel Dixie Berg
Aug 29, 2013
Hazel "Dixie" (Schimelfenig) Berg, age 70 of Emery, SD, went to be with the Lord on August 29, 2013, at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD in the care of skilled and compassionate nursing staff. She was surrounded by family members at her passing. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Trinity...
Eunice H. Mccuen
Aug 27, 2013
Eunice H. McCuen, age 91, of White, died Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Memorial services will be held 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at the United Methodist Church in White, with interment of cremated remains in Fairview Cemetery at White. Eunice Helen (Potter) McCuen was born November 19, 1921, at White, South Dakota, to...
Marilyn Hillestad
Aug 19, 2013
Marilyn Hillestad, age 83, died Monday, August 19, 2013, at her home in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 23, 2013, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in Oslo Lutheran Cemetery, rural Volga. Visitations will be at First Lutheran Church in Volga from 6-9 p.m. Thursday. Eidsness Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements....
Edwin "Jerry" Jerome Luetzow
Aug 19, 2013
Edwin Jerome "Jerry" Luetzow, age 78 of Brookings, died Monday, August 19, 2013, at home with his daughter by his side. A memorial visitation will be held from 6-8 pm on Friday, September 27, 2013 at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Please park across the street in the Brookings First Assembly of God parking lot due to construction. Jerry was...
Robert O. Gaard
Aug 7, 2013
Robert O. "Bob" Gaard, age 78, of Brookings, died Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in the Spring Lake Covenant Cemetery south of Arlington, South Dakota. Visitations will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Robert Olav Gaard was...
Kenneth R. Swedlund
Jul 20, 2013
Kenneth R. Swedlund (Ken), 68, died at Avera McKennan Hospital on July 20, 2013, as a result of a stroke. He was surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 24. 2013, at Morningside Community Church in Brookings. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Burial will be at...
Dilly Munch
Jul 19, 2013
Dilly Munch, 85, formerly of Sioux Falls, died on Friday, July 19, 2013 at her home in Brookings. Family present visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Tuesday at Brookings First Assembly of God Church. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, also at the Church. Graveside services will begin at 2:30 PM Wednesday at...
Richard A. Kruse
Jun 29, 2013
Richard A. Kruse, age 65, died June 29, 2013, at Mesquite, Texas. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 10, 2013, at First Baptist Church in White, with visitations with the family present, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Interment and military rites will follow at Fairview Cemetery in White. Richard A. Kruse was born March 26, 1948, at Hendricks,...
Leroy M. Carlson
Jun 28, 2013
LeRoy M. Carlson, age 80, died on Friday, June 28, 2013, at the Brookings Health System in Brookings. Funeral Services will be 1:30PM, Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Grace Lutheran Church in Bruce, SD. Visitation will be from 5PM until 7PM on Monday, at the Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. LeRoy Carlson was born on December 18, 1932, in Kingsbury...
Ethel S. Mannerud
Jun 26, 2013
Ethel S. Mannerud, age 98, of Brookings, died Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 1, 2013, 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 in Brookings. Ethel (Ross) Mannerud was born January 13,...
Sigurd Johnson
Jun 24, 2013
Sigurd D. Johnson 74, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2013, at the United Living Center in Brookings, South Dakota. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on July 6 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Revillo, South Dakota. Sigurd was born in Watertown, South Dakota, on December 8, 1938 to George and Judith (Strom) Johnson, and raised as...
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