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Steve Vander Wal
Apr 30, 2011
Steven W. Vander Wal, age 63, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at his residence in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Steven William Vander Wal was born January 15, 1948,...
Ruth Marie Huckabay
Apr 21, 2011
Ruth Marie Huckabay, 93, died Thursday, April 21, 2011, at her residence at United Retirement Center in Brookings, SD. Marie was born October 17, 1917, to William David Wesley Hampton and Letha Ann (Dortch) Hampton in Arkansas where she also received her schooling. On April 4, 1934, she married Vernon Evan Huckabay. Marie and Vernon moved from Arkansas to Fresno,...
Jacquelin D. Dahl
Apr 19, 2011
Jacquelin D. Dahl, age 79, of Brookings, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at the Brookings Hospital. Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, April 22, 2011, at Morningside Community Church in Brookings. Jacquelin Diane (Mullin) Dahl was born January 10, 1932, at Indianapolis, Indiana, to Walter M. and Maurine M. (Heckman) Mullin. She grew up in Indianapolis and graduated from...
Martha Tirrel
Apr 11, 2011
Martha Tirrel, age 100, of White, died Monday, April 11, 2011, at the White Healthcare Center. Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M. Friday, April 15, 2011, at First Baptist Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Martha (Kruger) Tirrel was born November 18, 1910, at...
Bernice E. Grande
Apr 4, 2011
Bernice Evelyn (Bakke) Grande was born on June 7, 1920, at Brookings County, SD, on the Bakke family farm to Elmer and Clara (Johnson) Bakke. She died Monday, April 4, 2011, at the White Healthcare Center. Bernice was baptized on July 11, 1920, at Leganger Lutheran Church in Toronto, SD. On July 7, 1935 she was confirmed at Leganger Lutheran...
Marjorie Ann Tribuzi
Apr 1, 2011
Marjorie "Marge" Ann (Henrikson) Tribuzi was born February 21, 1929, on her grandparent's farm north of Arlington to Mark and Nora Henrikson. Marge had two brothers and one sister. She attended country school at Bangor #3 and two years of high school in Arlington. Her parents bought a different farm after her sophomore year, so she completed high school in...
Ruth A. Bortnem
Mar 28, 2011
Ruth A. "Ruthie" Bortnem was born to John A. and Tena (Dahl) Eggebraaten on June 21, 1918 at their farm in Summit Township in Lake County, South Dakota. She died on March 28, 2011 at the age of 92 years and 9 months at the Brookview Manor in Brookings, SD. Ruth was born the twelfth of thirteen children and is...
Stella Thoelke
Mar 21, 2011
Stella Thoelke, age 102, of White, died Monday, March 21,2011, at the White Healthcare Center. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Zion Lutheran Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White. Stella Ophelia (Cameron) Thoelke was born February 19, 1909, at White,...
Phyllis Quail
Mar 21, 2011
Phyllis J. Quail, age 81, of Brookings, died Monday, March 21, 2011, at the United Retirement Center. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M., Monday April 4, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. No services are planned. Phyllis Jean (Thode) Quail was born May 20,1929,in Lake County, South Dakota, the daughter of Carl and Alvina (Rentz) Thode. Phyllis received her education...
Stella Thoelke
Mar 21, 2011
Stella Thoelke, age 102, of White, died Monday, March 21, 2011, at the White Healthcare Center. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Zion Lutheran Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White. Stella Ophelia (Cameron) Thoelke was born February 19, 1909, at...
Gordon J. Miller
Mar 18, 2011
Gordon J. Miller, age 91, of Brookings, died Friday, March 18, 2011, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, March 21, 2011, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment and military rites in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 3-6 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Gordon Joseph Miller was born January...
Anna M. Steuck
Mar 12, 2011
Anna Steuck, age 99, of Brookings, died Saturday, March 12, 2011, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, March 19, 2011, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elkton, with interment at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will precede services at the church beginning at 12:00 noon Saturday. Anna Margreta (Hollander) Steuck was born December 5,...
Lyle R. Waltner
Mar 12, 2011
Lyle R. Waltner, age 85, of Brookings, died Saturday, March 12, 2011, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Friday, March 18, at the First Lutheran Church in Brookings, SD with burial and military rites at the First Lutheran Cemetary in Brookings. Visitation will be on Thursday, March 17, at the Eidsness Funeral...
Margaret O'Connell
Mar 10, 2011
Margaret "Peg" O'Connell, age 96, died Thursday, March 10, 2011, at the Northfield Care Center, Northfield, Minnesota. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, May 14, 2011, at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Brookings, with Rev. Rod Farke, Rev. Jerome Holtzman, and Monsignor Richard Mahowald officiating. Interment will be in St. Thomas More Cemetery followed by a...
Wanda C. Drysdale
Feb 28, 2011
Colleen Drysdale, age 83, of St. Louis, Missouri, died Monday, February 28, 2011, at the Brookings Hospital. She is survived by her daughter Linda (Don) Crowe of Brookings; Son David Callans; granddaughter Susanna Crowe; and many relatives in Missouri. Colleen had been a resident at United Retirement Center in Brookings, for six years. Funeral services are pending and will take...
Frances Kracke
Feb 10, 2011
Frances Kracke, age 77, of White, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, at the Hendricks Community Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, February 14, 2011, at Zion Lutheran Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery at White. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White. Frances Charlotte (Tirrel) Kracke was born November 7,...
Jean H. Nelson
Feb 10, 2011
Jean H. Nelson, age 87, of Brookings, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 19, 2011, at Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in Elmwood Cemetery at Bruce. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Friday, Feb. 18, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. The family request that...
Henning P. Thomsen
Feb 7, 2011
Henning P. Thomsen, age 92, of Brookings, died Monday, February 7, 2011, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, February 11, at the United Church Of Christ in Lake Preston, South Dakota, with interment in Lake Preston Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Thursday at the United Church of Christ in Lake...
Katie J. Smith
Feb 5, 2011
Katie J. Smith, age 90, of White, died Saturday, February 5, 2011, at the White Healthcare Center. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M. Thursday, February 10, at the United Methodist Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White. Katie Johannah (Bruns) Smith was born March 2, 1920,...
Robert D. Lorden
Jan 28, 2011
Robert D. Lorden, age 83, of Elkton, died Friday, January 28, 2011, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral Mass has been postponed to 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 5, 2011, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Elkton, with interment at St. Marys Catholic Cemetery. Visitations will precede services at the church on...
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