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...
Rosella A. Groseclose
Jan 24, 2011
Rosella Rosie Gloseclose, age 83, of Brookings, died Monday, January 24, 2011, at the Brookings Hospital. Her wish was to be cremated. A family viewing and memorial service was held in Brookings. A celebration of Rosies life will take place at the Onida Cemetery at a future date to be announced. Condolences may be sent to the family at 400...
Robert C. Schwartz
Jan 21, 2011
Robert C. Schwartz, 76, died Friday, January 21, 2011, at the Brookings Hospital from complications due to ALS. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, at Grace Lutheran Church in Bruce with Rev. Wayne Hjermstad officiating. Burial is in Trinity Cemetery at Volga. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. In...
N. M. Tyler
Jan 19, 2011
N.M. Bud Tyler, age 91, of Astoria, passed away, Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at the Hendricks Hospital, Hendricks, Minnesota, due to complications from diabetes. Since Buds favorite season was Spring, funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, March 19, 2011, at the United Methodist Church in White, South Dakota, with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be at 9:30 A.M....
John J. Wagner
Jan 15, 2011
John J. Wagner, age 86, of Brookings, died Saturday, January 15, 2011, at the White Healthcare Center. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment at Fairview Cemetery at White. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. John Jacob Wagner was born December...
Elizabeth K. Easton
Jan 11, 2011
Elizabeth K. Easton of Brookings died Tuesday morning, January 11, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Arlington, South Dakota, at the age of 94 years, seven months, and 25 days. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 15, 2011, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings, with interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Wessington Springs, South Dakota. Visitations will...
Ella Lutterman
Jan 10, 2011
Ella Lutterman, age 99, died Monday, January 10, 2011, at Ramsey Care Center, Maplewood, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 15, 2011, at Zion Lutheran Church of White, South Dakota, with interment to follow at Fairview Cemetery in White. Visitation will start at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, before the service at the church. Ella Lutterman...
Nadine Nicholas Ness
Jan 10, 2011
Nadine Nicholas Ness, age 95, of Brookings, died Monday, January 10, 2011, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M. on Thursday January 13, 2011, at Sinai Lutheran Church, Sinai, South Dakota with interment in the West Sinai Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be Wednesday, January 12, from 4 to 7 pm at the Eidsness...
Heather L. Murphey
Jan 9, 2011
Heather Murphey, age 33, of Brookings, died Sunday, January 9, 2011, at the E.R., Brookings Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 15, 2011, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Heather Leigh Murphey was born April 26, 1977, to Duane and Marcia (Lund) Murphey in Pierre, South Dakota. She grew up in Pierre and graduated from...
Elaine & Carley Mcgill
Jan 7, 2011
Elaine Rose and Carly Fay McGill were stillborn on Friday, January 7, 2011, at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Private family funeral services will be held Wednesday in Elkton with interment in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Survivors include their parents, Connie and Grant McGill, of Elkton; grandparents, Joan and Ray Shepherd of Elkton, and Irene and Lincoln McGill of Lantry,...
Winston W. Wolpert
Jan 7, 2011
Winston W. Wolpert, age 89, of Brookings, died Friday, January 7, 2011, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings. Interment will take place in the spring at Spirit Lake Cemetery, rural DeSmet. Visitations will be from 4-6 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. In...
Lewis P. Nielson
Jan 6, 2011
Lewis Beeler Nielson, age 89, of Volga, died Thursday, January 6, 2011, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, January 10, 2011, at the Sinai Lutheran Church with interment and military rites at the West Sinai Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga....
Donna K. Draughn
Dec 31, 2010
Donna K. Draughn, age 47, died Friday, December 31, 2010, at her home in Brookings. Funeral services will be held at 6:30 P.M. Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at Peace Lutheran Church in Brookings. Donna K. Draughn was born December 22, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois, to Donald and Marcella (Gronke) Clary Draughn. Donna moved to South Dakota from Tennessee with her...
