Jean M. Helfinstine
Dec 28, 2010
Jean M. Helfinstine, age 90, of Brookings, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, December 30, 2010, at First Presbyterian Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Memorials may be directed to the Rex & Jean Helfinstine...
Dale E. Vander Wal
Dec 28, 2010
Dale E. Vander Wal, age 64, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010, at his home near Bruce. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, December 31, 2010, at the First Reformed Church in Volga, with interment in Trinity Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Thursday at First Reformed Church, 601 East First Street. Dale Eugene Vander Wal was born July...
Anmae Johnston
Dec 28, 2010
Anmae Johnston, age 81, of Brookings, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010 after a short battle with cancer. She died in her home with her family at her side. She was loving mother, grandmother, and friend. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, January 3, 2011, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M....
Dorothy Haas
Dec 24, 2010
Dorothy Nelson Haas was born March 18, 1913 in Chelsea, South Dakota. After graduating from Cresbard High School, she attended South Dakota State where she studied pharmacy. After undergraduate studies, she went on to complete a Masters in Pharmaceutical Science, the first woman to earn this degree from SDSU (1937). Dottie enjoyed her college years immensely and made many lifelong...
Vernon L. Quail
Dec 24, 2010
Vernon L. Quail, age 84, of Brookings, died Friday, December 24, 2010, at the Brookings Hospital. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Tuesday, December 28, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. No services are planned. Vernon Leonard Quail was born March 2, 1926, at Bemis, South Dakota, to Carl and Dora (Koppelman) Quail. He was raised in Iroquois and Brookings....
Bernice G. Mock
Dec 3, 2010
Bernice G. Mock, age 100, of Brookings, died Friday, December 3, 2010, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 7. 2010, at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish in Brookings, with interment at Graceland Cemetery at Madison. Visitations will precede services at the church on Tuesday. Bernice Genevieve (Seid) Mock was born March 5, 1910,...
Doris F. Van Maanen
Nov 27, 2010
Doris Fay (Umberger) Van Maanen, age 80, passed away Saturday, November 27th at Avera Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at First Lutheran Church of Volga. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 30, 2010, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga, with family present. Doris Umberger...
Geraldine Christianson
Nov 21, 2010
Geri Christianson, age 80, died Sunday, November 21, 2010 at her home in Volga. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, November 24, 2010, at Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment at First Lutheran Cemetery in Volga. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Geraldine Geri Estella Christianson was born June 15, 1930,...
Ron Duehr
Nov 17, 2010
Ron Duehr, age 74, of Brookings, died Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at the Southridge Health Care Center in Sioux Falls. Visitations will be 5-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. Private family interment services will be held at First Lutheran Cemetery in Brookings. Ronald Maurice Duehr was born November 4, 1936,...
Lorraine G. Anderson
Nov 12, 2010
Lorraine B. Anderson, age 83, of Brookings, died Friday, November 12, 2010, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 16, at the First Assembly of God in Brookings, with interment in Fairview Cemetery at White. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Lorraine Beulah (Groot) Anderson was born...
Mitchell Mans
Nov 8, 2010
Mitchell Bob Mans, age 85, of Volga, died Monday, November 8, 2010. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, November 12, 2010, at the Volga Christian Reformed Church, with interment in Trinity Cemetery. Visitations will be Thursday 5-8 P.M. at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. The family prefers that memorials be directed to Gideons International or the Volga Christian School....
Howard A. Hellekson
Nov 8, 2010
Howard A. Hellekson, age 70, of rural Volga, died at home on Monday, November 8, 2010. Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 13, 2010, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment of cremated remains and military rites at Oslo Lutheran Cemetery near Volga. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Avera-McKennan Foundation/Cancer Institute. Howard...
Johanna Volkers
Nov 6, 2010
Johanna Jo Volkers, age 88, of rural Brookings, died Saturday, November 6, 2010, surrounded by her loving family at Dakota Sun Assisted Living in Volga. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, November 11, 2010, at the Christian Reformed Church in Volga. Interment will be at Trinity Cemetery in Volga. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Wednesday, November 10, at...
Elsa J. Wood
Nov 4, 2010
Elsa J. Wood, age 86, formerly of Brookings, died Thursday, November 4, 2010, at Dougherty Hospice in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, November 8, 2010, at First Presbyterian Church in Brookings. Interment will be at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Visitations will be from 4-6 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Elsa...
Thomas Joel Schoonhoven
Nov 2, 2010
Thomas J. Schoonhoven, age 54, of Brookings, died Tuesday, November 2, 2010, at the Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Memorial services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, November 5, 2010, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Thomas Joel Schoonhoven was born September 11, 1956, at Pipestone, Minnesota, to Henry and Nesta (Vander Wilt) Schoonhoven. He attended Verdi Public School...
Jerry Lee Earle
Nov 1, 2010
Rev. Jerry Lee Earle, age 70, of Brookings, went to be with the Lord Monday, November 1, 2010, at the Brookings Hospital, Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 6, 2010, at Brookings First Assembly of God with interment and military rites in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 6-8 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home...
Donald M. Olson
Oct 31, 2010
Donald M. Olson, age 73, of Volga, died Sunday, October 31, 2010, at the Golden Living Center in Arlington, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Donald Melvin Olson was...
Wayne D. Ellingson
Oct 26, 2010
Wayne D. Ellingson, age 64, of Brookings, died Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 7:00 P.M. Friday, October 29, 2010, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with interment at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 2, at the Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home....
Ronald J. Nelson
Oct 14, 2010
Ronald J. Nelson, age 73, of Brookings, died Thursday, October 14, 2010, at his home in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 A.M. Monday, October 18, 2010, at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish in Brookings, with interment in the Grandview Cemetery, Gary, South Dakota. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Sunday, followed by wake services at 7...
Ed Schafer
Oct 13, 2010
Ed Schafer, age 83, of White, died Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Memorial services will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, October 16, 2010, at St. Pauls Catholic Church in White. In lieu of flowers, memorials should be directed to the White Ambulance or the White Historical Society. Edmund G. Schafer was born...
