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Ruth R. (Kaun) Emerick

Ruth R. (Kaun) Emerick

Oct 2, 2010

Ruth R. (Kaun) Emerick , age 86, of Brookings, died Saturday, October 2, 2010, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, October 8, 2010, at Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in First Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Ruth Rosella (Kaun) Emerick was born...

Virginia (Carter) Smith

Virginia (Carter) Smith

Oct 2, 2010

Virginia Ginny (Carter) Smith, age 84, died Saturday, October 2, 2010, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings, South Dakota, after a long battle with Parkinsons disease. Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at First United Methodist Church in Brookings. A memorial service will follow with her extended family in Jacksonville, Florida, at a later date....

Robert E. Groth

Robert E. Groth

Sep 25, 2010

Robert E. Groth, age 90, of Elkton, died Saturday, September 25, 2010, at the Hendricks Hospital in Hendricks, Minnesota. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M. Wednesday, September 29, 2010, at the United Parish of Elkton, with interment and military rites in the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness-Zink Funeral Chapel in Elkton. Robert Edwin...

Bernice Smith

Bernice Smith

Sep 20, 2010

Bernice Smith, age 101, died Monday, September 20, 2010, at the White Healthcare Center. Funeral mass will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, September 24, 2010, at St. Pauls Catholic Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Thursday at St. Pauls Catholic Church in White, with a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. at the church....

Mildred Matters

Mildred Matters

Sep 19, 2010

Mildred Matters, age 88, died Sunday, September 19, 2010, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Interment will take place at a later date in Arizona. Mildred F. (Hemmingsen) Matters was born May 21, 1922, at Brookings, South Dakota, to Frederik and Nelsina (Petersen) Hemmingsen. She grew up and attended school in Brookings, and received a B.S. degree in chemistry...

Richard M. Luther

Richard M. Luther

Sep 19, 2010

Richard M. Luther, age 84, of Brookings, died Sunday, September 19, 2010, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, September 23, 2010, at Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment and military rites in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 6-8 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with a public Masonic service at...

Merle L. Gunsalus

Merle L. Gunsalus

Sep 19, 2010

Merle L. Gunsalus, age 97, died Sunday, September 19, 2010, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Interment will take place at Hills of Rest Cemetery in Sioux Falls. No local services are planned. Merle (LaMont) Gunsalus was born May 12, 1913, at Watertown, South Dakota, to Eugene A. and Mary E. (Sloan) LaMont. She graduated from Brookings High School...

Caroline Engberg

Caroline Engberg

Sep 11, 2010

Caroline M. Engberg, age 75, of Bruce, died Saturday, September 11, 2010, at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M. Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at Grace Lutheran Church in Bruce, with interment at St. Petri Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Caroline Mae (Stewart) Engberg was born...

Avis Husby

Avis Husby

Aug 30, 2010

Avis E. Husby, age 80, of Volga, died Monday, August 30, 2010, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings, with her family at her side. Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M. Saturday, September 4, 2010, at Sinai Lutheran Church in Sinai, with interment in the West Sinai Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday, at Eidsness Funeral...

Josie L. Moyer

Josie L. Moyer

Aug 28, 2010

Josie L. Moyer, age 82, of Brookings, died Saturday, August 28, 2010, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M. Friday, September 3, 2010, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Thursday, at Eidsness Funeral Home. Josie Lee Moyer was born October 13,...

Jordan Hochstein

Jordan Hochstein

Aug 27, 2010

Jordan Hochstein, age 21, of White, died Friday, August 27, 2010, of injuries received in a motor vehicle accident near White. Funeral mass will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at St. Pauls Catholic Church in White. Visitations will be from 5:00 to 7:30 P.M. Monday at the church with a prayer service at 7:30 P.M. Jordan David Hochstein...

Mike Irwin

Mike Irwin

Aug 19, 2010

Mike Irwin, age 42, son of Paul and Connie Irwin of Brookings, died unexpectedly of cardiac arrest on Thursday, August 19, 2010, at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Funeral mass will be 12 noon Saturday, August 28, at the Pius the 12th Newman Center on the SDSU campus in Brookings. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral...

Irene Kreger

Irene Kreger

Aug 18, 2010

Irene Kreger, age 96, of Brookings, formerly of Huron, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 24, 2010, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with interment in Restlawn Memory Gardens at Huron at 2:30 P.M. Memorials may be directed to the URC Foundation or Senior Companions. Irene...

Arlene Dianne Mickelson

Arlene Dianne Mickelson

Aug 14, 2010

Arlene Dianne Mickelson, age 53, of Brookings, died Saturday, August 14, 2010, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral mass will be held 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, August 17, 2010, at St. Pauls Catholic Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Arlene was born July 7, 1957, at Brookings, to Floyd and Helen (Davis) Mickelson. She was the youngest of...

Robert L. Thorson

Robert L. Thorson

Aug 13, 2010

Robert Leroy Thorson, age 84, died Friday, August 13, 2010, in Brookings, South Dakota. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 21, at the First United Methodist Church of Brookings followed by burial of cremated remains at the DeSmet Cemetery at 3:00 P.M. Robert Thorson was born December 15, 1925, in Yankton to James and Doris (Burgi)...

Merlyn Mckinney

Merlyn Mckinney

Aug 11, 2010

Merlyn McKinney, age 87, of White, died Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at his home in White. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, August 14, 2010, at United Methodist Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White. Merlyn Charles McKinney was born April 22, 1923, in Estelline,...

David L. Gilkerson

David L. Gilkerson

Aug 9, 2010

David Gilkerson, age 86, of Brookings, died Monday, August 9, 2010, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, August 13, 2010, at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Brookings, with interment and military rites in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with a public Masonic service at...

Dorene F. Lewis

Dorene F. Lewis

Aug 7, 2010

Dorene F. Lewis, age 76, of Brookings, died Saturday, August 7, 2010, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Dorene Faye (Otteson) Lewis was born June 23, 1934, at Brookings, South Dakota, to Emil and Grace (Biwer) Otteson. She attended country school in the Estelline/Bruce area...

Beverly Hendricks Perry

Beverly Hendricks Perry

Aug 5, 2010

Funeral services for Beverly Hendricks Perry, age 82, of Downers Grove, Illinois, formerly of Brookings, will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. She died Thursday, August 5, 2010, at Burgess Square Healthcare Center in...

Wallace Hulsebus

Wallace Hulsebus

Jul 21, 2010

Wallace Hulsebus, age 81, of White, died Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, July 24, 2010, at First Baptist Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Military rites will be given by Higgins-Jessen American Legion Post No. 88 of White. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M....

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