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Lila M. St. John
Jul 31, 2008
Lila M. St. John, age 95, of Brookings, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 31, 2008, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, August 3, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations are from 5-8 P.M. Saturday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Lila Maxine (Baker) St. John...
Mildred L. Strande
Jul 30, 2008
Mildred Strande, age 95, of Volga, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Luther Manor in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, August 4, 2008, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 2-5 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Mildred Louise (Odegaard)...
Cecil D. Sanderson
Jul 27, 2008
Cecil D. Sanderson, age 94, of Brookings, died Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 30, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Donations can be given in memory of Cecil to the...
Frances Torgrude
Jul 23, 2008
Frances Frankie Torgrude, age 90, of Volga, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Dakota Sun Assisted Living in Volga, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, July 26, 2008, at Sinai Lutheran Church in Sinai, South Dakota with interment at West Sinai Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Friday at Sinai Lutheran Church in Sinai. Frances...
Jerry Andersen
Jul 23, 2008
Jerald Wayne Andersen, 78, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services are at 10:30 am, Saturday, July 26, at the United Church of Christ in Brookings with Father Mike Wensing officiating. Burial will be 1:00 pm at the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitation is from 5-8 pm Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Jerald Wayne...
Sandy Dykhouse
Jul 22, 2008
Sandy Dykhouse, age 46, of Sapporo, Japan, formerly of Volga, peacefully entered her heavenly home on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after a brief struggle with cancer. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, July 26, 2008, at the Volga Christian Reformed Church, with interment in Trinity Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8...
Mae Buller
Jul 17, 2008
Mae I. Buller, age 81, of Brookings, died Thursday, July 17, 2008, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery at Brookings. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Mae Isabell (Overend) Buller...
Orville Dean Morris
Jul 16, 2008
Orville Dean Morris, age 62, of Brookings, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, July 21, 2008, at Bethel Baptist Church in Brookings, with interment in Fairview Cemetery at White, South Dakota. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Orville Dean...
Donald Schultz
Jul 10, 2008
Donald Schultz, age 74, of Brookings, died Thursday, July 10, 2008, at the White Healthcare Center in White, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, July 14, 2008, at the United Methodist Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White. In lieu of flowers, memorials...
Garnet Bortnem Otterness
Jul 9, 2008
Garnet Bortnem Otterness, age 88, of Wichita, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008, in Wichita. Funeral services will be on Saturday in Wichita and at 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 14, 2008, at Lake Campbell Lutheran Church, rural Volga. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Memorials supporting...
Ryan J. Voeller
Jul 6, 2008
Ryan J. Voeller, age 23, of Brookings, died Sunday, July 6, 2008, in Brookings. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, July 10, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church in Brookings, with interment in the Elkton City Cemetery, Elkton, South Dakota. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with a prayer service at...
Helen Vierhuf
Jun 25, 2008
Helen Vierhuf, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at the White Healthcare Center in White, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 28, 2008, at Zion Lutheran Church in White, with interment at Fairview Cemetery at White. Visitations will be held prior to the service at the church on Saturday, beginning at 10:00 A.M....
Richard W. Thompson
Jun 21, 2008
Richard W. Dick Thompson, age 75, of Brookings, died Saturday, June 21, 2008, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at the Holy Life Tabernacle in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Richard Wayne Thompson was born August 18,...
Elmer K. Christensen
Jun 20, 2008
Elmer K. Christensen, age 94, died Friday, June 20, 2008, at his residence in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at Grace Lutheran Church in Nunda with interment in Prairie Queen Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Elmer Krogh Christensen was born January 17, 1914,...
Rocky Gilbert
Jun 19, 2008
Howard Rocky Gilbert, age 73, of Brookings, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, at the Brookings Hospital in Brookings. He was born to Alden and Hester Anne (Warner) Gilbert at Spokane, Washington, February 1, 1935. Service plans will be announced at a later date.
Violet M. Kalousek
Jun 16, 2008
Violet M. Kalousek, age 77, of Elkton, died Monday, June 16, 2008, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 21, 2008, at the United Parish of Elkton, with interment in the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Friday at Eidsness-Zink Funeral Chapel in Elkton. Violet May (Thomsen) Kalousek...
Dolly Hodgins
Jun 13, 2008
Dolly Hodgins, age 81, of Burnsville, Minnesota, died Friday, June 13, 2008, of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, June 17, with visitation at 10:00 A.M., at Mary, Mother of the Church in Burnsville. A second service will be held 11:00 A.M. Thursday, June 19, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Bonesteel, South Dakota,...
Milo R. Apland
Jun 12, 2008
Milo R. Apland, age 65, of Brookings, died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at the United Church of Christ in Brookings, with interment in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Oldham. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with a...
Arlene Nelson
Jun 8, 2008
Arlene Nelson, age 86, of Volga, South Dakota, died Sunday, June 8, 2008, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will precede services at the church on Wednesday. Memorials may be directed to the Brookings Humane Society. Amy Arlene Nelson...
Esther M. Carlson
Jun 7, 2008
Esther (Cotton) Carlson, age 92, of Volga, died Saturday, June 7, 2008, at Brookview Manor in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Volga with Pastor Steve Richerts and Clarence Grebner officiating, with interment in Trinity Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Volga,...
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