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Russell H. Bailey

Russell H. Bailey

Jan 27, 2008

Russell H. Bailey, age 77, of Brookings, died Sunday, January 27, 2008, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Memorial services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, January 31, 2008, at First Presbyterian Church in Brookings, with interment of cremated remains and military rites at 1:00 P.M. at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home...

Emma Nemitz

Emma Nemitz

Jan 19, 2008

Emma Nemitz, age 94, of Brookings, died Saturday, January 19, 2008, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in First Lutheran Cemetery at Volga. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Emma (Weikum) Nemitz was born March...

Adeline Birkholz

Adeline Birkholz

Jan 18, 2008

Adeline Birkholz, age 90, of Brookings, died Friday, January 18, 2008, at Good Samaritan Luther Manor in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A private family committal service will be held at a later date at Greenwood Cemetery in Brookings. Memorials should be directed to the Care Group at First United Methodist Church in Brookings. Adeline Anna (Wetter) Birkholz was born October...

Ethelyn J. Deknikker

Ethelyn J. Deknikker

Jan 17, 2008

Ethelyn J. DeKnikker, age 92, of Volga, died Thursday, January 17, 2008, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, January 21, 2008, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in First Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 6-8 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers that...

Mildred M. Landsman

Mildred M. Landsman

Jan 14, 2008

Mildred M. Landsman, age 92, of Brookings, died Monday, January 14, 2008, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 19, 2008, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings, with interment at the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Mildred Mae (Janssen) Landsman was born...

Dallas G. Seas

Dallas G. Seas

Jan 10, 2008

Dallas G. Seas, age 89, died Thursday, January 10, 2008, at Brookview Manor in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, January 14, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Dallas Gail Seas was...

Melvin D. Mendelsohn

Melvin D. Mendelsohn

Jan 10, 2008

Melvin D. Mendelsohn, 89, died Thursday, January 10, 2008 at Brookview Manor in Brookings, South Dakota. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, joining his parents and his wife, Rosemary. Melvin was born October 30, 1918, in Chicago, the son of David and Freda (Remlinger) Mendelsohn. He attended Illinois Institute of Technology, (called Armour Institute at the time), where...

Dale L. Ishol

Dale L. Ishol

Jan 9, 2008

Dale L. Ishol, age 77, died Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at the Brookings Hospital, Brookings, South Dakota. A celebration of his life will be held at 10:30 A.M. Monday, January 14, 2008, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings with interment in First Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home. In lieu of...

Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Jan 2, 2008

Mark S. Smith, age 57, of Brookings, died suddenly on Wednesday, January 2, 2008, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 8, 2008, at First Presbyterian Church in Brookings, with interment and military rites at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4:00 to 6:30 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Mark Stephen Smith...

Flora Jones

Flora Jones

Jan 1, 2008

Flora G. Jones, age 94, of Brookings, formerly of Sioux Falls, died Tuesday, January 1, 2008, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Interment will be at a later date at Hills of Rest Cemetery in Sioux Falls. Visitations will be from 5-7...

Donald A. Starkenburg

Donald A. Starkenburg

Dec 27, 2007

Donald A. Starkenburg, age 82, of Volga, died Thursday, December 27, 2007, at Brookview Manor in Brookings, South Dakota, where he had resided since November 8, 2005. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, December 31, 2007, at the Volga Christian Reformed Church, with interment in Trinity Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5:30 to 8:00 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral...

Brian E. Lane

Brian E. Lane

Dec 27, 2007

Brian E. Lane, age 74, of Brookings, died Thursday, December 27, 2007, at his residence. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, December 31, at Peace Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment and military rites at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Brian Eugene Lane was born April 3, 1933, at Brookings, South...

Carl H. Freyberg

Carl H. Freyberg

Dec 24, 2007

Carl H. Freyberg, age 87, of Brookings, died Monday, December 24, 2007, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, December 27, at Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations are from 5-7 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Carl Henry Freyberg was born July 20, 1920, on the family farm near Aurora,...

James Lorden

James Lorden

Dec 21, 2007

M. James Lorden, age 87, of Elkton, died Friday, December 21, 2007, at Brookview Manor in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, December 24, 2007, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Elkton, with interment at St. Marys Catholic Cemetery in Elkton. Visitations will be 6-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness-Zink Funeral Chapel in Elkton...

Dwight L. Adams

Dwight L. Adams

Dec 18, 2007

Colonel (ret) Dwight L. Adams, age 85, of Brookings died Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral Services will be 1:30 P.M. Friday, December 21, 2007, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings. Interment will be at First Lutheran Cemetery with military gravesite rites by the South Dakota National Guard Funeral Honors Team. Visitations will be from 4-7...

Richard A. Larson

Richard A. Larson

Dec 13, 2007

Richard A. Dick Larson, age 72, of Brookings, South Dakota, died Thursday, December 13, 2007, at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Monday, December 17, 2007, at Bethel Baptist Church in Brookings, with interment in the West Sinai Lutheran Cemetery at Sinai, South Dakota. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home...

Ellen D. Simmons

Ellen D. Simmons

Dec 8, 2007

Ellen Simmons, age 88, formerly of White, died Saturday, December 8, 2007, at Midlands Hospital in Papillion, Nebraska. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, December 14, 2007, at the United Methodist Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White. Ellen Devorah (Smith) Simmons was born September...

Milton Janssen

Milton Janssen

Nov 26, 2007

Milton Janssen, 90, of Elkton, passed away Monday, November 26, 2007, at Riverview Manor in Flandreau. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 30, 2007, at the Elkton Community Center with interment at the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitations are 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Eidsness-Zink Funeral Chapel in Elkton. Milton Joseph Janssen was born July 21, 1917, to Martin and...

Deanne Susan Olson

Deanne Susan Olson

Nov 25, 2007

DeAnne Olson, age 57, of Brookings, died Sunday, November 25, 2007, at her residence. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, December 1, 2007, at the Brookings Wesleyan Church. Interment at the Colman Cemetery will take place at a later date. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. DeAnne Susan (Poppe) Olson was born...

Joseph L. Coughlin

Joseph L. Coughlin

Nov 20, 2007

Joseph L. Coughlin, age 51, of Brookings, died Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at the Flandreau Medical Center in Flandreau, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 24, at the First United Methodist Church in Brookings, with interment in the DeSmet Cemetery. Visitations will be 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Following interment a...

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