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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...

Kay Blazey

Kay Blazey

Nov 18, 2007

Kay Blazey, age 80, died Sunday, November 18, 2007, at her residence in Brookings, South Dakota. Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings. Interment will take place at a later date at Black Hills National Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Charles and Kay Blazey Scholarship at SDSU. Kathryn...

Loren W. Spease

Loren W. Spease

Nov 17, 2007

Dr. Loren W. Spease, age 77, of Brookings, died Saturday, November 17, 2007, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at Bethel Baptist Church in Brookings. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Interment will be held at a later date at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne,...

Opal V. Stime

Opal V. Stime

Nov 15, 2007

Opal V. Stime, age 95, of Sinai, died Thursday, November 15, 2007, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at Sinai Lutheran Church with interment in the West Sinai Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Opal Viola (Boyd) Stime was born...

Louise Pillsbury Guild

Louise Pillsbury Guild

Nov 9, 2007

Louise P. Guild, age 95, of Brookings, died Friday, November 9, 2007, at the Brookings Hospital. Her body was donated to the USD School of Medicine. A remembrance service will be held at the SDSU Alumni Center at 4:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 5, 2007. Memorials may be directed to the SDSU Foundation. Louise Pillsbury Guild was born September 6, 1912,...

Henry Franken

Henry Franken

Nov 9, 2007

Henry Hank Franken, age 91, died Friday, November 9, 2007, at the Hendricks Hospital, Hendricks, Minnesota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, at the First Baptist Church in White with visitations beginning at 1:00 P.M. Interment and military rites will be in Fairview Cemetery at White. Henry Hank Franken was born October 28, 1916, to George and Tina (Walters)...

Juan Pablo Abarca Estrada

Juan Pablo Abarca Estrada

Nov 6, 2007

Juan P. Abarca, age 29, of Brookings, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at Brookings Hospital, of injuries received in a construction accident in Brookings. Visitation and prayer service will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday, November 10, 2007, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Funeral services will be held at a later date in Mexico. Juan Pablo Abarca Estrada was born August...

Juan Pablo Abarca Estrada

Juan Pablo Abarca Estrada

Nov 6, 2007

Juan P. Abarca, age 29, of Brookings, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at Brookings Hospital, of injuries received in a construction accident in Brookings. Visitation and prayer service will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday, November 10, 2007, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Funeral services will be held at a later date in Mexico. Juan Pablo Abarca Estrada was born August...

Freddie Johnson

Freddie Johnson

Nov 3, 2007

Freddie Johnson, age 93, of Sinai, died Saturday, November 3, 2007, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 7, 2007, at the Sinai Lutheran Church, with interment and military rites in the East Sinai Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will precede services at the church beginning at 12 noon. Frederick Edwin Johnson was born...

Ernest L. Claassen

Ernest L. Claassen

Nov 3, 2007

Ernest L. Claassen, age 68, of Hot Springs, South Dakota, died Saturday, November 3, 2007, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 9, 2007, at the American Lutheran Church in DeSmet, with interment in the DeSmet Cemetery. Visitations will precede services at the church. Eidsness Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements....

Brian D. Pavel

Brian D. Pavel

Nov 1, 2007

Brian D. Pavel, age 28, of Brookings, died Thursday, November 1, 2007, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, of injuries received in a construction accident in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, November 5, 2007, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Brookings. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. A second funeral...

Hilda Lengkeek

Hilda Lengkeek

Oct 31, 2007

Hilda Lengkeek, age 96, of Volga, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, November 5, 2007, at the Volga Christian Reformed Church, with interment in Trinity Cemetery at Volga. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Memorials will be given to Gary and Nancy...

Eugene R. Waltz

Eugene R. Waltz

Oct 29, 2007

Eugene R. Waltz, age 85, of Brookings, passed away Monday, October 29, 2007, at his residence. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, November 1, 2007, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Interment will follow later in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to McCrory Gardens. Eugene...

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