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Lewis D. Bass

Lewis D. Bass

May 31, 2005

Lewis D. Bass, age 78, of Volga, died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at the Estelline Nursing Home and Care Center in Estelline, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, June 3, 2005, at American Lutheran Church in Castlewood, with interment in Castlewood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Lewis DeVere...

Erwin L. Jerred

Erwin L. Jerred

May 24, 2005

Erwin L. Jerred, age 85, of rural White, South Dakota, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at the Brookings Hospital in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M. Friday, May 27, 2005, at Morningside Community Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will precede services at the church on Friday. Erwin Lyle Jerred was born March 25,...

Hazel L. Lien

Hazel L. Lien

May 23, 2005

Hazel L. Lien, age 101, of Volga, died Monday, May 23, 2005, at Brookview Manor in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, May 26, 2005, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 6-8 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Hazel Leona Lien was born August...

Fay Hassler

Fay Hassler

May 23, 2005

Fay Hassler, age 74, of Bruce, South Dakota, went home to heaven at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota on Monday, May 23, 2005. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Friday, May 27, at Grace Lutheran Church in Bruce, South Dakota, with interment at 2:30 P.M. in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitations will be at Eidsness...

Helena C. Papritz

Helena C. Papritz

May 18, 2005

Helena C. Papritz, age 76, of Brookings, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, May 23, 2005, at Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in First Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Helena Christine Papritz was born March 1,...

Chance Leeland Johnson

Chance Leeland Johnson

May 10, 2005

Chance Leeland Johnson, infant son of Katie (Auck) Johnson, of Volga, and Daryl Stofferan, of Madison, died Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 6-8 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Chance was born...

Linda Duehr

Linda Duehr

May 5, 2005

Linda Duehr, age 64, of Brookings, died Thursday, May 5, 2005, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, May 9, 2005, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Linda Mary (Stokes) Duehr was...

Myrna E. Schirmer

Myrna E. Schirmer

Apr 24, 2005

Myrna Schirmer, age 82, of Brookings, died Sunday, April 24, 2005, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at the United Church of Christ in Brookings, with interment in the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with an Order of Eastern Star...

Paul Richard Wake

Paul Richard Wake

Apr 23, 2005

Paul Richard Wake passed away April 23, 2005, at his home in Fargo, North Dakota, from chronic depression. Memorial services will be held at Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings at 11:00 A.M. Monday, May 2, 2005. The family requests that memorials go to the Fargo Public Library. Paul Richard Wake was born January 31, 1975, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Richard...

Doris Ann Holm

Doris Ann Holm

Apr 22, 2005

Doris Ann Holm, age 83, died Friday, April 22, 2005, at Waterford at All Saints in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A memorial mass will be held at 12 noon on Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at St. Thomas Catholic Parish in Brookings. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with a wake service at 7:00...

Avis C. Nelson

Avis C. Nelson

Apr 22, 2005

Avis C. Nelson, age 75, of Volga, died Friday, April 22, 2005, at the Brookings Hospital in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, April 25, 2005, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Memorials may be directed to...

Howard M. Sauer

Howard M. Sauer

Apr 7, 2005

Howard M. Sauer, age 97, of Brookings, died Thursday, April 7, 2005, at the Brookings Hospital in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, April 11, 2005, at First Presbyterian Church in Brookings, with interment in Maple Lawn Cemetery at Faribault, Minnesota. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed...

Evangeline Wiener

Evangeline Wiener

Apr 3, 2005

Evangeline Wiener, age 90, of White, died Sunday, April 3, 2005, at the White Healthcare Center in White, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery at White. Visitations will be from 6-8 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White. Evangeline Vera (Thomssen)...

Abigail Mildred Thorburn

Abigail Mildred Thorburn

Apr 2, 2005

Abigail Thorburn, age 95, of Brookings, died Saturday, April 2, 2005, at Brookview Manor in Brookings, South Dakota. Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, April 8, 2005, at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Brookings. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Brookings or the Brookings Library to be used for large-print books....

Stella Nelson

Stella Nelson

Mar 30, 2005

Stella Nelson, age 89, of Brookings, died Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, April 2, 2005, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment at Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery at White, South Dakota. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Memorials may be directed to the...

Hazel E. Stangeland

Hazel E. Stangeland

Mar 24, 2005

Hazel E. Stangeland, age 90, of Brookings, died Thursday, March 24, 2005, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, March 28, 2005, at the First United Methodist Church in Brookings. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Hazel Eva (Swanson) Stangeland was born February 9, 1915, at Polk, Nebraska, to Frank LeRoy...

Walter J. Baker

Walter J. Baker

Mar 24, 2005

Walter J. Baker, age 81, died Thursday, March 24, 2005, at Brooview Manor in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 28, 2005, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, with interment at Fairlawn Cemetery at Aurora, South Dakota. Visitations will precede services at the funeral home on Monday. Memorials may be sent to the Brookview Manor...

Melba V. Christensen

Melba V. Christensen

Mar 14, 2005

Melba V. Christensen, age 90, of Brookings, died Monday, March 14, 2005, at the Brookings Hospital in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M. Thursday, March 17, 2005, at Grace Lutheran Church in Nunda, with interment in Prairie Queen Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Melba Viola (Albertson) Christensen was...

Beverly M. Hesby

Beverly M. Hesby

Mar 10, 2005

Beverly M. Hesby, age 85, of Volga, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at the Brookings Hospital in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at First Reformed Church in Volga, with interment in Trinity Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Beverly Merwyn (Harris) Hesby...

Jim Gjertson

Jim Gjertson

Mar 3, 2005

James Jim Gjertson, age 41, of Renton, Washington, died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at his home in Renton. Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 19, 2005 at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, South Dakota. James Troy Gjertson was born December 4, 1963, at Brookings, South Dakota to Gjert Ted and Phyllis (Hammarlund) Gjertson. He attended school for five...

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