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Nellie Van Driessen

Nellie Van Driessen

May 31, 2004

Nellie Van Driessen, age 93, of Brookings, died Monday, May 31, 2004, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at the First Reformed Church in Volga, with interment in Trinity Cemetery. Visitations will precede funeral services at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to First Reformed Church. Nellie (Vander...

Donald E. Havrevold

Donald E. Havrevold

May 31, 2004

Donald E. Havrevold, age 73, of Brookings, died Monday, May 31, 2004, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, June 4, 2004, at First Presbyterian Church in Brookings, with interment and graveside military rites at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Donald Eugene Havrevold was born July...

Nellie Van Driessen

Nellie Van Driessen

May 31, 2004

Nellie Van Driessen, age 93, of Brookings, died Monday, May 31, 2004, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at the First Reformed Church in Volga, with interment in Trinity Cemetery. Visitations will precede funeral services at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to First Reformed Church. Nellie (Vander...

Charles A. Chester

Charles A. Chester

May 31, 2004

Charles A. Chester, age 81, of Brookings, died Monday, May 31, 2004, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, June 3, 2004, at First Lutheran Church, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Wednesday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Charles A. Chester was born September 14, 1922, at Astoria, South Dakota, to Chester...

Betty J. Skogen

Betty J. Skogen

May 30, 2004

Betty J. Skogen, age 65, died Sunday, May 30, 2004, at her home in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, June 3, 2004, at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Betty Jane (Hinrichsen) Skogen was born July 15, 1938, near Ward, South Dakota, to John and Gladys (Dearborn) Hinrichsen. She was baptized and confirmed...

Eunice Gottschalk

Eunice Gottschalk

May 24, 2004

Eunice Gottschalk, age 83, of Brookings, died Monday, May 24, 2004, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings. Memorial services will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday, June 26, 2004, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings. Eunice Faye (Packernigg) Gottschalk was born October 8, 1920, at Bowdle, South Dakota, to Frank and Elsie (Keen) Packernigg. She grew up in Bowdle, and...

Marvin A. Bortnem

Marvin A. Bortnem

May 21, 2004

Marvin A. Bortnem, age 88, of Brookings, died Friday, May 21, 2004, at Covington Heights Healthcare in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Memorial services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, May 29, 2004, at Lake Campbell Lutheran Church. Visitation with the family will be at Lake Campbell Lutheran Church from 7-9 P.M.Friday evening May 28. Marvin Arnold Bortnem was born May 23,...

Oral A. Holm Sr.

Oral A. Holm Sr.

May 13, 2004

Oral A. Holm, Sr., age 86, died Thursday, May 13, 2004, at his winter home in Mesa, Arizona. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, South Dakota. Interment will be at First Lutheran Cemetery in Volga. Oral Arthur Holm, Sr., was born June 5, 1917, at Volga, South Dakota, to Alfred...

Oral A. Holm Sr.

Oral A. Holm Sr.

May 13, 2004

Oral A. Holm, Sr., age 86, died Thursday, May 13, 2004, at his winter home in Mesa, Arizona. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, South Dakota. Interment will be at First Lutheran Cemetery in Volga. Oral Arthur Holm, Sr., was born June 5, 1917, at Volga, South Dakota, to Alfred...

William E. Kamps

William E. Kamps

May 7, 2004

William E. Kamps, age 68, of Brookings, died Friday, May 7, 2004, at his residence. Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. William Ernest Kamps was born December 20, 1935, in...

Myrl E. Jones

Myrl E. Jones

May 4, 2004

Myrl E. Jones, age 87, died at his home Tuesday, May 4, 2004, after several years of diminishing health. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, May, 7, 2004, at the Brookings Wesleyan Church, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to the Brookings Wesleyan Church...

Evelyn Algra

Evelyn Algra

Apr 28, 2004

Evelyn Algra, 81, died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at Brookview Manor in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday at First Reformed Church in Volga, with interment in Trinity Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Evelyn (Van Hoepen) Algra was born August 27, 1922, at Volga, South Dakota, to William...

Marty Martinson

Marty Martinson

Apr 28, 2004

Aaron C. Marty Martinson, age 77, of Brookings, died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, at the First Assembly of God in Brookings. Visitations will be from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Aaron Conrad Martinson Jr., was born August 12, 1926,...

Josie I. Knutson

Josie I. Knutson

Apr 24, 2004

Josephine Josie I. Knutson, age 92, of Volga, died Saturday, April 24, 2004, at the United Retirement Center in Brookings, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, April 27, 2004, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Josephine Josie Irene...

Mabel C. Smallfield

Mabel C. Smallfield

Apr 19, 2004

Mabel Carolyn (Kramer) Smallfield was born February 27, 1913, north of Elkton, South Dakota, to Herman and Elizabeth (Achtenhagen) Kramer. By grace, through baptism on March 11, 1913, she became a child of God and remained so for a lifetime of 91 years. She went to her Saviors side in heaven on Monday, April 19, 2004, at Brookview Manor in...

Carole Marie Zietlow

Carole Marie Zietlow

Apr 18, 2004

Carole Marie (Lokken) Zietlow was born July 29, 1932 to Ingvald and Irma (Swantz) Lokken in Hendricks, Minnesota. She attended grade school in District 72 in Brookings County. She was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hendricks, Minnesota. Carole then attended Northwestern Lutheran Academy in Mobridge, South Dakota for one year before transferring to Martin Luther High School in New...

Kent T. Solem

Kent T. Solem

Apr 16, 2004

Kent Thorlief Solem died peacefully on April 16, 2004 at the Brookings Hospital of chronic lung disease. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M Wed., April 21 at Lake Campbell Lutheran Church at Lake Campbell, Brookings, SD, with interment in Lake Campbell Lutheran Cemetery, rural Lake Campbell, Brookings, SD. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Tues. at Eidsness Funeral Home in...

Richard Groseclose

Richard Groseclose

Apr 15, 2004

Richard (Dick) Groseclose, 79, met his heavenly father on April 15, 2004, at the Brookings Hospital in Brookings, South Dakota. He was surrounded by his wife Rosella, his five daughters, and one granddaughter. Services for Dick's immediate family took place in Brookings on the evening of April 15, 2004. Dick's wish was to be cremated following a service for immediate...

Judy Nagel

Judy Nagel

Apr 15, 2004

Marvella Ruth Judy Nagel, age 66, died Thursday, April 15, 2004, at Avera-McKennan Hospital, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings, South Dakota, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Marvella Ruth Judy (Meyer)...

Svend Knudsen

Svend Knudsen

Apr 13, 2004

Svend Knudsen, age 89, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, formerly of Brookings, died Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at Huron Woods in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 17,2004 at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, South Dakota. Interment will be in Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery, rural White, South Dakota. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Friday at Eidsness...

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