Obituaries
Lester Verley
Oct 6, 2012
Lester Ephron Verley passed away October 6, 2012 at the Avera McKennan Hospital after suffering a stroke. He would have been 98 years old on October 22. Lester was born October 22, 1914 at Hooker, South Dakota, one of six children born to Myron and Katie (Lodde) Verley. The family moved to Hurley where Lester graduated from high school in...
Clement Tucker
Sep 24, 2012
Clement was born Jan. 16, 1923 in the church parsonage located in Lynd Township, Lyon County, Mn. He grew up in Sioux Falls and graduated from Washington High School. Clement worked at Sioux Tire & Battery for a few years the then enlisted in the US Coast Guard. He served as a Gunners Mate 2nd Class in the Coast Guard...
Juanita Cupit
Sep 9, 2012
Juanita (Jeannie) was born at Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 29, 1937 to Richard and Margaret (Remley) Watson. She had nine brothers and sisters. When she left their home she took five of her siblings with her. Juanita married Darvin (Curt) Ishmael on May 18, 1959 at Chicago, Illinois. They moved to South Dakota and started having babies. A son in...
Vincent Kraft
Sep 7, 2012
Vincent Roger Kraft was born March 26th, 1943 to Richard and Evelyn (Sordrager) Kraft in Portland, Oregon. On June 13th, 1963 he married Patricia Ann Shook. To this union were born three children, Donald Kraft (Deceased), Robert (Angie) Kraft, Sioux Falls, S.D., Pamela (Chad) Boheman, Valley Springs, S.D. His grandchildren, Ivy Kraft, Ashley Hansen, Jacob Lee, Caleb Lee, and Tasha...
Reade Nelson
Aug 15, 2012
Reade was born on February 16th, 1966 at Sioux Valley Hospital to Gene and Adeline Nelson. He attended Bancroft Elementary, Whittier Junior High, and Washington High School, graduating in 1984. Reade was employed at the Bike Barn, Schoeneman?s Lumber and for the past several years at Justice Fire & Safety. He married Michelle Hermann on May 18th, 1990 at Emmanuel...
Dorothy Loebig
Aug 10, 2012
Born in Iowa City, IA, she graduated in 1952 from Britt High School, Britt, Iowa where she was the class homecoming queen and band majorette. Married to Al Loebig of Wesley, Iowa, they had 5 children together: Michael (Vicki) Loebig of Texarkana AR, Larry Loebig of Sioux Falls SD, Suzanne (David) Potratz of Sioux Falls SD and David Loebig of...
Janice Schuldies
Jul 6, 2012
Janice ?Spring? was born October 1, 1943 at Eagle Butte, South Dakota, the daughter of Cyril Benoist and Evelyn Whitney. She graduated from high school and attended college. Spring was known for her innate artistic ability through the medium of wood carving. She created works of art symbolizing life experiences, heritage, and Sioux Culture. She was known to her children...
Harriet Lovseth
Jun 21, 2012
Harriet was born at Centerville, South Dakota on October 25, 1911 to John and Anna ( Nupen) Solheim. The family moved to the Parker area when she was a small child. She attended rural grade school and graduated from Parker High School. Harriet attended Dakota State at Madison, SD and Augustana College and Minnesota University at Minneapolis, MN. She taught...
Edward Eide
Jun 16, 2012
Edward was born July 12, 1930 at Benson, Minnesota, the son of Henry and Clara Eide. He was raised in Minnesota until he was 14 years old and the family moved to Sioux Falls in 1944. Edward attended school in Sioux Falls until he began working. Edward began working at the Old Home Bakery in Sioux Falls when he was...
Dona Underberg
Jun 1, 2012
Dona Jeanne Underberg (Siegfried) was born March 5, 1940 in Gregory, SD. As children, Dona and her three sisters spent time in the Abbot House orphanage in Mitchell, SD. Lynda (Ammann), the youngest of the four was the first to be adopted by Ralph and Helen Ginn of Brookings, SD. Dona and Dorothy (Martinez) were then adopted by Everette and...
Marjorie Anderson
May 28, 2012
Marjorie was born on February 15, 1932 to Oscar and Jennie (Bolhouse) Clausen in Castlewood, South Dakota. She grew up on a farm near Castlewood and graduated from Castlewood High School in 1950. She then attended Nettleton Business College in Sioux Falls. Marge married Seth Anderson on March 10, 1967 at First Baptist Church in Sioux Falls. She worked in...
Sandra McConniel
May 15, 2012
Sandra Charlene Loughlin was born August 5, 1943 in Sioux Falls, the daughter of Lawrence and Lillian (Plagman) Loughlin. She married Jim McConniel. She is survived by five children, Lisa, Suni, Deb, Bill and Leonard; 14 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jim; and a grandson, Jeremy Johnson.
Minnie Houg
May 8, 2012
Minnie Houg, 90, passed away on May 8, 2012 at the Sanford Hospice Cottage. Minnie was born on August 4, 1921 in Sioux Falls, SD. Minnie married Charles ?Chuck? Houg on February 5, 1948. Minnie was employed at John Morrell & Co., Raven Industries and EconoFoods in Sioux Falls. Minnie enjoyed many activities in life, including puzzles and knitting items...
Jeanne Nelson
May 6, 2012
Jeanne Marie Nelson went home to the Lord on May 6, 2012. Jeanne was born in Wilmot, SD May 22, 1934 to Henry Cramer and Alberta Slick-Cramer. Alberta passed away in childbirth and Jeanne was raised by her maternal grandparents Anna and Jay Slick. She grew up in Wilmot and graduated high school there. Jeanne married Howard L Nelson Sr...
Janice O'Connell
Apr 23, 2012
Janice Elaine Robb was born April 15, 1941 to Ernest and Sarah (Repp) Robb at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She grew up and attended school in Sioux Falls graduating from Washington High in 1959. Janice married Darrell O?Connell on March 12, 1960 at Sioux Falls. They lived at Beresford until 1967 and then lived one year at Pipestone, Minnesota. In...
Fred Schumacher
Mar 27, 2012
Fred ?Fast Freddie? was born April 26, 1959 at Sioux Falls, SD to Leland and Janet Schumacher. He was raised in Sioux Falls where he attended Laura B. Anderson Elementary School, Whittier Middle School and Lincoln High School. He enlisted with the US Army in 1975. He served in Korea and was honorably discharged in 1979. Fred worked in Topeka,...
Irene Lund
Mar 7, 2012
Irene Alice (Selken) Lund, 82, passed away on March 7, 2012 at the Sanford Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, SD after more than four years of battling cancer. Irene was born on September 22, 1929 to Chas. Henry Sr. and Goldia Adelia (Wilka) Selken at the farmhouse where they lived near Larchwood, Iowa. She was the 6th child of 8...
Della Perkins
Mar 6, 2012
Della was born November 21,1907 at Axtell, Kansas to Carl and Matilda (Carlson) Swanson. She grew up on the farm in Kansas and attended country school. She moved with her family to South Dakota. Della married Charles Perkins on August 16, 1924. They owned the Shady Lane General Store near The Buffalo Trading Post. They moved to Sioux Falls in...
Fidelia Mellenberndt
Feb 28, 2012
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Olive Fleming
Feb 4, 2012
Olive Marie (Frerichs) Fleming was born March 2, 1922 to her parents, Herman and Lillian (Sundquist) Frerichs. She moved to Sioux Falls with her parents at an early age and received her education, graduating from Washington High School in 1940. She married Michael Fleming in Canistota, South Dakota on Nov. 5, 1946. She was a homemaker and then followed her...
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