Alice Gillette

80 October 6 Sioux Falls Alice Sommervold was born April 18, 1940, in Sioux Falls to Lillian Sommervold. She was later adopted by Ben Harkema. She was united in marriage to Stanley Gillette on November 10, 1956, in Rock Rapids, Iowa. They moved to Whittier, Calif.,...

Charles “Chuck” Bernard Puthoff

59 October 8 Sioux Falls Charles was the 10th child of 12 born to Lawrence and Celestine “Sally” (Roth) Puthoff in Sioux Falls. He was raised on a farm near Humboldt. Chuck graduated from Parker High School in 1980. Chuck began working at Pfeifer Implement in 1982 and...

Darlene Ann Suitor

84 October 9 Sioux Falls Darlene Ann Suitor was born on September 25, 1936, in Bloomfield, Neb., to Jesse James and Frieda Orilla (Beach) Howard. She was raised and received her education in Bloomfield. Darlene made her home in Sioux Falls in the early 1970s and began...

Eugene Coyle

94 October 8 Hartford Eugene Francis Coyle was born September 18, 1926, in Dallas to John and Rose (Muller) Coyle. In 1934, during the Great Depression, the family moved to Akron, Iowa to farm. Gene worked hard on the farm and provided his family with wild game, as he...

Roy Leo Ruud

96 October 8 Trimble, Mo. (formerly Hartford) Roy Leo Ruud was born August 17, 1924, to Leonard G. and Violet Fern (Antrim) Ruud in Worthing where he grew up and graduated from Hartford High School. Roy enlisted in the U.S. Navy on March 26, 1943, as a selective...