42 Rapid City, SD (formerly Brookings, SD) May 3, 2021 LeeAnn was born to Ron and Becky Merwin on March 8, 1979, in Rapid City. As the oldest of 11 children, she took on her role as a leader at a very young age, mastering planning events and mentoring others while...
76 Sioux Falls, SD April 28, 2021 John was born on May 4, 1944, in Akron, Iowa to Luverne and Mavis (Paulson) Satter. John was baptized and confirmed at Brule Creek Lutheran Church and was raised on a farm near Elk Point. He received his education in a one-room...
83 Sioux Falls, SD (formerly Crooks) April 28, 2021 James was born June 7, 1937, in Sioux Falls to Allen and Maurine (Peterson) Oyen. He grew up north of Crooks and attended Trobak Country School and graduated from Lyons High School. He then attended USD, Dakota State...
63 Hartford, SD May 1, 2021 Kirk Egge, son of Donald and Joyce (Otten) Egge was born April 30, 1958, in Sioux Falls. He graduated from Washington High School with the class of 1976. Following high school, he enlisted with the United States Army serving until earning...
95 Crooks, SD April 20, 2021 Janet was born on October 24, 1925, in Sioux Falls to John C. and Clara (Baumberger) Miller. She graduated from Washington High School in 1943 and from Augustana College four years later. Following her education, she taught at several...
72 Sioux Falls April 22, 2021 Gary Lee Meyer was born on June 8, 1948, to Erwin and Joyce (Olson) Meyer in Faulkton. After graduating from Rapid City Central High School in 1966, he attended South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where he obtained a degree in...
97 Sioux Falls, SD (formerly Hartford) April 16, 2021 Robert “Bob” Fred Phinney, son of Fred and Lucille (Perrenoud) Phinney, was born on April 15, 1924, in Sioux Falls. He graduated from Hartford High School in 1942. He attended SDSU in Brookings for a semester and...
91 Sioux Falls April 12, 2021 Ann, daughter of William and Grace Zabel (Colwill), was born May 30, 1929, on a farm outside of Harrisburg. She attended Harrisburg and Shindler grade schools before moving to Sioux Falls in 1943, where she graduated from Washington High...
69 Monroe, SD April 17, 2021 Salinda Parks was born on February 26, 1952 ,in Topeka, Kan., to Everett and Charlotte (Morris) Parks. As the child of an Airman, she lived many places such as Kansas, Guam and Michigan. Sindy married Tomas Tarrell on December...
52 Colton, SD April 14, 2021 Eric Richard Oyen was born on October 16, 1968, in Dell Rapids to Rick and Cindy (Egan) Oyen and grew up on the family farm. He attended Tri-Valley School where he participated in football, basketball and track. He was a Mr. Basketball...
94 Sioux Falls, SD (formerly of Colton) April 6, 2021 Carroll was born on December 18, 1926, to Ben and Emma (Mundt) Irvine in Sioux Falls. Carroll joined the Army in May of 1946 for an 18-month enlistment in Korea as a Staff Sergeant of the motor pool. He met the...
82 Sioux Falls, SD April 8, 2021 Eldon Idell Ellingson was born on February 7, 1939, in rural Colton, to Emil and Inez (Sorvig) Ellingson. Eldon graduated from Lyons Consolidated High School in 1957. In 1958 he moved to Sioux Falls and went to work for the Air...
52 Colton, SD April 14, 2021 Eric "Boone" Oyen, age 52, of Colton, died on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, as a result of a farm accident. Memorial services will begin at 10:30 AM Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at First Lutheran Church, Colton. Visitation with the family present...
77 Sioux Falls, SD (formerly Renner/Crooks) April 9, 2021 Lyle was born on November 8, 1943, in Sioux Falls to Robert W. and Eleanor (Severson) Helgeson. The family resided on a farm between Renner and Crooks until 1962, when they moved across a field to the family...
88 Valley Springs, SD March 30, 2021 Cornelius F. Bakker, son of John and Arnolda (VanDis) Bakker, was born December 29, 1932, in Beaver Creek, Minn. He was united in marriage to Arlene Brands on February 7, 1962. They made their home between Brandon and Valley...
94 Brandon, SD April 3, 2021 James Junior Decker was born on October 17, 1926, to Theodore and Laura (Kohlhoff) Decker in Jamestown, N.D. He spent his childhood on a farm near Hartford and moved to Sioux Falls when he was 12 years old in the “dirty 30s.” At 17 he...
101 Brandon, SD March 24, 2021 Edith was born on December 7, 1919, at Crooks, to Maurice and Ida (Holmstrom) Finch. She attended the Crooks Grade School and graduated from Lyons High School in Lyons. On December 17, 1938, she married Walter Borgen in Beresford....
86 Valley Springs, SD March 28, 2021 Kenneth Schuldt, son of Herman and Margaret (Jantz) Schuldt was born January 26, 1935, in Hartford. He attended school through the 8th grade when he was needed to help on the farm. He enlisted in the United States Navy,...
82 Sioux Falls March 23, 2021 Jim was born to James Meert, Sr. and Flora (McKeever) Meert in Kansas City, Mo., on August 15, 1938. He grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, and graduated from Bishop Heelan Catholic High School. He served in the Air National Guard for six years....
65 Crooks, SD March 22, 2021 Randall Leslie Larson was born on August 6, 1955, in rural Canistota, to Nuel and Alice (Parker) Larson. He was raised on the family farm in rural Canistota. He attended Canistota School where he graduated in 1973. He was known as “Gus” by...