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...
Obituaries
Robert “Bob” Fred Phinney
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...
Anna Mae “Ann” (Zabel) Basche
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...
Salinda “Sindy” L. Tarrell
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...
Eric “Boone” Oyen
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...
Carroll Gene Irvine
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...
Eldon Ellingson
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...
Eric “Boone” Oyen
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...
Lyle Sylvester Helgeson
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...
Cornelius Bakker
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...
James “Jim” Decker
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...
Edith G. Borgen
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....
Kenneth “Kenny” Schuldt
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,...
James (Jim) Meert Jr.
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....
Randy L. Larson
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...
Lyle M. Johnson
84 Sioux Falls March 20, 2021 Lyle was born on December 4, 1936, to Lewis and Emma Johnson in Clarno Township, Lake County, Winfred. He was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church. Lyle graduated from Orland High School in 1955, and in 1960 he...
Aerial Ojo-Serbus
14 Sioux Falls March 15, 2021 Aerial Marie Rose Ojo-Serbus, daughter of Lisa Serbus and Ayodele Ojo was born July 9, 2006, in Willmar, Minn. They have lived in the Sioux Falls area for the last 12 years. She had many talents including dancing, drawing and she...
Judith A. Rew
76 Sioux Falls, SD March 12, 2021 Judith A. VanderWal was born on July 18, 1944, in Volga on a farm. After high school she moved to Sioux Falls and went to Nettleton College. She worked at N.W. Bell Telephone Company in 1963 and retired in 1990. She later went...
Lloyd Verlyn Stubsten
89 Sioux Falls, SD March 15, 2021 Lloyd was born July 23, 1931 to Ferdinand and Mary (Ramses) Stubsten in rural Renner. Lloyd farmed in the Colton and Crooks area for many years. He later moved to Sioux Falls and worked as a driver for Sweetman Construction for 23...
Amber Ordal Easton
52 Santa Fe, NM February 22, 2021 Amber Easton graduated from West Central High School in Hartford and Augustana College in Sioux Falls. She was an author with over 20 published novels. She was an avid traveler and was always eager to go on spontaneous adventures....