90 Hartford, SD May 15, 2021 Ernest Charles Kroeger was born on August 18, 1930, to Otto and Augusta (Jordan) Kroeger, the youngest of nine children. He was raised on the family farm attending Pleasant Valley District school and then graduating from Hartford High. He...
89 Sioux Falls, SD (formerly Hartford and Dell Rapids) May 14, 2021 Jerry was born to Helmuth August and Elsie (Carls) Baade on Saturday, March 26, 1932, in Hartford. He attended Hartford Area Country Schools. In 1951, Jerry enlisted in the Navy and served in the...
73 Madison, SD May 16, 2021 David Harvey Mills was born on February 17, 1948, at Orange, N.J. to Dorothy Marguerite (nee Harvey) and Clarence (Ben) Mills. He was raised in East Orange near his paternal grandparents for the first 10 years of his life. Then his family...
72 Rural Baltic, SD May 4, 2021 Terry was born on March 3, 1949, to Herman and Ramona (Rempfer) Opp in Mobridge. He grew up in Isabel until moving with his family to Marion in 1960. He graduated from Marion High School in 1967 and attended Northern State in Aberdeen....
91 Dell Rapids, SD May 7, 2021 Stella was born on July 5, 1929, at Trent, the daughter of William and Mary (Majeres) Burkard. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Dell Rapids. She attended St. Mary School graduating in 1946. After high school she enrolled in...
60 Sioux Falls, SD May 6, 2021 Grateful for sharing his life are his mother, Marcella Cummings, of Sioux Falls; his children, Angela (Bruce) Letcher of Sioux Falls, Michael (Juliet Ried) Bergin of Sioux City, Iowa and Kathleen (Josh) Bergin of Sioux City, Iowa; 14...
81 Sioux Falls, SD May 6, 2021 Melvin Dwayne Dykstra was born on April 20, 1940, in Springfield to Edward and Eunice (Williamson) Dykstra. Eunice and Albert Werdin (Mel’s stepfather) moved the family to Sioux Falls where Melvin graduated from Washington High in 1958....
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...