59 Hartford, SD January 24, 2021 Jonathan “Jon” Amend was born to Robert and Karel Amend on October 22, 1961, in Sioux Falls. He attended Eugene Field, Whittier and West Central schools. He was baptized and confirmed at East Side Lutheran. After a brief service...
97 Sioux Falls, SD January 16, 2021 Erna was born July 31, 1923, in Menno to Philip and Katherina (Mehlhaf) Neuharth. One of 14 siblings, she grew up in the Menno area and graduated from Menno High School. She married LaVerne Decker on August 27, 1946, in rural...
94 Salem (formerly Crooks) January 18, 2021 John Orville Johnson was born on April 5, 1926, in Mount Vernon to William and Anna (Soma) Johnson. He was raised on a farm near Letcher and attended and graduated from Letcher High School. John then joined the war...
88 Hartford, SD January 15, 2021 Warren was the second child born to Glen and Myrtle Johnson on September 2, 1932, in Strandburg. He was baptized and confirmed at Tabor Lutheran Church and later graduated from Strandburg High School. Warren met the love of his life,...
77 Watertown (formerly Colton) January 13, 2021 Annette was born July 4, 1943, to parents Anton and Henrietta (Kolthoff) Hoekman in Sioux Falls. Her dad was serving in the Army, so her early years were spent in Monroe, Salina, Kan., and Los Angeles, Calif., before...
91 Ramona, SD January 15, 2021 Jim, the son of Harold and Alma (Titze) Asmussen, was born on September 7, 1929, in Mount Vernon, SD. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 26, 1951, and was honorably discharged on March 7, 1951. He married Mary Ann...
85 Dell Rapids, SD January 6, 2021 Kenneth was born on January 25, 1935 to Leo and Genevieve (Kopren) Heinemann in Garretson. He grew up on the family farm and attended school in Garretson. After graduation he enlisted in the United States Navy serving on the...
76 Renner, SD January 4, 2021 Roger was born on February 16, 1944, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls to Elmer and Huldah (Gortmaker) Tiahrt. He grew up on an acreage outside of Bridgewater and graduated from Canistota High School in 1962. He joined the Air...
76 Renner, SD January 4, 2021 Roger was born on February 16, 1944, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls to Elmer and Huldah (Gortmaker) Tiahrt. He grew up on an acreage outside of Bridgewater and graduated from Canistota High School in 1962. He joined the Air...
85 Dell Rapids, SD January 6, 2021 Kenneth was born on January 25, 1935 to Leo and Genevieve (Kopren) Heinemann in Garretson. He grew up on the family farm and attended school in Garretson. After graduation he enlisted in the United States Navy serving on the...
69 Colton, SD January 8, 2021 Dan was born in Sioux Falls on February 24, 1951, to Gene “Bubs” and Aileen Baldwin, joining his sister Pat into the family. He spent all of his school years and graduated from high school in Chester. After graduation, Dan worked...
65 Winner, SD December 31, 2020 Melanie Ann Coffey was born on January 22, 1955, to Orville and Mary Olson in Madison. Melanie graduated from Madison High School in 1974. She later met her future husband in 1978 while both were working at McKennan Hospital...
69 Salem, SD January 1, 2021 Ron was born in Sibley, Iowa in 1951 to Andy Hugo and Vivian (Dagel) Bents-Post. He attended Sibley High School and was married to ViAnn Hofmeyer in 1970 at the First Reformed Church in Melvin, Iowa. They made their home in Baker Township...
92 Crooks, SD January 1, 2021 George Nielson was born in Sioux Falls on January 22, 1928, and grew up working hard on his family’s depression-era farm near Crooks. His parents were Otto John Nielson (from Copenhagen, Denmark) and Tina (nee Johnson) from Crooks. George...
89 Dell Rapids, SD December 31, 2020 William Patrick Huntimer was born on September 13, 1931 in Colton, the son of Joseph and Regina (Elscamp) Huntimer. He grew up in the Colton and Dell Rapids areas. He attended school at Chester grade school, St. Mary Catholic...
88 Sioux Falls, (formerly Lyons, SD) December 20, 2020 Ron was born on November 24, 1932, at Sioux Valley Hospital to Roy O. and Johanna (Bunde) Thompson. Ron grew up farming with his dad on two farms near Lyons and attended the Lyons School. He entered the Army in...
86 Crooks, SD (formerly of Arlington) December 28, 2020 Ardy Clarence Smith was born July 10, 1934, in rural Erwin to Clarence (C.P.) and Lillie (Berger) Smith. He married Marge Smith on August 25, 1962, and they proudly raised three daughters, Jolene, Gaylene...
86 Hartford, SD December 25, 2020 Audrey Anne Matthies was born October 22, 1934, in Canton to Elmer and Gunhild (Severson) Twedt. She moved to the Hartford area as a young girl and later the family moved to Sioux Falls where she attended Sioux Falls schools. In...
70 Crooks, SD December 22, 2020 Bobbi Anderson, daughter of Gene and Marjorie (Nelson) Anderson, was born August 3, 1950, in Bryant. She grew up there and graduated from Bryant High School with the class of 1968. Following high school, she attended...
59 Lennox, SD December 18, 2020 Daniel Joseph Ketcham was born on May 25, 1961, to Earl and Dorothy (Kueter) Ketcham in Dell Rapids. In 1980, Dan married his high school sweetheart, Karen Sechser, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Humboldt. They made their home in...