59 Friday, June 26 Sioux Falls Randy was born and raised in Sioux Falls. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy in his younger days. For over 30 years he worked as a truckdriver and was employed with BPI for the last nine years. His friends and family were most...
64 Saturday, June 27 Sioux Falls Tommy Wayne Garner, son of William and Mildred (Jurczwesky) Garner, was born September 20, 1955, in Sioux Falls. He grew up there and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1973. After high school, Tom met Betty Henry through mutual...
92 Monday, June 22 Wessington Springs IIa was born on September 7, 1927, to Lewis and Zida Thompson in Wessington Springs. She attended country school and graduated from Wessington Springs High School. On November 24, 1946, she was united in marriage...
77 Wednesday, June 17 Baltic Judith Ellen was born Jan. 8, 1943, in Dell Rapids to parents, Ralph and Viola (Hawk) Van Vooren. She grew up in Dell Rapids and graduated from St. Mary High School. She married Iver Oien August 25, 1962, at St. Mary Catholic...
94 Sunday, March 21 Montrose As a child, Marlys lived in the Montrose area. In her senior year, her family moved to Sioux Falls. Marlys was a 1943 graduate of Cathedral High School. In 1944, she married the love of her life, Gene Zimmer. Marlys and Gene made their...
78 Friday, June 19 Humboldt Mary Lou Loucks was born November 21, 1941 to Frank and Vada (Drew) Loucks in Terra Haute, Ind. She graduated from Harrisburg High School in 1959 and attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. She worked for Bob’s...
85 Tuesday, June 9 Formerly Brandon Dennis was born in Strandquist, Minn., on Oct. 16, 1934, to Adolph Kleinvachter and Gladys Holmstrom. He was a Lincoln High School graduate in Thief River Falls, Minn. He later graduated from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul,...
60 Sunday, June 14 Sioux Falls Lori was born on June 3, 1960, to Vernon and Grace (Visker) Kass in Adrian, Minn. She was raised in Rushmore, Minn. and graduated from Worthington High School in 1978. Lori continued her education and received a bachelor’s degree in...
79 Sunday, June 14 Sioux Falls Dorothy Louise (Henjum) Van Laecken was born Oct, 24, 1940, in Chester, to her parents Melvin and Mildred (Kapaun) Henjum. She attended grade school at St. Anne’s Catholic School in Humboldt. She graduated from Humboldt High School in...
94 Omaha, NE June 6, 2020 Omaha, NE - Vernell Johnson retired auctioneer, formerly of Lyons, SD, died June 6, 2020 in Omaha, NE at the age of 94. Vernell was born April 13, 1926 and grew up on his parents’ farm (Rudolph and Hildur Johnson) four miles west...
88 Formerly Hartford June 5 Lois was born on Nov. 29, 1931, near Hartford, to Wilhelm and Clara (Drugley) Jastram. Lois attended country school until moving into Hartford in the third grade. She then moved to Sioux Falls and finally to Garretson in the...
85 Sioux Falls June 9 Left to cherish his memory are his four children, Kimberly Dolan (David), Rapid City, Thomas Kleinvachter (Shelly), Humboldt, Kelly Kleinvachter, Falls Church, Va., Julie Glauvitz-Ashby (John), Colorado Springs, Colo.; siblings, Arlette, Carol,...
81 Sioux Falls June 8 Richard Leonard Underberg was born May 24, 1939, between East Sioux Falls and Larchwood, Iowa. He grew up in East Sioux Falls and received his education at East Sioux Falls schools and in Brandon. On Feb. 8, 1961, he was united in marriage...
94 Garrettson June 4 Willard was born August 15, 1925, on a farm north of Garretson to Carl and Alma (Erickson) Moe. He started his education at the White Willow country school. Willard and his family eventually moved into town, where he finished his education,...
79 years, 10 months May 25 Humboldt Donald was born on July 26, 1940, to Lyle and Edna (Kroeger) Shumaker on the family farm near Hartford. He graduated from Humboldt High School in 1958. He was a member of the South Dakota Air National Guard. He attended...
80 Thursday, May 21 Formerly Hartford Juanita June Cords was born December 7, 1939, to Paul and Margaret (Zinn) Cords in Hartford. Juanita grew up in Sioux Falls and graduated from Washington High in 1957. Following graduation, Juanita continued her education...
80 May 25 Colton Harvey was born May 1, 1940, to Joe and Agnes “Elizabeth” (MaWhinney) Mathieu at the family home in rural Colton, here he lived until he retired in 1992 from farming the land and milking dairy cows. When he retired, he worked for the Colton Feed...
73 Friday, May 22 Humboldt Theresa Schwebach, daughter of William and Mildred (Bernning) Schwebach, was born on August 22, 1946, on a farm in Garvin, Minn. The family moved to Elkton and she graduated from Elkton High School. Theresa was united in marriage with Lile...
92 Friday, May 15 Hartford Theresa was born in Adrian, Minn., on August 30, 1927, to John and Johanna (Brennan) Lewis, the fourth of six children. She attended grade and high school at St Adrian Catholic School and went on to Presentation School of Nursing in Sioux...
57 June 22 Montrose Elaine Marie Painter was born June 22, 1962, in Yankton, to Leonard and Erna (Pinkelman) Kuchta. She lost her battle with cancer and is now home with her almighty God and Father. Elaine attended elementary school in Menominee, Neb., and then...