Obits
Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Helen Clark, age 91, of Bison, South Dakota, was held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Bison, SD. Fr. Arnold Kari officiated, burial followed in the Bison Cemetery.
Visitation was from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m....
Harry Richard Hauffe, age 83, of Leola passed away Feb. 11, 2016, three days shy of his 84th birthday from natural causes.Funeral services were held at Shriver Funeral Home on Feb. 20, 2016. Burial followed in the Green Mound Cemetery, with military graveside rites by Roy S. Hisckman American...
Barbara “Bobbie” Jane Wilmont-Kramme-Stratton, 78, passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2016, of brain cancer at the Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care Facility.
Bobbie was born on September 15, 1937 in Rosston, Okla., (Harper County) to Marshal Besden Wilmot and Mary Kathryn Ogan-Wilmot.
Bobbie...
Nola V. (Warkenthien) Tellinghuisen, 82, long-time Spearfish resident passed away Monday February 15, 2016 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Nola was born on the family farm west of Willow Lake, S.D., on September 21, 1933 to Emmet and Clara (Peterson) Warkenthien. She attended...
Rodney R. Niederwerder, 61, Salina, Kan., passed away Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.
Rodney was born April 8, 1954, on a farm near Hereford, to Ernest Henry and Nona Lorraine (Harris) Niederwerder.
He grew up racing horses around the farm with his family and graduated from New Underwood High School...
Denise M. Gossmann, age 54, of Andover, MN, formerly of Lemmon, SD, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on February 21, 2016 at the North Memorial Hospice in Brooklyn Center, MN.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30am Saturday, February 27, 2016 at St. Mary’s Catholic...
John Francis “Jack” Heeb, age 79, Worland, Wyo., passed away Feb. 3, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas.
Jack was born Sept. 21, 1936, to Erle and Elizabeth “Dolly” Heeb in Pierre, S.D. He proudly served in the United States Navy from 1954 to 1957.
He married Judith Hayes in 1956 (later divorced)...
Funeral services for Ernestine (Stina) Yohe, age 93, of Lemmon, South Dakota, were held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the American Lutheran Church in Bison, South Dakota. Pastor Tera Lowe officiated with burial following in the Bucyrus Cemetery in Bucyrus, North Dakota.
Visitation...
Phyllis May Sandgren, age 88 of Hettinger, passed away on Wednesday evening February 10, 2016 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger.
The Funeral for Phyllis was held Monday, February 15, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Hettinger, ND. Rev. Allen Wickstrom...
Irvin Charles Kruse, 98, of Mitchell, S.D., died February 13, 2016 at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell.
Irvin Charles Kruse was born on the family homestead, 17 miles North of Draper, S.D., to Henry and Frieda (Pruess) Kruse on September 27, 1917. He attended country schools in rural...