Obituaries
Carol Callahan
Oct 2, 2020
Carol was born on a farm near Park Rapids, Minnesota on October 10, 1922 to William and Carol “Hattie” (Stevens) Morrison. Her family moved to Sioux Falls in 1927, where Carol was raised and attended school.
Carol married Henry Callahan, of Elk Point, South Dakota, during WWII at Fort Benning, Georgia on September 19, 1942. They lived in Sioux Falls...
Rose Barber
Sep 21, 2020
Rose Barber, 92 of Sioux Falls, passed away on September 21, 2020 at Good Samaritan Luther Manor, Sioux Falls.
Rose was born on Nov. 24, 1927 in Mitchell, South Dakota, the daughter of Michael and Celcia (Mooney) Mullin. She grew up in Salem where she graduated from St. Mary High School.
Rose married Kenneth Barber on June 12, 1948 in...
Candis Newman
Aug 30, 2020
Candis Carpenter Newman was born in Sioux Falls, SD on May 9, 1956 to Genevieve and Donald Carpenter. She was one of ten children which grew to a large extended family whom she loved very much.
Candy went to school in Sioux Falls and graduated from Washington High School in 1974. During high school, she met the love of her...
Harold Grieger
Aug 12, 2020
Harold Grieger was born July 29, 1927. His father, Alfred Grieger, and his mother, Ida Birk Grieger, had one other child, Alverna. Harold and Alverna were very close growing up and enjoyed living in the country as well as small towns. After their mother died, Alfred insisted on keeping the children together. His sister, Vera was very important in helping...
Shirley Quick
Aug 8, 2020
Shirley Ann Toering Walkins was born September 25, 1935 at her grand parents farm near Bruce, Sd. She attended school at Dempster and Bemis before moving to Watertown in December of 1946. Shirley attended grade school, junior high and high school in Watertown.
On August 9, 1952, she was united in marriage to Chester Irvin Quick. They made their home...
Jerry Engeman
Aug 3, 2020
Jerry Lee Engeman was born February 9, 1939 in Redwood Falls, MN. His family moved to Mt. Lake, MN in 1947.
He graduated from Mt. Lake High School in 1957 and from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX in 1961 With a degree in business administration. He married Edna Jean McDonald on August 14, 1960. He served in Germany during...
Lenora McMillan
Aug 2, 2020
Lenora Madge Van Steenwyk Newman McMillan passed away Sunday, August 2, 2020 at Good Samaritan Society- Sioux Falls Center. She was 90 years old.
Lenora was born February 15, 1930 in Sioux Falls, SD to Myrl and Fern (Hickok) Van Steenwyk. Lenora married the late Melvin Newman in October of 1950 in Salem, SD. Six children were born to this...
Barbara Ten Cate
Jul 29, 2020
Barbara Jean Gryzen was born on September 25, 1942 in Hudsonville MI. She dated and later married Robert Ten Cate of Edgerton, MN during a quiet ceremony in California in 1962. While their marriage did not last forever her love for the children and grandchildren produced from that union did. Nothing in the world made her more happy than seeing...
Harland Strong
Jul 26, 2020
Harland Charles Strong, of Luverne MN, passed away under the care of Ava’s House Hospice, Sioux Falls SD, on July 26, 2020, after a long battle with cancer. He was 70. Born to Alvin John and Dorothee (Bercier) Strong on May 27, 1949, he grew up in Devils Lake ND, graduating in 1968 from Saint Mary’s High School.
Harley went...
Eugene Heller
Jul 25, 2020
Eugene (Gene) Washington Heller, Sioux Falls, was called back to his Lord’s side on 25 July 2020, with loving family at his bedside as he passed. Born 9 December 1935 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to Berthold John Heller and Helen Washington, Gene was raised in wartime Philadelphia that shaped his core value of service to the nation. An alumnus of...
Brenda Vandersnick
Jul 23, 2020
Our vibrant, loving mother, Brenda Vandersnick, who successfully battled cancer with a bone marrow transplant from her sister and struggled with Graph vs. Host complications for 12 years, went to heaven on Thursday, July 23rd, peacefully in her sleep, with her children at her side. True to her generosity in life, she decided to donate her body to the USD...
Chuck Lauritsen
Jul 14, 2020
Chuck (Charles) Lauritsen Jr. born May 13, 1938, in Barron Wisconsin and passed away on July 14, 2020. He is preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Lorna Lauritsen; a brother, Daniel Lauritsen; a niece, Jennifer Lauritsen. He is survived by his wife, Janice; six children, Donald (Nita) Lauritsen, Lorie (Kevin) Hagen, Karen (Rob) Ewing, Barb (Gregg) Stahl,...
Eugene Mielenz
Jul 5, 2020
Gene was born on November 16, 1929 at Yankton, SD, the son of Walter and Lillian (Reinhart) Mielenz. He graduated from Yankton High School. He served in the South Dakota National Guard two years and then was called to active duty with the US Army for three years during the Korean War. After his discharge from active duty, he returned...
Gary Lanners
Jun 17, 2020
Gary was born on January 22, 1955 in Sioux Falls, the son of Ralph and May (Smook) Lanners. HE grew up in Sioux Falls and attended Franklin, Whittier and Lincoln schools.
After school, he had a few jobs before he started his own business, Lanners Concrete. Gary was affiliated with Faith Lutheran Church. He loved hunting and spending time at...
Slobodan Topic
Jun 14, 2020
Slobodan was born on May 30, 1955 in Sarajevo, Bosnia. He is the son of Petar and Vjera Cojo.
Slobodan married Daniela Maric and they have a son, Miso. Slobodan attended the University of Sarajevo. He came to the United States in 1997 and completed his studies at Colorado Technical Institute. He worked at Wells Fargo as a risk management...
Dee Elsing
Jun 13, 2020
Delores “Dee” was born on March 18, 1938 in Sibley, Iowa, the daughter of John and Jennie (Wessels) Renken. She grew up and attended school in Worthington, Minnesota.
Dee married Milford Elsing on August 3, 1954 at Reading, Minnesota. After marriage, they lived at Rushmore, Minnesota until 1962 and then moved to Sioux Falls. Dee worked and Sioux Valley Hospital...
Mary Columbus
May 17, 2020
Mary Ann Columbus was born to Danny Wildey and Barb (Engberg) Wildey on July 14, 1955 in Minneapolis Minnesota. Mary grew up and attended school in Minneapolis.
Mary worked in different fields of employment throughout her life and married Charles Columbus Sr. in 1978. Mary and Charles were together until he passed away, and after that, she moved on in...
John Nhamburo
Apr 30, 2020
John was born in Zimbabwe. He completed his education and 1st degree in Zimbabwe. He went on to work as a Plant Research Scientist in Zimbabwe and then Zambia.
He left Zimbabwe in the late 1970s to pursue a Master’s degree at the South Dakota State University in Brookings USA.
In Brookings, he worked at the South Dakota State University...
Lindsay Markwed
Apr 14, 2020
Lindsay Markwed was born to Earl and Monica Markwed on November 6, 1984 in Brookings, South Dakota. She was raised in Aurora, South Dakota and graduated from Brookings High School.
After school, Lindsay worked at Falcon Plastics, Daktronics, various hotels, and cared for the elderly. She especially enjoyed her time caring for the elderly due her loving, caring spirit. She...
Donald Cohoon
Apr 5, 2020
Donald was born on July 10, 1931 in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Andrew and Margaret (Bartle) Cohoon. He graduated from high school in Omaha and attended college for two years.
Don worked as a milkman for four years. He then had a long career in tool and equipment sales, thirteen of those years with Grainger.
Don moved to Sioux...
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