Obituaries
James Brokaw
Jul 19, 2016
James Brokaw was born November 19, 1923 at Manville, Iowa, the son of Lowell and Jennie (Wunderlich) Brokaw. He attended school at Sioux City, Iowa through the 3rd grade and then moved with his parents to Sioux Falls, where he graduated from Washington High School in 1942. On April 16, 1943, Jim entered the US Army serving with the 411th...
James Willoughby
Jul 4, 2016
James Edward Willoughby died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on July 4, 2016, in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born on September 4, 1936, the eldest son of George and Marie (Olson) Willoughby of Iron River, WI. Jim graduated from Iron River High School in 1954 and from the University of Wisconsin, Superior, where he was an...
Barbara Eubank
Jul 1, 2016
Barbara Ellen Eubank passed away peacefully on July 1, 2016, after a lengthy illness. Barbara was born May, 5, 1942 to Ralph and Elizabeth Eubank of Greenup, Illinois. She was little sister to Hugh Eubank and was a tiny spitfire with a cascade of coppery curls. Barbara attended the Greenup schools, growing up a typical 1950s teenager, in love with...
Floyd Callison
Jun 21, 2016
Floyd A. Callison, 90, entered heavens gates on June 21, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls, SD. Floyd was born to Joe and Sadie (Pauly) Callison on February 3, 1926 in Powersville, MO. He served in the United States Navy during WWII. After his discharge, he married Mary Putnam and to that marriage five children were born;...
Eugene Duvall
Jun 17, 2016
Gene was born June 17, 1933 at Poplar, MT, the son of Louis and Nora Duvall. He attended high school in Puyallup, WA. He served in the US Air Force from 1952- 1955. Gene married Dianna Schaefer in 1974 at Great Falls, MT. He worked as a meat cutter and department manager at Raleys Super Markets in Sacramento, CA for...
Verna Klepel
Jun 4, 2016
Verna was born September 27, 1937 at Canton, South Dakota, the daughter of Charles and Ruth (DeNeui) Geiken. She grew up at Ellis, South Dakota where she attended school through the eight grade. Verna married Karl Klepel on August 12, 1961 in Pipestone, Minnesota. They lived in Milbank for a few years and moved to the Sioux Falls area. Verna...
Lori Nagel
May 15, 2016
Lori Nagel was born July 9, 1968 in Rock Rapids, Iowa. She grew up in Sioux Falls and graduated from Washington High School in 1986. She was a member of First Congregational Church, Sioux Falls, where she was confirmed. Lori worked at Hutchinson Technology, CCL Label, various customer service positions, was a security guard and worked in custodial and maintenance...
Arlene Lewis
May 11, 2016
Arlene Lewis passed from our presence May, 11, 2016. She was born Arline Bernice White, February, 27, 1923, to Lillie (Norgaard) White and Holgar White, in Dell Rapids, South Dakota. Holgar and Lillie were both first generation Dane and children of the earliest pioneers in Moody County. Arlene (she didn't like the original spelling of her name so she changed...
Dustin L. Schwartz
Apr 20, 2016
Dustin was born November 7, 1997 at Watertown, South Dakota, the son of Gerald and Janene (Searcy) Schwartz. He was baptized at St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church in Watertown on February 1, 1998. He grew up in Sioux Falls and attended school at Roosevelt High School and Lincoln High School. Dustin worked for Kentucky Fried Chicken for two years at...
Robert Paul Rosenquist
Apr 17, 2016
Robert was born September 12, 1949 at Canistota, South Dakota, the son of Paul and Gertrude (Bormann) Rosenquist. He graduated from Washington High School and then attended Pipestone Area Vo-Tech in the Automotive Diagnostics program. Robert served in the US Air Force during the Viet Nam War from 1969-1975. He served with the Air Force Red Horse engineering division and...
Betty Campbell
Apr 13, 2016
Betty was born Feb. 7, 1931 in Sioux Falls, the daughter of Harold and Irene (Heasley) Brewer. She grew up in Sioux Falls. Betty married Eugene Campbell on Feb. 15, 1949 at the Salvation Army in Sioux Falls. Gene passed away in 1985. Betty developed an illness around the age of 74 and had many battles with pneumonia. She was...
Lorraine "Rainy" Schmidt
Apr 11, 2016
Lorraine Rainy was born on October 24, 1931 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the daughter of Carl and Evelyn (Claussen) Stroman. She grew up in Sioux Falls and graduated from Washington High School. After graduation, she moved to Seattle, Washington where she worked a dime store. She married Donald Minor in 1951. After a few years in California and having...
Rick Mundt
Apr 7, 2016
Rick was born on March 8, 1947 in Battle Creek, Michigan, the son of William and Eunice Mundt. He was the youngest of six children. Rick was a member of the US Army and National Guard. He worked many jobs throughout his life but most recently in the janitorial field with Istate. He is survived by his brothers, William Bill...
Leona Wallenberg
Mar 29, 2016
Leona R. Wallenberg peacefully passed away surrounded by her family on March 29, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Leona Ruth Kasemodel was born August 6, 1924 in Rock County, MN to Herman and Marie (Schmuck) Kasemodel. Leona attended school through 8th grade in Luverne, MN. At age 14 she left home to work for other families and...
Cheryl Campbell
Mar 23, 2016
Cheryl was born May 17, 1944 in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Joseph and Irene (Atwell) Cummins. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and later in Oklahoma with her Aunt Helen and Uncle Wes for a few years. She had one sister, Carol Sue. Cheryl moved to Sioux City, Iowa with her cousin when she was 17 years old....
Lay Ly
Mar 18, 2016
Lay Ly, 85, of Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Sioux Falls, South Dakota passed away peacefully at 9:28 P.M. on March 18th, 2016 surrounded by family and loved ones. Lay Ly was born May 5th, 1930 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to father H Ly of China and mother Thahn Ly of Vietnam. She married husband Sgt. Thorn Ly and gladly raised...
Ronnie Wylie
Mar 3, 2016
Ronnie was born November 27, 1943 at Beatrice , Nebraska the son of Paul and Grace (Traunicht) Wylie. He attended Washington High School. He entered the US Navy on Jan. 1, 1961 and served until November 1, 1964. He returned to Sioux Falls and began working at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Sioux Falls. He married Teresa Buttemeier on July...
Lawrence Sorenson
Feb 23, 2016
Lawrence Junior Sorny Sorenson, the son of Lawrence and Bertha Marie (Nelson) Sorenson was born on April 30, 1922, on a farm located 6 miles south of Colman, and 6 miles east of Chester, South Dakota. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and grew up with strong Danish family heritage and traditions. As a young boy he...
Jeanette Olson
Jan 3, 2016
Jeanette passed away January 3, 2016 at Bedford, Texas and was formerly from Hartford, SD. Dearly loved daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother will be missed. She is survived by 5 children, one son, Jim (B.J) of Arvada, CO, four daughters, Cindy (Trinidad) Herrera of Lander, WY; Lori (Will) Pressnall of Richardson, TX; Kris (Mark) Nichols of...
Jeanette "Jackie" Olson
Jan 3, 2016
Former resident of Hartford, SD now residing in Bedford, TX. Preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Wilford (Willie) Olson, her siblings, Joyce Spang, John Scollon, and grandson, Zack Herrera. She is survived by 3 sisters, Mickey (Don) Peterson of Denver, CO. Terry Bowen of Palo Verde, CA and Donna Mae Shingledecker of El Paso, TX, 5 children: one...
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