Obituaries
Barbara Stroup
Dec 29, 2015
Barbara Jean Stroup (age 76), beloved mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on December 29, 2015 at the Dougherty House in Sioux Falls, SD after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. Barb was born on March 30, 1939 in Ellendale, ND to Deloris and Marvin Ellis. She grew up in Aberdeen, SD, where she attended school including...
Barbara Stroup
Dec 29, 2015
obituary information will be posted as soon as its available She is survived by her mother, Delores; five children, Tim (Vicky) Stroup, Gerald (Glenda) Dewalt, Laura (John) Haas, Rachelle (Dave) Huss and Melissa (Doug) Moller; 10 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren; and three sisters. She is preceded in death by her father and a daughter, Cynthia. No services are planned...
Ethel Kitterman Riddle
Dec 10, 2015
Ethel Elizabeth Kitterman Riddle July 18, 1914 December 10, 2015 Ethel Elizabeth Kitterman Riddle of Sioux Falls, South Dakota died at her daughters home in Rockland, Massachusetts on December 10, 2015 at the age of 101. Ethel was the wife for 63 years of the late Harold Riddle, and mother of sons Donald and his late wife Laverne of Denver...
Mary Meyerink
Nov 22, 2015
Mary was born November 6, 1923, in Canton, South Dakota, the daughter of Clarence and Helen Chesley. The family relocated to Sioux Falls where she attended elementary school and Washington High School. Mary was united in marriage to John Meyerink on October 30, 1942 in Luverne, Minnesota. She traveled with him during some of his US Army training in preparation...
Donald Clarence Doese
Nov 17, 2015
Donald Clarence Doese, Jr., was born October 4, 1946 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the son of Donald, Sr. and Maxine (Benning) Doese. He was raised in Sioux Falls and later in California, returning to Sioux Falls with his family when he was 16 years old. He worked at Sioux Steel for a few years and then went to work...
Dale McDowell
Nov 15, 2015
Dale was born July 9, 1935 near Luverne, MN, the son of W. Earl McDowell and Florence Hoyme. He learned to fly on the McDowell Sky Ranch when he was 11 years old. His first flight was September 15, 1945 in a Champion airplane. Dale married his soul mate Rose Mary Heesch on November 25, 1953 at the United Methodist...
William Brooks
Nov 13, 2015
Theodore William (Bill) Brooks, 97, husband of Rosemary Brooks for 69 years, father of seven, home builder and community leader, died peacefully from natural causes on November 13, 2015. Bill was born on March 21, 1918 to Ray and Helen Brooks in Sioux Falls, SD. He had two younger sisters, Jeanette Peterson and Betty Thal, who preceded him in death....
Jerry Jones
Oct 12, 2015
Jerry Wayne Jones was born December 18, 1937 in Leavenworth, Kansas, the son of Pastor Walter M. and Edith (Forbach) Jones. He attended Howard Wilson Elementary School, Leavenworth Junior High and graduated from Leavenworth High School on May 31, 1956. Jerry worked as an admission clerk at the V.A. Regional Medical Center at Wadsworth, Kansas from 1956 to 1961. He...
Norman Olson
Sep 15, 2015
Norman was born April 17, 1920 at Canton, SD, the son of Carl and Myrtle (Hoff) Olson. He graduated from Franklin High School in Madison, SD in 1938 and attended Eastern Normal College and Sioux Falls College. He was a teacher at Hartford and Colton for a few years. Norman served in the US Army during WWII. Following his discharge,...
Richard Charles
Sep 13, 2015
Richard was born April 18, 1952 in Texas, the son of Antonio and Herminia Charles. He moved often with his family as they took seasonal farm work. Richard served in the US Army for a few years. For several years, Richard worked as a sheep shearer. He also worked in the construction industry. He Richard served as a pastor for...
Margaret Weins
Sep 10, 2015
Margaret Eileen Weins, our beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away on September 10, 2015 at Good Samaritan Village under hospice care. She was born August 18, 1928 in Chester, SD to Anna and George Kramer. On July 10, 1947, Margret married Harold Weins. Margaret worked in food service most of life. She waitressed and managed restaurants such as Britts...
Helen Thompson
Sep 9, 2015
Helen, age 90 of Sioux Falls and formerly of Spirit Lake, Iowa passed away Sept. 9, 2015 in Des Plaines, IL from complications of a stroke on Sept. 7, 2015. Private family services will be held with interment at Black Hills National Cemetery. No further obituary information will be posted per Helen's wishes
George Colwill
Aug 3, 2015
George was born June 26, 1960 in Sioux Falls, SD, the son of George and Beverly (Phillips) Colwill. He grew up in Sioux Falls where he attended school. George was very good at repair work and could fix most anything. He worked for the Big Lots Store, Sheraton, Ramkota and Walmart performing maintenance work. He rode his bicycle every where...
Perry Patterson
Jul 29, 2015
Perry passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family, four weeks shy of his 89th birthday. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Mary Alice (Crabill) Patterson, Sioux City, IA; his sister Juliann Pulliam, Arvada, CO; two sons, Charles Jacob Patterson and Daniel Alexander Patterson, his wife, Eleanor Ruth May-Patterson, Sioux City, IA; four grandchildren, Angela Marie Patterson,...
Rhonda Dennis
Jun 24, 2015
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Information will be posted when it becomes available.
Kenneth Hilberg
Jun 16, 2015
Kenneth Floyd Hillberg was born October 11,1927 in rural Chancellor, South Dakota. He passed away peacefully June 16, 2015 after suffering multiple strokes at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. He passed surrounded by his loving family. Kenneth was the 4th child born of 11 children to Hjalmer and Clara (Biel) Hillberg. Family lore speaks of the unseasonably early blizzard...
Richard Taylor
Jun 15, 2015
Richard "Rick" was born November 22, 1963 at Minneapolis, MN, the son of James and Lyla (Karlson) Taylor. He eventually settled in Sioux Falls where he was a self employed painter and carpenter for many years. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. Rick was also very creative and loved to draw. Rick is survived by his parents, Lila (Greg) Larson of...
Mark "Khameleon" Sheffield
Jun 14, 2015
Mark Payton Sheffield, also known as Khameleon, was born to Winfred Paul and Vera Lee Sheffield on July 6, 1965 at Harper Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Mark was a happy baby with big, dimpled cheeks and the sweetest smile. He was that same excited, loving, happy person his whole life. Mark attended Sunday school and church at an early age...
Helen Hanson
Jun 8, 2015
Helen Alberta Hanson, 97, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2015. Helen was born in Dell Rapids on October 19, 1917 to Morris M. and Cara A. (Black) Brumbaugh. Helen had a wonderful sense of humor, an incredible wit and loved to tell and listen to jokes her entire life. She graduated from Augustana College with a major in biology...
Lillian Helgerson
Jun 5, 2015
Lillian was born April 22, 1917 at Galena, Illinois, the daughter of Thomas and Myrtel (Litchfield) McFarlane. She attended St. Joseph Cathedral High School in Sioux Falls. Lillian was one of the first Employees hired at Lewis Drug when it opened in downtown Sioux Falls where she worked in the cosmetics department. She later worked at Buttreys Dress Store for...
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