Obituaries
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...
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...
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...
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...
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