Bonnie E. Erickson
Feb 6, 2019
Bonnie Elaine (Foss) Erickson, 86, peacefully died Wednesday, February 6, 2019 with her family by her side at the Canton Good Samaritan Society. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Tuesday, February 12 at Scandia Lutheran Church in Centerville, SD. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM Monday, February 11 at Scandia Lutheran Church's Fellowship Hall, followed by a prayer...
Curtis Austin
Jan 30, 2019
Curtis Austin was born June 13, 1924 on the family farm in rural Turner County, South Dakota to Oscar and Nellie (Erickson) Austin. He died January 30, 2019 at the Centerville Care & Rehab Center at the age of 94 years, seven months and 17 days. Curtis was raised on the farm with his sister, Mildred, and attended country school...
Cliff E. Smith
Jan 24, 2019
Clifford E. Smith, 87, died Thursday, January 24, 2019 at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Friday, February 1, 2019 at Big Springs Baptist Church, rural Alcester, SD. with visitation 1 hour prior to the service.
Cliff Smith was born on September 5, 1931 in Aberdeen,...
Roger H. Bly
Jan 20, 2019
Roger H. Bly, 85, passed away Sunday, January 20 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Saturday, January 26 at Scandia Lutheran Church, Centerville, SD. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM Friday, January 25 in Fellowship Hall of Scandia Lutheran Church followed by a prayer service at 7:00 PM. Roger Harvey...
Keith Alan Strand
Jan 20, 2019
Keith Strand, 63, died Sunday, January 20, 2019 at his home in Centerville, SD. Celebration of life services will be held at 3:00 PM, Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at Scandia Lutheran Church, Centerville, SD. Memorial donations may be directed to the Centerville Fire Department or to the Centerville Ambulance. Keith Alan Strand was born October 24, 1955 in Sioux City,...
Mildred E. Espeland
Jan 14, 2019
Mildred Eilene Espeland was born September 22, 1926 in rural Beresford, South Dakota to parents John and Violet (Kempston) Stuessi. She died January 14, 2019 at Ava's House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 92 years.
Mildred went to Silver Lake country school through eighth grade and graduated from Beresford...
Angel Roscoe Tucker
Jan 8, 2019
Angel Roscoe Tucker was gently placed into the arms of Jesus on January 8, 2019 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. A memorial service will be held at 10:00AM, Saturday, January 19 at Wass Funeral Home, Alcester, SD.
Angel is survived by his parents, Melissa Tucker, Hawarden, IA and Christopher Andrew Bruni, Falmouth, ME;...
Shirley Ann Spilde
Jan 7, 2019
Shirley Ann Spilde, 70, passed away Monday, January 7, 2019 at her home south of Beresford, SD. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Friday, January 11 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Beresford, SD. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 PM, Thursday, January 10 at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford, SD. Shirley Anderson was born November 18, 1948 in Sioux Falls, SD to Henning...
Vernon L. Johnson
Jan 2, 2019
Vernon L. Johnson was born July 17, 1942 near Beresford, South Dakota to parents Hans and Ardella (Sorenson) Johnson. He died January 2, 2019 at Hawarden Regional Hospital in Hawarden, Iowa at the age of 76 years, five months and 15 days. He was raised on the family farm north of Beresford. Following his graduation from Beresford High School in...
Shirley Ann Thedorff
Dec 30, 2018
Shirley Ann Pastian was born October 30, 1934 in rural Gregory County, SD, to Harry and Ethel Diehl Pastian. She died from congestive heart failure on December 30, 2018 at the age of 84 at Bethesda Nursing Home of Beresford where she had been a resident for 4 months.
She graduated from high...
Charlene G. Johnson
Dec 27, 2018
Charlene G. Johnson was born January 13, 1927 in Akron, Iowa to parents Gunnard and Elvena (Malstrom) Carlson. She died December 27, 2018 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 91 years, 11 months and 14 days.
Charlene attended Danefield country school and worked for a time for Dr. Leitzke in Beresford. She...
Berniece K. Andersen
Dec 20, 2018
Berniece K. Andersen, 96, passed away December 20, 2018 at Bethesda of Beresford in Beresford, SD. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Sunday, December 23 at Skrefsrud Lutheran Church, rural Beresford, SD. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM on Saturday, December 22 at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford, SD. Berniece Jervik was born March 16, 1922 to Lars and...
Michael Duane Monroe
Dec 19, 2018
Michael Duane Monroe, 74, of Centerville, South Dakota, formerly of Howard, SD, died December 19, 2018 at the VA Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Memorial services with military honors will be held at 10AM on Friday, January 4, 2019 at Wass Funeral Home in Centerville, SD with burial to follow at Belleview Cemetery in Howard, SD. Mike was an only...
Donald R. Merriman
Dec 14, 2018
Donald R. Merriman, 98, died Friday, December 14, 2018 at Sanford USD Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at the Beresford City Cemetery, followed by Celebration of Life services from 3:30-5:30 PM at Klassix in Beresford, SD. Donald Raymond Merriman was born in Lane, SD on November 12, 1920 to Ira...
Arthur Potzer
Dec 9, 2018
Arthur Potzer passed away on Sunday, December 9, in Beresford, South Dakota at the age of 91. The funeral will be held at Brooklyn Evangelical Free Church in Beresford, at 2:00 PM on Saturday, December 15th. A grave-side memorial service will be held in Dubuque, Iowa at Linwood Cemetery this coming summer. Arthur Potzer was born in Trenton, New Jersey...
Laurie A. Ivarsen
Nov 27, 2018
Laurie Ann Ivarsen, 56, passed away on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Saturday, December 1 at Romsdal Lutheran Church, rural Hudson, SD. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 PM Friday, November 30 at Wass Funeral Home, Beresford, SD followed by a prayer service at 7:00 PM. Laurie Ann Ivarsen was born April 16,...
Arnold A. Abbas
Nov 26, 2018
Arnold A. Abbas was born December 26, 1944 in Lennox, South Dakota to Julius and Vera (Dirkson) Abbas. He died November 26, 2018 at his home near Centerville, SD at the age of 73 years and 11 months.
He was raised in Humboldt and also in Worthing, South Dakota. Arnold married Patricia Crance on April 30, 1965....
Virginia Finger
Nov 19, 2018
Virginia "Gini" Finger, long-time Beresford resident, passed away from a stroke in the loving care of her five children, extended family, friends and caregivers on November 19, 2018 at Touchmark at All Saints Senior Living Center in Sioux Falls. Gini was born Virginia Lorraine Hart on May 27, 1923 in Plainfield, NJ, to Raymond and Iva (Updegrave) Hart. Gini graduated...
Donald Herbert Torsten Bystrom
Nov 14, 2018
Donald H. Bystrom, 90, entered his eternal home on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Mount View Care Center in Wausau, Wisconsin. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM on Tuesday, November 20 at Dalesburg Baptist Church, rural Beresford, SD. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM on Monday, November 19 at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford, followed by a prayer...
Joyce Lundquist
Nov 13, 2018
Joyce Lundquist, born December 27, 1936 was a strong-willed woman. She was raised on her family farm with Jewel and Virginia Oursland along with her siblings, Robert, Allen, John, Dolores and Maryanne. Joyce spent her time cooking with her mother and helping her family process turkeys brought to them by the neighboring farmers. She attended High School in Wakonda, South...
