Boyd C. Knudson
Aug 22, 2015
Boyd C. Knudson was born March 28, 1921 on a farm southwest of Centerville, SD to parents Conrad and Serena (Evenson) Knudson. He died August 22, 2015 at Centerville Care and Rehab Center at the age of 94 years, 4 months and 24 days. Boyd graduated from Centerville High School in 1938 and attended the University of Minnesota for 1...
Elwood H. Gylfe
Aug 22, 2015
Elwood Herman Gylfe was born March 11, 1924 to Gustav Herman and Mabel (Shogren) Gylfe on a farm west of Beresford in Clay County SD. He passed away peacefully August 22, 2015 surrounded by his family. Elwood was the middle of three children. His parents both spoke fluent Swedish and as a small child picked up much of the Swedish...
Ardis C. Thormodsgard
Aug 9, 2015
Ardis Caroline Thormodsgard was born October 3, 1920 in rural Clay County, South Dakota to Emil and Ida (Hovde) Stene. She died August 9, 2015 in Beresford, SD at the age of 94 years, 10 months and six days. She was baptized and confirmed at Roseni Lutheran Church and graduated from the Nora Elementary School. Ardis married Palmer Thormodsgard in...
Berniece Sandvall
Aug 1, 2015
Berniece Mae Sandvall, age 96, passed away August 1 at Alcester Care Center, Alcester, SD. Berniece was born May 15, 1919 to Vernie and Ellen (Olson) Larson. The eldest of six children, Berniece grew up on the family farm, attended Finn School and graduated from Alcester High School. After graduation, she worked for area people as a hired girl doing...
Phyllis E. Blumer
Jul 27, 2015
Phllis Blumer was born November 1, 1915 in Union County, SD to parents Earl and Minnie Uecker Blumer. She died July 27, 2015 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 99 years. Phyllis attended rural school, graduated from Beresford High School and Nettleton Business School in Sioux Falls. Phyllis worked at the Land Bank in Beresford...
Carol Neuroth
Jul 18, 2015
Carol Ann (Farms) Neuroth was born on September 15, 1927 in Centerville, South Dakota to Robert Asa and Frances Eva (Smith) Farms. At the age of 87, she left this earth on July 18, 2015. Carol attended Morning Star rural school for her early elementary grades and finished her education at Centerville Public School where she graduated with the class...
Kenneth G Voegeli
Jul 14, 2015
Kenneth "Kenny" Voegeli, 84, passed away July 14, 2015 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. His friends and family surrounded him as he quietly entered into the Kingdom of Heaven. Kenneth George Voegeli was born February 3, 1931 in Beresford, SD to George and Hertha (Stusse) Voegeli. He married Gwynneth Stalheim January 15, 1954 and they lived northeast...
Jane A. Kienast
Jul 8, 2015
Jane Arlene Kienast was born October 12, 1957 in LeMars, IA to parents Bert and Etta (Hulstein) Baker. She died July 8, 2015 at the Alcester Care Center in Alcester, SD at the age of 57 years, 8 months and 26 days. Jane lived in Rock Valley, IA until the age of three when the family moved to a farm...
Nora Lehnhoff
Jun 13, 2015
Nora L. Lehnhoff, age 92, died Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Mayo Clinic Hopitals - Rochester, St. Mary's Campus. Nora L. Tompkins was born to Frank and Elbra (Crandall) Tompkins on March 23, 1923 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota. She attended rural school near Chester S.D. In 1940 she married Everett Long (ended in divorce). In 1950 she married...
Clarence B. Stevens
May 27, 2015
On March 5, 1926; William and Nellie (Windmayer) Stevens welcomed their first son, Clarence Benjamin to the family farm northeast of Centerville, South Dakota. He joined one sister, Eva. Times were hard with no electricity or running water. Clarence was baptized and confirmed in Scandia Lutheran Church in Centerville. Clarence attended rural school through 7th grade. He especially enjoyed helping...
Robert Gregory
May 26, 2015
Robert Lee Gregory was born March 2, 1970 in McCook, NE to parents Bill and Elsie Gregory. He died May 26, 2015 at the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 45 years, 2 months and 24 days. As a youth, Robert was active in little league baseball, Teen Missions International, cross country, track, and his...
Harold I. Vostad
May 24, 2015
Harold I. Vostad, 57, died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Sanford Hospital. A Memorial Service will be held at 11AM Monday, June 1, 2015 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Beresford with visitation with family one hour prior to the service in the Narthex at Emmanuel. Harold Ivan Vostad, Jr. was born on March 3, 1958 at Brookings, SD to Harold...
Jeanette R. Silva
May 21, 2015
On Roosevelt's Thanksgiving, November 22, 1945, Jeanette Rosezell was born to Marvin and Martha (Sommervold) Jamtgaard in Union County, South Dakota. She passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2015 at USD Sanford Medical Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and will be buried at Nora Cemetery, rural Alcester, South Dakota. Jeanette attended Gothland School District #70 through eighth grade and graduated...
Jason Saugstad
May 11, 2015
Jason Andrew Saugstad, son of Jean (Jensen) and Leland Saugstad passed away suddenly in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 45 on May 11, 2015. Jason was born April 6, 1970 in Sioux Falls, SD. He was a 1988 graduate of Beresford High School and entered the service after graduation where he served in the U.S. Army. He worked...
Michael R. Hadley
May 11, 2015
Michael Hadley died May 11, 2015 in Centerville. A memorial gathering will be held 1:00 PM, Monday, May 18 at the Vermillion River Beach near Centerville.
John Otten, Jr.
May 8, 2015
John Otten, Jr. of Spink, SD, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 8, 2015 at his home. He was born April 22, 1940 in Canton, SD to parents John and Gladys Otten. John married Diane Hughes on February 14, 1975. Though he spent most of his life farming, he ventured down a new path in 1997 when he and Diane...
Audrey Bonine
May 6, 2015
Audrey Josephine Bonine was born September 17, 1921 at Wilmot, South Dakota to parents Axel and Karolyn (Rustand) Ekman. She died May 6, 2015 at the Centerville Care Center at the age of 93 years, seven months and 19 days. Audrey was raised in the Wilmot area where she attended a country grade school and later high school at Vermillion,...
Jean Stenstrom
May 6, 2015
Jean Pluim Stenstrom was born November 15, 1928 to John and Tillie (Mol) Pluim in Sioux County, Iowa. She went to be with the Lord on May 6, 2015. She grew up in Alton, Iowa before attending beauty school. She owned her own beauty shop in Inwood, Iowa in 1950. Roger Stenstrom and Jean were married on January 22, 1951....
Robert N. Coggins
May 5, 2015
Robert Newton Coggins, Sr., 84, left this world on May 5, 2015. Funeral services will be held 11 o'clock a.m., Sat. May 23, at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Hopkinton, IA, with Rev. Paul Finger presiding. There will be a visitation with the family present from 5-8pm on Friday, May 22 with a prayer service at 7pm at St. Johns...
Durward Allen Rieper
May 3, 2015
Durward Allen Rieper was born near Marcus, Iowa on March 19, 1934 to Henry and Verna (Ohlendorf) Rieper. He died May 3, 2015 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls at the age of 81 years one month and 14 days. In the 1930s his family moved to the Wellsville- St. Louis, Missouri area where they remained until after...
