John "Bud" Norling
May 25, 2014
JOHN KEITH "Bud" NORLING, age 86 passed away at Sioux Falls, SD on Sunday, May 25, 2014. John was born on Sept. 18, 1927 to Arthur Norling, Sr. and Amy (Berquist) Norling on the family farm at Beresford, SD. John attended Glenwood Rural School. He worked as a farm laborer in the Beresford and Hurley, SD area. John married Lorraine...
Betty Cooper
May 23, 2014
Betty Cooper was born March 10, 1926 in George, IA to parents Percivald and Hazel (Moats) Montgomery. She died May 23, 2014 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 88 years, 2 months and 13 days. Betty graduated from Sioux Falls Washington High School and then received her teaching degree from Augustana College. She married Byron...
Agnes Marie Trudeau
May 22, 2014
Agnes Marie Trudeau went home on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at her home in Vermillion, SD at the age of 81 years, four months and 7 days. Agnes Meins was born January 15, 1933 in Akron, IA to George J. and Edna M. (Jans) Meins. George died in November of 1942 before Agnes was born. Edna remarried Elmer Petty. Together...
Judith O. Akland
May 20, 2014
Judith O. Akland was born December 27, 1921 near Freeman, SD to parents Oscar and Pauline (Jorstad) Wek. She passed away on May 20, 2014 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford at the age of 92 years. Judith graduated from Viborg High School in 1939 and earned her teaching certificate from Freeman College. She taught in rural schools for five...
Ruth E. Kennedy
May 15, 2014
Ruth Evelyn Kennedy was born April 11, 1962 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Howard and Alice Mae (Larson) Kennedy. She died May 15, 2014 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls following a brief illness at the age of 52 years. Ruth was raised in Beresford where she graduated from high school. She attended SDSU in Brookings before returning to...
Michael A. Salberg
May 15, 2014
Michael Angelo Salberg was born August 19, 1948 in Vermillion, SD to Harlan and Wilma Mae (Hensley) Salberg. He died May 15, 2014 at his home in Beresford, SD at the age of 65 years. Michael was raised and educated in Beresford. He served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. Following his honorable discharge he attended college in...
Clifford Gunnare
May 8, 2014
Clifford Dale Gunnare, 71, from Sun City West, Arizona entered eternal life on May 8, 2014. Cliff was born in Hawarden, Iowa on April 15th, 1943 to parents Bert and Erna Gunnare. He graduated from Alcester High School in 1961 and attended Nettleton Business College in Sioux Falls, SD. He married Gloria Merriman on February 29th, 1964. He worked for...
Valarie Mae Fischer
May 7, 2014
Valarie Mae (Smith) Fischer was born on September 19, 1942 in Centerville, SD to parents William and Evelyn Smith. She entered into death on May 7, 2014 at the age of 71 years, seven months and 18 days at Pioneer Memorial Hospital where she was under hospice care after a courageous four year battle with cancer. Valarie's mother Evelyn married...
Robert Gene Greguson
May 6, 2014
Robert Greguson was born November 10, 1928 in Lake Andes, SD to Svere and Angeline (Graham) Greguson. He died May 6, 2014 in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 85 years and five months. Bob attended school in Lake Andes and also worked on construction of Fort Randall Dam in Pickstown, SD. He met the love of his life,...
William A. Lawrenson
May 6, 2014
William Albert Lawrenson, 90, of Beresford, SD died May 6, 2014 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born November 6, 1923, the eighth of nine children, to Christopher and Margaret (Hamann) Lawrenson in Creighton, SD. Bill was drafted into the US Army March 10, 1943. He served with the 7th Army, 45th Division as an...
Marlys Y. Hughes
May 2, 2014
Marlys Y. Hughes was born June 7, 1934 near Nora, SD to parents Oscar and Alice (Hansen) Berg. She died May 2, 2014 at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 79 years, 10 months and 25 days. Marlys attended Star rural school and graduated from Alcester High School in 1952. She married Richard Hughes on...
Clayton "Lefty" Snedeker
Apr 20, 2014
Clayton "Lefty" Snedeker, 74, of Alcester, SD died April 20, 2014 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester. Memorial services will be 10AM Saturday, April 26th at Nathanael Lutheran Church in Alcester. Clayton was born March 30, 1940 in Hudson, SD to Bryan and Helen (Homandberg) Snedeker. He died April 20, 2014 with his family by his side at Morningside Care...
James Richard Reiners
Apr 16, 2014
James Richard Reiners was born July 28, 1940 to Otto and Frances (Hankins) Reiners in South Dakota. He died April 16, 2014 at his home in Centerville at the age of 73 years, eight months and 18 days. Jim was raised and attended school in Centerville. In his youth he liked to roller skate and later he loved to drive...
Claudia Jean Jacobsen
Apr 11, 2014
Claudia Jacobsen, 68, of Alcester, SD, formerly of Dickinson, ND, died Friday, April 11, 2014 at Dougherty Hospice in Sioux Falls. Claudia Jean was born February 28, 1946 in Powers Lake, ND to Dan and Ruth (Moody) Breding. She was raised and educated in Kenmare, ND and graduated from Mounds Midway School of Nursing in St. Paul, MN. She married...
Stanley Knudson
Apr 1, 2014
Stanley Kenneth Knudson, 94, of Brookings, SD and formerly of Centerville, SD passed away on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at the United Living Community in Brookings, SD. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm, Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Scandia Lutheran Church in Centerville, SD. Visitation will be held from 4:00pm to 7:00pm with family present from 5:00pm to 6:00pm,...
Ferne A. Anderson
Mar 30, 2014
Ferne Arlene Anderson was born on December 17, 1931 in Clearbrook, Minnesota, and passed away peacefully in Viborg, SD on March 30, 2014 surrounded by many of her children and grandchildren with the music of her treasured Statler Brothers playing softly in the background. Since 2012 she had been residing at the Centerville Assisted Living. The fourth child of Edna...
John D. Mundfrom
Mar 29, 2014
John Mundfrom was born October 17, 1950 in Austin, MN to parents Gerald and Margaret (Lindquist) Mundfrom. He passed away March 29, 2014 at his home in Beresford, South Dakota at the age of 63. John graduated from Kimball High School in 1968. He attended Association Free Lutheran Bible School in Plymouth, MN and later graduated from the University of...
Brad Slick
Mar 27, 2014
Bradley (Brad) F. Slick, 44, died Thursday, March 27, 2014. A memorial service will begin at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at Roseni Lutheran Church, 47214 307th Street, Beresford, SD. Brad was born to Bryan F. Slick and Barbara A. Stults in Lincoln, NE on November 9, 1969. Growing up Brad played midget football and later played varsity...
Rodney Gutzler
Mar 19, 2014
Sioux Falls- Rodney Gutzler, 67, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014. A memorial service will begin at 1:30 PM on Monday, March 24, 2014, at the Augustana Chapel of Reconciliation, on Augustana College campus. The family will be present to greet friends in the Morrison Commons, following the memorial service. Rodney Gutzler was born to Elizabeth and Hal Coffman in Hastings,...
Arlene J. Jensen
Mar 18, 2014
Arlene Jensen, 76, of Alcester, died March 18 at her home. A memorial gathering will be held from 10:30 to 2:30 on Friday, March 21 at her restaurant, Arlene's Sunnyside Café, in Alcester. She is survived by 2 sons, David (Liz) Waag, Watertown, SD and Danny Waag, Alcester; 3 daughters, Nancy (Fritz) Feuerherm, Minneapolis, MN, Becky Zeutenhorst (Steve Larsgaard), Alcester...
