Shirley D, Mcvay
Jul 10, 2014
Shirley D. McVay was born February 23, 1931 in Akron, IA to parents Harry and Annie (Beckman) Hartman. She passed away on July 10, 2014 at Canton-Inwood Memorial Hospital at the age of 83 years, 4 months and 17 days. Shirley graduated from Alcester High School and attended Nettleton Business School in Sioux City. Following business school she worked at...
Shirley Edman
Jul 5, 2014
Shirley Samuelson Edman was born August 10th 1935 to Roy & Mildred (Westling) Holm. Shirley went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 5, 2014 while residing at Centerville Care Center, Centerville SD. Before being married Shirley worked as a school teacher. On June 1st 1957 Shirley was married to Walford "Sammy" Samuelson. Shirley and Sammy worked...
Cora Augusta Peterson
Jul 1, 2014
Cora Augusta Peterson was born August 1, 1914 in rural Clay County, South Dakota near Centerville to parents Gustav and Anna (Hagen) Peterson. She died July 1, 2014 at the Centerville Care Center at the age of 99 years and 11 months. Cora attended the North Riverside rural school and graduated from Centerville High School. She moved to Parker, SD...
Ralph Lauritzen
Jun 28, 2014
Ralph Lauritzen was born August 17, 1928 in Viborg, SD to parents Holger and Marie (Smith) Lauritzen. He passed away on June 28, 2014 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Viborg, SD at the age of 85 years, 10 months and 11 days. Ralph attended Viborg Public Schools, graduating in 1946. He then worked in the oil fields in California and...
Marjorie L. Jensen
Jun 25, 2014
Marjorie LaVonne Madsen was born on December 18th, 1924 in Wakonda, SD to Espen and Agnes Madsen and made her journey to Heaven on June 25th, 2014 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 89 years, 6 months, and 7 days. Marge attended Lodi Country School near Wakonda and later graduated from Wakonda High School. After...
Marietta Brown
Jun 12, 2014
Westfield, Iowa- Marietta Marcella Brown (Etta) 88 of Westfield died Thursday June 12, 2014 at the Akron Care Center following a long illness. Services will be 11:00 AM on Monday, June 16th at the Congregational UCC in Westfield. Visitation with the family will be from 6:00 - 8:00 PM Sunday June 15th at the church. Arrangements are under the direction...
Dale Donald Cleland
Jun 6, 2014
Dale Donald Cleland, 87, of Beresford, SD died June 6, 2014 in hospice care at Bethesda of Beresford. He was born January 8, 1927 in his parents' home in Oacoma, SD. Dale started school in 1932, attending in the old Oacoma schoolhouse. Dale's father died unexpectedly in 1939. This became a financial hardship for the family; therefore, one less mouth...
Donald C. Andrews
May 26, 2014
Donald C. Andrews was born December 28, 1926 near Akron, IA, to parents Clarence and Clara (Knecht) Andrews. He passed away on May 26, 2014 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 87 years, 4 months and 28 days. Don grew up on the family farm. He entered the United States Military in March of 1945....
Virginia Mary Thompson
May 26, 2014
Virginia Mary Thompson was born on December 4, 1924 on the historic Dolan homestead to Joe and Nellie Dolan. She entered into eternal life on May 26, 2014 at the age of 89 at Sunnyview Care Center in Ankeny, Iowa. Virginia grew up one of seven children at the top of the hill. She graduated from Beresford High School, going...
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...
