Pearl May Powell
Mar 14, 2014
Pearl May Powell was born March 16, 1914 in Plymouth County, Iowa to Charles and Abbey (Fletcher) Talbott. She died March 14, 2014 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester two days before her 100 birthday. Pearl was baptized in the Methodist Church and moved with her family to the Elk Point area where she was raised and attended school in...
Lynden Ray Heiman
Mar 13, 2014
Lynden Ray Heiman was born February 23, 1950 to Gus and Dorothy (Holtkamp) Heiman. He entered the gates of heaven on March 13, 2014 in Chandler, AZ at the age of 64. Lyn was raised in rural Alcester, SD and graduated from Alcester High School. He married his high school sweet heart Katherine Wevik on November 21, 1968. He was...
Martha Geveshausen
Mar 9, 2014
Martha Irene Warner Geveshausen was born April 9, 1927, at Geddes, SD to Charles Henry Warner and Faye Ola Leach Warner, and entered into God's loving embrace on March 9, 2014, at the age of 86 years and 11 months. She attended schools in the Elk Point, Volin and Alcester areas. Martha married Herman R. Geveshausen of Beresford in Luverne,...
Eugene Francis Lass
Mar 5, 2014
Eugene Francis Lass was born August 8, 1923, near Beresford in rural Union County, SD to parents James and Frances (Kukar) Lass. He died March 5, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Lake Norden, SD at 90 years of age. Gene graduated from Beresford High School in 1941. He farmed and lived in rural Beresford until December of 1955 when...
Maxine Ellingsen
Feb 21, 2014
Maxine Ellingsen was born May 1, 1923 in Geddes, SD to parents J. Emil and Hilma (Frick) Johnson. She died February 21, 2014 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester, SD at the age of 90 years, 9 months and 20 days. Maxine married Gilbert Ellingsen on February 22, 1947. They lived on the farm until 1976 when they moved into...
James H. Thormodsgard
Feb 16, 2014
James H. Thormodsgard was born April 6, 1940 in Hudson, SD to Ingert and Clara (Johnson) Thormodsgard. He died February 16, 2014 at Sanford Hospice Foundation Cottage in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 73 years, 10 months and 10 days. He attended Pleasant Hill Country School and graduated from Alcester High School in 1958. Upon graduation he moved...
Oliver Carlson
Feb 10, 2014
Oliver Luverne Carlson was born to Elmer and Nellie (Nelson) Carlson on a farm near Milner, North Dakota on August 10, 1919. He passed away peacefully at Royal C. Johnson Veteran's Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, at the age of 94 years and six months. As a child growing up on the farm, Oliver enjoyed hunting and trapping. He attended...
Judy Harkness
Feb 2, 2014
Judy Harkness was born January 23, 1948 in Winner, SD to parents Nathan and Mary Ella (Couch) Hayford. She passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Alcester, SD on February 2, 2014 at the age of 66 years and 9 days. Judy grew up in the Sturgis area. At 16 she left home to be a caregiver...
James Pastian
Jan 19, 2014
. James Pastian was born February 18, 1966 in Canton, SD to Eugene Pastian and Alice Schroeder. He died unexpectedly of natural causes on January 19, 2014 in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 47. Jim graduated from Beresford High School in 1984. He enlisted in the Army in November 1985, where he served as a patriot missile and...
Roy L. Hurd
Jan 18, 2014
Roy Lester Hurd was born May 9, 1924 in Huron, SD to parents Willie and Alice (Grape) Hurd. He died January 18, 2014 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 89 years, 8 months and 9 days. Roy moved with his parents to Sioux Falls in 1926 and in 1939 they moved to Estelline, SD, where...
Elva June Andrews
Jan 16, 2014
Elva June Andrews was born June 16, 1931 to Harold and Esther (Smith) Sorensen. She went to her Heavenly home on January 16th, 2014 at Bethesda of Beresford at age 82. Elva was raised on the family farm northeast of Beresford where she attended Pleasant Hill school and Beresford High School. She then worked for the Beresford City Telephone Office...
Mandi Jo Farley
Jan 15, 2014
Mandi Jo Farley was born February 20, 1982 in Akron, Iowa. She passed away on January 15, 2014 at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 31 years, 10 months and 25 days. Mandi and her family moved to Beresford in 1998 where she attended and graduated from Beresford High School in 2000. That July, Mandi...
Roswell L. Hybertson
Jan 11, 2014
Roswell Lauren Hybertson was born November 16, 1937 on the family farm in rural Centerville, SD to parents John and Olga (Opland) Hybertson. He died January 11, 2014 at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg, SD at the age of 76 years, 1 month and 25 days. Roz was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He attended Pleasant Grove...
Walter W. Johnson
Jan 8, 2014
Walter Winfield Johnson Jr. was born to Winfield and Amy (Carlson) Johnson in Sioux City, Iowa on March 13, 1931. Walter peacefully entered into death overnight January 8, 2014 at his home in Alcester, S.D. Raised in rural Alcester, he began a life-long love of animals, attended Cole and Miller country schools, was active in A-1 Alcester 4-H, and graduated...
Marie Muhlenkort
Dec 18, 2013
Marie O'Connor Muhlenkort died on December 18, 2013, in New Braunfels, TX. She was 99 years of age. Marie was born on August 31, 1914, daughter of Vincent and Mary Ellen O'Connor of Garryowen, SD. After graduating from high school in Vermillion, SD, Marie earned a teaching certificate from Presentation College in Mitchell, SD and later a bachelor's degree in...
James A. Rist
Dec 18, 2013
James Rist, 77, of rural Centerville, SD died December 18, 2013 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Viborg. Funeral services will be held 10:30AM Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Scandia Lutheran Church in Centerville. Visitation will be Friday 3-8PM at Wass Funeral Home in Centerville with the family present from 5-8PM and a prayer service at 7PM. Memorials may be directed...
William Hazel
Dec 10, 2013
William Hazel Jr. was born May 20, 1926 near Fairview, South Dakota, the son of William and Annie (Herman) Hazel. He attended rural school near Hudson, South Dakota. He married Marilyn Engels on October 13, 1946. Following their marriage they farmed in the Hudson, Centerville and Beresford areas. They had 1 son, Darwin. In 1957, they moved to the farm...
Elvera Knutson
Dec 8, 2013
Elvera Louise (Johnson) Knutson was born December 1, 1920 in rural Lincoln County, SD to parents Carl Theodore and Ellen Caroline (Anderson) Johnson. She died December 8, 2013 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 93 years and 7 days. Elvera attended Millbrook Rural School and graduated from Centerville High School in 1939. She married Elwyn...
Joseph M. Adams
Dec 5, 2013
Joseph M. Adams "Jack" was born September 26, 1923 in Beresford, South Dakota to John and Helen (Fitzgerald) Adams. He died December 5, 2013 at Bethesda of Beresford at the age of 90 years, two months and nine days. Jack was raised in Beresford where he graduated from high school. At the time his family moved to Anacortes, Washington, he...
Sherry Jensen-Chambers
Dec 1, 2013
Sherry Jensen-Chambers was born July 28, 1980 in Viborg, South Dakota to Tom and Sharon (Pierce) Jensen. She died in an auto accident December 1, 2013 at the age of 33 years, four months and three days. She was raised in Centerville and graduated from Centerville High School in 1998. Sherry loved to care for people and got to do...
