Gloria Nygaard
Oct 12, 2013
Memorial services for Gloria Nygaard will be 11AM Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Beresford, SD. Visitation will be 6-98PM Tuesday at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford. Gloria Nygaard was born June 15, 1926 in Lincoln County, South Dakota to Raymond and Mae (Gubbrud) Rime. She died October 12, 2013 at Bethesda of Beresford at the age...
Lorraine Birnie
Oct 12, 2013
Funeral services for Lorraine Birnie will be 2PM Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at the United Church of Christ in Beresford. Visitation will be Tuesday from 6-8PM at the church. The family requests memorials to Beresford UCC. Lorraine Amanda Birnie was born May 13, 1922 in Clay County, SD to Erick B. and Amanda (Johnson) Forstrom. She died October 12, 2013...
Samson Z. Lundquist
Oct 10, 2013
Funeral services for Samson will be 10:30AM Monday, October 14, 2013 at Dalesburg Lutheran Church, rural Vermillion, SD.Visitation will be 4-8PM Sunday at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford with the family present from 6-8PM and a prayer service at 7PM. Samson Zachary Lundquist was born in Sioux Falls, SD on August 11, 1990. He was welcomed into a loving home...
Patrick Birgen
Oct 10, 2013
Patrick Birgen, 55, of Beresford, SD died Oct. 10, 2013 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral Mass will be 10AM Tuesday, Oct. 15th at St. Teresa Catholic Church in Beresford. Visitation will be 5-8PM Monday at Wass Funeral Home with the family present from 6-8PM with a time of sharing memories at 7PM. Patrick Edward Birgen was born October...
Marjorie Ann Gehle
Oct 9, 2013
Funeral services for Marjorie Ann (Jensen) Gehle, 78, of Centerville, South Dakota will be 2 pm Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Immanuel Free Lutheran Church, rural Centerville, SD. Visitation will be 5-8 pm Friday, October 11, 2013 at Wass Funeral Home in Centerville with a prayer service at 7 pm. The family requests memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Foundation...
Ethel Anderson
Oct 7, 2013
Ethel Anderson (Fickbohm), 102, finished her journey here on earth on October 7, 2013 and is now with her Lord and Savior. She passed away at Morningside Manor in Alcester, South Dakota. Ethel was born to Walter and Mary (Kiewel) Fickbohm on May 8, 1911. She was baptized May 28, 1911 and confirmed September 27, 1925 at Peace Lutheran Church....
Bertha Andersen
Sep 21, 2013
Bertha Jane Andersen was born July 4, 1926 in Irene, South Dakota to parents Addie (Fastrup) and Arthur Swensen. She passed away on September 21, 2013 at the age of 87. Bertha married the Love of her Life Marvin Andersen on August 26, 1944. Bertha and Marvin farmed in the Turkey Ridge and Mayfield area (Irene & Viborg). In 1957...
Shirley A. Jenkins
Sep 19, 2013
Shirley A. Jenkins, 87, passed away September 19, 2013 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester, SD. Shirley was born January 23, 1926 in Union County, SD. Her family moved to Alcester where Shirley attended school and graduated from high school in 1944. She then moved to Sioux City, IA and attended Cosmetology School, graduating in 1946. Shirley married Clifton "Kissy"...
Eileen Grieb
Sep 18, 2013
Eileen LaVerne Grieb was born January 15, 1931 near Spink in rural Union County, SD, to parents Arnold and Frances (Christensen) Anderson. She died September 18, 2013 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 82 years. Eileen attended Brule Creek district #50 and then began working in homes in the area helping families and later at...
Oscar Jackson
Sep 18, 2013
Oscar Jackson was born August 26, 1911 in a farm house in Clay County, near Vermillion, South Dakota to parents, John and Lovisa Jackson. He died September 18, 2013 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester, SD at the age of 102 years, and 23 days. Oscar attended Prairie Center Elementary School. Following school, he worked on the family farm with...
Dorothy Depew
Sep 16, 2013
Dorothy Marie (Robinson) DePew was born August 26, 1930 in Sand Hill, AK, at her home, to parents Edgar and Mary Ethel Robinson. She died September 16, 2013 in the Centerville Care and Rehab Center at age 83. She grew up in Sand Hill, AK. During her time in AK she enjoyed singing in her church Baptist choir with her...
Lloyd Johnson
Sep 11, 2013
Lloyd A. W. Johnson was born April 22, 1918 in La Porte, Indiana to Harvey and Anna Adele (Johnson) Johnson. He died September 11, 2013 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester at the age of 95 years, four months and 19 days. Lloyd's father passed away before he was one year old. A few years later he and his mother...
Ronald Lantaff
Sep 3, 2013
Ronald James Lantaff, 73, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on September 3, 2013 at the Horton Community Hospital. He was born on November 23, 1939 in Beresford, South Dakota the son of Lawrence and Martha Turner Lantaff. Ron graduated from Beresford High School. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Airforce in 1957 serving during the Korean Conflict. Then...
Dorothy Klosterman
Aug 27, 2013
Dorothy Mae Klosterman (nee Johnson), age 94, of Worthington, passed away peacefully at home, Tuesday, August 27, 2013, in the presence of her three children. Born March 9, 1919 in Hawarden, Iowa and raised on the Johnson family homestead farm three miles east of Alcester, South Dakota. Graduate of South Dakota State University and Alcester High School where she later...
Curtis Owen Rist
Aug 16, 2013
Curtis Owen Rist went to be with Jesus on August 16, 2013 surrounded by family and friends after a short battle with the West Nile Virus. Curt was born May 22, 1939 in Sioux Falls, SD to Hank and Oney Rist. He lived with them on a farm in Davis, SD and in Hurley, SD where he attended grade school....
Ervin C. Stevens
Aug 14, 2013
Ervin Stevens was born to William and Nellie (Windmeyer) Stevens in Centerville, SD January 9, 1928. He died in Viborg, SD August 14, 2013 at the age of 85 years, seven months and five days. He was raised in the Centerville area and graduated from Centerville High School. Ervin married Lois Hillrichs on November 28, 1948. He served in the...
Fern A. Payson
Aug 11, 2013
Fern A. Payson was born September 6, 1916 in Hooker, SD to Christian and Anna (Sand) Osthus. She died August 11, 2013 at the Centerville Care Center at the age of 96 years, 11 months and five days. Fern attended Pleasant Grove country school, Wakonda School for grades 8-9 and graduated from Centerville High School in 1934. She married Delmar...
Rachell Larson
Aug 8, 2013
Rachel Ordell Larson was born on June 22, 1930, to Bent and Borgney Fredrikson of Hudson, SD. She graduated from Hudson High School and received her teaching qualifications from Springfield College and later a degree from Sioux Falls College. In 1954, she married David Larson and they had two children, Daniel and Sonja. Rachel taught in country schools around Hudson,...
Rodney W. Inberg
Aug 6, 2013
Rodney Willis Inberg was born in Hub City,Clay County, South Dakota on 10 September 1929 to parents William and Pearl Swedeen Inberg. He passed away on 6 August 2013 in the Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, South Dakota. Rodney attended Dalesburg Elementary school and graduated from Vermillion High School in 1947. During his youth, he worked for several area farmers,...
Duane J. Johnson
Jul 31, 2013
Duane J. Johnson was born July 28, 1919 in Alcester, SD to Joseph and Julia (Swanson) Johnson. He died July 31, 2013 in Sioux Falls at the age of 94 years and three days. He was raised in the Alcester area and attended Alcester schools. Duane worked at a grocery store until he joined the US Army where he served...
