Karen Carlson
Apr 29, 2013
Karen Rachelle Carlson was born May 12, 1965, at Pioneer Memorial hospital in Viborg, South Dakota. She was the youngest child of Boyd and Margaret (Nelson) Ostrem of Centerville, South Dakota. She passed away peacefully holding her father's hand on April 29th 2013, in the Centerville Good Samaritan Nursing Home. Karen graduated from Centerville High School in 1983. She graduated...
Elaine V. Hedeen
Apr 18, 2013
Elaine Violet (Hustrulid) Hedeen was born December 9, 1930, on the family farm east of Beresford, SD, to parents Bert and Ruth (Albin) Hustrulid. She died April 18, 2013 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 82 years, 4 months and 9 days. Elaine attended Gothland country school, graduated from Beresford High School in 1949, and...
Melva Leafstedt
Mar 11, 2013
Melva Jacobson Leafstedt was born November 23, 1934, at her parent's home near Bridgewater, South Dakota. She was the eldest of three children of Lowell and Marie (Akland) Jacobson. She passed away peacefully on March 11, 2013, at her home in Alcester, South Dakota, at the age of 78 years. Melva graduated from Alcester High School in 1953. She attended...
Leona Sandvall
Mar 11, 2013
Leona Sandvall, 96, of Beresford , SD died Monday, March 11, 2013 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls . Funeral services will be 10AM Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Leona was born January 10, 1917 in Beresford to Hans and Ella Marie (Engstrom) Johnson. She was...
Debra Ann Truman
Mar 10, 2013
Debra Ann Truman, 54, of Beresford, SD passed away March 10, 2013 at Sanford Hospice. She was born February 8, 1959 in Freeman, SD to Ken and Lily (Tiemann) Harms. Debra resided in the Sioux Falls and Beresford area most of her life. She graduated form Washington High School in Sioux Falls. Debra married Jim Truman December 28, 1990. She...
Aloris Pederson
Mar 6, 2013
Aloris Elenore Pederson passed away peacefully on March 6, 2013 at Bethesda Home in Beresford, South Dakota. She was 96. Aloris was born on September 17, 1916 at her parents' homestead claim in Joplin, Montana. She was the second of five children of Theodore & Alma Estenson. She attended Cyrus Public School after the family returned to Cyrus, MN and...
Martin L. Lawrenson
Mar 6, 2013
Martin L. Lawrenson, 91, of Beresford, SD passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD. Visitation will be Friday March 8, 2013 from 4-8PM with family present from 6:30-8PM. The funeral services will be held at Zion United Methodist Church, Beresford, SD on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 2PM. Burial with military honors will follow...
Clark William Wells
Mar 4, 2013
Clark William Wells was born May 21, 1944 in the farmhouse to parents Garth and Cora (Heiman) Wells. He died March 4, 2013 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 68 years, 3 months and 4 days. Clark was raised on a farm near Alcester as the only son in a family of four sisters. He...
Inger Hansen
Mar 1, 2013
Inger Hansen was born in Denmark on November 12, 1921 to parents Ludwig and Eli Nielsen. She died March 1, 2013 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 91 years, 3 months and 10 days. Inger came to the United States with her parents in 1924. She graduated from High School in Creighton, NE and attended...
Edward V. Osterkamp
Feb 28, 2013
Edward V. Osterkamp was born July 2, 1930 in Rockford, IA to parents John and Henrietta (Huisman) Osterkamp. He passed away peacefully with his family by his side on February 28, 2013 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, at the age of 82 years. At the age of 6, Ed moved with his parents to Ireton, IA. He...
Opal M. Dahlberg
Feb 24, 2013
Opal M. Dahlberg was born January 28, 1916 in Worthing, SD to parents Jesse and Lillian (Overgaard) DuBois. She died February 24, 2013 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls , SD at the age of 97 years. Opal was raised and educated in Wagner, SD graduating from Wagner High School in 1934. She attended Wayne State Teachers College and taught...
Duane Leroy Lundquist
Feb 16, 2013
Duane Leroy Lundquist, 90, of Beresford, S. Dak., was welcomed home by his Savior on Sat., Feb. 16, 2013 as he passed away in the care of Hospice at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, S. Dak. Duane was born December 20, 1922 to Erick and Elizabeth (Meleen) Lundquist in Sioux City, Iowa. He attended Komstad School and graduated from Brookings...
Linda M. Murray
Feb 8, 2013
Linda M. Murray was born January 20, 1956 in Davison, Michigan to parents George and Vida (Burton) Wilson. She died February 8, 2013 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 57 years and 18 days. Linda is survived by her father George Wilson of Oceanside, CA; two daughters, Michelle Mitchell of LaPorte, TX and Sharon Scott...
Norman H. Hartman
Feb 7, 2013
Norman Henry Hartman was born December 6, 1925 in Plymouth County, IA to parents Harry and Anna (Beckman) Hartman. He died February 7, 2013 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester, SD at the age of 87 years. Norman attended school in Iowa through the 8th grade. He married Margaret Hitzmann in 1949. The couple farmed in the Chatsworth, IA area....
Eldonna Bartlett
Feb 4, 2013
Eldonna Ilithe Peterson was born April 6, 1936 in Washburn, ND to Ellsworth and Ida (Oakland) Peterson. She died Monday, February 4, 2013 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Viborg, SD, surrounded by her family, at the age of 76 years, 9 months and 28 days. Eldonna graduated from Centerville High School in 1954. She married Ronnie Bartlett on December 31,...
Rita Mary Sellner
Jan 30, 2013
Rita Mary Sellner was born August 22, 1944, in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota to Walter and Mathilda (Rosenstengel) Sellner. In August of 1944, Rita became a child of God by Holy Baptism. She attended country school in Stark Township, Minnesota and attended St. Mary's High School in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. Rita moved to Willmar, Minnesota in 1978 where she was employed...
Karolyn Henderson
Jan 23, 2013
Karolyn Henderson was born July 26, 1938 in Iowa to Bill and Lois (Lape) Winter. She died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at her home in Beresford at the age of 74 years, five months and 27 days. Karolyn was raised and educated in northwest Iowa and graduated from Rock Rapids High School. She loved the outdoors and enjoyed painting, flowers,...
Dorothy E. Christiansen
Jan 19, 2013
Dorothy E. Christiansen, 92, of Beresford, SD died Jan. 19, 2013 at Bethesda of Beresford. Memorial services will be 9:30AM Thursday, Jan. 31st at Bethesda of Beresford and burial will be this spring at Rockfield Cemetery, rural Beresford. Dorothy Elizabeth Nelson was born September 14, 1920 in Blair, Nebraska to Otto and Minnie (Erickson) Nelson. She died January 19, 2013...
Sophus L. Jensen
Jan 18, 2013
Sophus Lauritz Jensen was born on November 18th, 1922 in Clay County in rural Beresford, SD to Carl and Dorthea (Peterson) Jensen and entered into death on January 18th, 2013 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 90 years, 2 months. Sophus attended Rockfield Grade School until the 8th Grade. He then served in the Civil...
Fern F. Graff
Jan 13, 2013
Fern Graff, 89, of Sioux Falls, SD, formerly of Centerville, SD died Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Dougherty Hospice House, Sioux Falls. Fern Florence Wienert Graff was born June 12, 1923 on the family farm near Armour, SD to parents Carl and Amelia (Krause) Wienert. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church, Stickney, SD, a brick country...
