Morris Sommervold
Jul 20, 2012
Morris Sommervold was born July 22, 1925 in Union County, South Dakota to parents John K. and Petra (Abraham) Sommervold. He died July 20, 2012 at the Sioux Falls VA Hospital at the age of 86 years, 11 months and 28 days. Morris was raised and educated in Alcester graduating from Alcester High School. He served in the US Army...
Rick "Rudy" Pingrey
Jul 19, 2012
Rick "Rudy" Pingrey was born March 15, 1955 in Viborg, SD to parents Sheldon and Joyce (Edman) Pingrey. He passed away on July 19, 2012 at the age of 57 years. Rudy graduated from Centerville High School in 1973 and attended Nettleton College in Sioux Falls. Rudy sold insurance for a few years and was bookkeeper at the Centerville Co-op....
Jim D. Wiese
Jul 6, 2012
Jim Darrell Wiese was born August 3, 1950 in Sioux Falls, SD to parents Byron and Gladys (Briggle) Wiese. He died July 6, 2012 in Beresford, SD at the age of 61 years, 11 months and three days. Jim was raised in Beresford and graduated from Beresford High School. He joined the US Army and served 18 months in Vietnam...
Cleo Jurgenson
Jul 5, 2012
Cleo Jurgenson was born March 1, 1931 in South Dakota to William and Hattie (Nissen) O'Connor. She died July 5, 2012 in Viborg, SD at the age of 81 years, four months and four days. She was raised in the Beresford area and attended Sunnyside country school and graduated from Beresford High School. She worked as a telephone operator in...
William Snoozy
Jun 27, 2012
William (Bill) G. Snoozy, 84, passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at Morningside Manor in Alcester, SD. Bill was born on October 19, 1927 in Centerville, SD to Alfred (Edsol) and Ella (Johnson) Snoozy. He grew up in Beresford and graduated from Beresford High School in 1946. He then joined the Air Force and was stationed in Germany. Upon...
Doris M. Carlson
Jun 27, 2012
Doris Marilyn Carlson was born to parents Carl and Nettie (Asper) Hagen on April 16, 1926 in Hawarden, IA, the youngest of eleven children. She died June 27, 2012 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, IA at the age of 86 years, 2 months and 11 days. Doris was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She was a...
Elizabeth J. Sebern
Jun 24, 2012
Elizabeth J. Sebern was born June 2, 1922 in Lincoln, Nebraska to parents Sidney and Theresa (Kirsenbach) Brick. She died June 24, 2012 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 90 years and 22 days. Betty graduated from Cathedral High School in Lincoln, NE in 1940. She married Richard Sebern in 1941. The couple moved to...
Gordon Lee Pedersen
Jun 17, 2012
Gordon Pedersen was born August 6, 1933 in Beresford, SD to parents Martin and Marie (Jensen) Pedersen. He died June 17, 2012 at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg at the age of 78 years, 10 months and 11 days. He grew up in Beresford and received his education there. He was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church and currently...
Nick Sassel
Jun 15, 2012
Nick Sassel was born June 6, 1914 in Sioux Falls, SD to parents Emil and Anna (Buthala) Sassel. He died June 15, 2012 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 98. Nick was raised in the Beresford area and attended Cleveland grade school. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Weiland on September 9, 1941 at...
Richard Newman
Jun 14, 2012
Richard Newman, 87, went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Thursday, June 14, 2012 at the Hawarden Community Hospital. He was born April 12, 1925 to Ben and Edith Newman. Richard attended Hawarden High School. After graduation in 1943, he volunteered for the US army and served in the Philippines during World War II. After...
Sally Embrock
Jun 14, 2012
Sara Jane Embrock, known by all as Sally, age 68, of Alcester, SD passed away June 14, 2012 at Avera Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD. Visitation will be Sunday, June 17, 2012, at Wass Funeral Home in Alcester, SD from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The family will be present from 5:00-7:00 pm with a sharing time at 6:00 pm. The...
Richard L. Olson
Jun 2, 2012
Funeral services for Richard will be 10AM Wednesday, June 6th at Immanuel Free Lutheran Church in rural Centerville. Visitation is Tuesday 2-8PM at Wass Funeral Home in Centerville with the family present from 5-7PM and a prayer service at 7PM. The family encourages attendance in your favorite sport attire. Richard L. "Stubby" Olson died June 2, 2012 suddenly at his...
Janell Katherine Hanson
Jun 1, 2012
Janell Katherine Hanson was born February 21, 1926 to C. Alvin and Anna (Knutson) Peterson in rural Centerville, SD. She grew up and attended school there graduating from Centerville High School in 1943. She worked briefly in Sioux Falls and married Lester Hanson on December 15, 1946. They made their home and raised their children in Sioux Falls. Janell was...
Kenneth D. Knutson
May 27, 2012
Kenneth Dale Knutson was born July 3, 1934 on the family farm west of Centerville, SD, to parents Arthur and Sena (Jensen) Knutson. He died May 27, 2012 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 77 years, 5 months and 27 days. Ken graduated from Centerville High School in 1953. He married Joann Peterson on February...
Joye Elizabeth Westra
May 24, 2012
Joye Elizabeth Greenfield Westra was born November 6, 1928 in Mitchell, SD to parents Fred and Henrietta (Oltmans) Greenfield. She died May 24, 2012 at her home near Centerville, SD at 83 years of age. Joye graduated from Lennox High School and attended Sioux Falls College for one year, earning her teaching certificate. She taught for five years in rural...
Allen Ray Stevens
May 22, 2012
Allen Ray Stevens was born September 23, 1953 in Viborg, SD to parents Ernie and Delores (Maschino) Stevens. He died suddenly on May 22, 2012 at his home near Centerville, SD at 58 years of age. Allen attended school in Centerville. He married Carol Carlson on January 29, 1972. The couple have been lifelong residents of Centerville. Allen worked for...
Grace E. Kennedy
May 13, 2012
Grace Evangeline Kylling Kennedy was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on March 4, 1930 to Anna and Ludvig Kylling. She died on Mother's Day, May 13, 2012 at the age of 82. After spending her childhood on a farm in Lincoln County, she graduated from Beresford High School. Grace received a degree in Music Education from St. Olaf College...
Dorothy Marie Sassel
Apr 24, 2012
Dorothy (Weiland) Sassel was born October 19, 1920 in rural Beresford, South Dakota to Anthony and Mary (Reinartz) Weiland. She went to be with the Lord Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Bethesda of Beresford at the age of 91. Dorothy was raised in rural Beresford attending Cleveland Country School and graduating from Beresford High School. She was united in marriage...
Connie A. Peters
Apr 16, 2012
Connie Adele Peters was born November 14, 1950 in Hawarden, IA to parents Norman and Laverna (Steeneck) Pilla. She died April 16, 2012 at Canton-Inwood Memorial Hospital at 61 years of age. Connie has lived in Alcester her entire life and has worked at various places in the area. One of the highlights of her life was traveling to Hawaii...
Opal E. Fitzgerald
Apr 15, 2012
Opal Elizabeth Sollman Fitzgerald was born November 18, 1916 to Charles and Lillie Sollman in Montrose, Missouri. She died April 15, 2012 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 95 years, 4 months and 27 days. At the age of two, Opal moved with her parents to Worthing, South Dakota then in 1929 to Beresford, South...
