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Geraldine Bovill

Geraldine Bovill

Apr 26, 2011

Funeral services for Geraldine Bovill will be 2PM Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Romsdal Lutheran Church, rural Beresford, SD. Visitation will be 2-8PM Friday at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford with the family present from 6-8PM and a prayer service at 7PM. Geraldine was born August 10, 1921 in Lincoln County, SD to parents Morten and Emma (Narum) Rommereim. She...

Gail G. Jensen

Gail G. Jensen

Apr 24, 2011

Funeral services for Gail Jensen will be 2PM Thursday, April 28, 2011 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Beresford. Visitation will be from 4-7PM Wednesday at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford. Gail G. Jensen was born August 5, 1918 in Clay County to George and Jessie (Lawrensen) Jensen. He died April 24, 2011 at Bethesda of Beresford at the age of...

Duane Henry Harmon

Duane Henry Harmon

Apr 13, 2011

Duane Henry Harmon was born March 10, 1932 in rural Centerville, SD to Bert and Augusta (Peterson) Harmon. He passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Centerville Good Samaritan Center after an eight year battle with cancer at the age of 79 years, one month and three days. He attended rural grade school and Centerville High School. Duane farmed...

Marilyn J. Sommervold

Marilyn J. Sommervold

Apr 4, 2011

Marilyn Joan Sommervold was born March 5, 1940 in rural Union County, SD to parents Arnold and Margaret (Jacobs) Powell. She died April 4, 2011 at Sanford Vermillion Hospital at the age of 71 years. After graduating from high school, Marilyn studied childhood development and became a nanny for a family with a special needs child in Sioux City. She...

Hilma Ludwig

Hilma Ludwig

Apr 3, 2011

Hilma C. Ludwig was born September 7, 1926 in rural Hudson, SD to parents Oscar and Helga (Ottem) Erickson. She died April 3, 2011 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 84 years, 6 months and 26 days. Hilma graduated from Canton High School. She moved to Washington State and worked in the shipyards during...

Dennis Harmon

Dennis Harmon

Apr 2, 2011

Dennis "Tex" Harmon was born September 5, 1942 in Beresford, SD to parents Earl and Dagmar (Osthus) Harmon. He died April 2, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Center in Centerville, SD at the age of 68. Dennis graduated from Hurley High School in 1960. He lived in Sioux Falls for 11 years while working for Cenex. He then moved back...

Daniel Cotton

Daniel Cotton

Mar 30, 2011

Daniel Cotton was born March 27, 1927 in Detroit, MI to parents Daniel L. and Mildred (McDonald) Cotton. He died March 30, 2011 in Beresford, SD at the age of 84 years and three days. Dan was raised in Beresford and graduated from Beresford High School. He married Edna Johansen February 1, 1946. His adult life was spent in the...

Arlene June Conlon

Arlene June Conlon

Mar 28, 2011

Arlene June Conlon, age 89, of Beresford, SD went home to meet her Savior Monday, March 28, 2011, surrounded by her family, while visiting her sons home in rural Dakota City, NE. Funeral services will be 11AM Friday, April 1,2011 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Beresford, SD. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arlene...

K. Rosalie Waggener

K. Rosalie Waggener

Mar 25, 2011

Kathryn Rosalie was born March 9, 1920 in rural Stockholm, SD to parents Robert and Kathryn (Flynn) Young. She died March 25, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Center in Centerville, SD at the age of Ninety-one years and sixteen days. Rosalie was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith. The family moved to the rural Wakonda area when Rosalie was...

Diana K. Wheatley

Diana K. Wheatley

Mar 24, 2011

Diana K Wheatley was born November, 19 1941 in Hurley, SD to parents Arling and Esther (Logdson) DuBois. She went home to be with the Lord March 24, 2011 in Vancouver, Washington at the age of 69 years, four months and five days. Diana was raised on a farm in Centerville and attended Centerville Public School until she married and...

Ella Marjorie Duerst

Ella Marjorie Duerst

Mar 11, 2011

Ella Marjorie Duerst, 94, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 11, 2011 in Mesa, AZ. Ella was born in Akron, IA on June 29, 1916 to Clarence and Ella Pike. She spent her younger years in Beresford, SD. She worked at Dorothy's Apparel for several years and continued employment after the purchase by Bill and Fern Vermillion. She married Elmer...

Luella E. Schuler

Luella E. Schuler

Mar 11, 2011

Luella Schuler was born January 8, 1927 in Hutchinson County, SD to parents Theodore and Pauline (Reiner) Schnabel. She died March 11, 2011 at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 84 years, 2 months and 4 days. Luella attended rural school, graduated from Tripp High School, and attended Beauty School in Omaha, NE. She married Leonard...

Edward Jensen

Edward Jensen

Mar 1, 2011

Edward Jensen, age 68, died at his home in Beresford March 1, 2011. Memorial services will be 2PM Friday, March 4th at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford with visitation one hour prior to the service. Ed was born in Hudson, South Dakota on September 29, 1942 to Raymond and Gladys (Torkelson) Jensen. He died March 1, 2011 in Beresford, SD...

Lillian A. Trudeau

Lillian A. Trudeau

Feb 28, 2011

Lillian was born January 6, 1918 in Sioux County, Iowa to Ole and Sena (Hendrickson) Loe. She died Feb. 28, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, IA at the age of 93 years, one month and 22 days. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith but attended St. Teresa Catholic Church. Lillian married Lee Trudeau September 30, 1947...

Leland Lundt

Leland Lundt

Feb 26, 2011

Leland Jay Lundt of Alcester, South Dakota, left this earth to meet his Heavenly Father on February 26, 2011. He was born January 12, 1944, to Cato and Harriet Lundt. Jays upbringing on an Iowa farm gave him his passion for buying, selling and feeding cattle. He was preceded in death by his father, Cato. Jay was privileged to share...

Dorothy M. Schaefer

Dorothy M. Schaefer

Feb 24, 2011

Dorothy Mae (Vellek) Schaefer was born in Blaha, SD on June 2, 1925 to parents Ralph C. and Helen A. (Mach) Vellek. She grew up in the Tyndall, SD area. Dorothy attended rural grade school and graduated from Tyndall High School in 1942. She attended summer session at Nettleton Business College in Sioux Falls, SD. In the fall, she enrolled...

Richard N. Menigoz

Richard N. Menigoz

Feb 22, 2011

Richard Norman Menigoz, son of Richard and Denise (Young) Menigoz, was born December 30, 1958 in Chicago, IL. Rich and his family moved to Port Washington, WI in 1972 where he graduated from high school. He continued his education at the University of Wisconsin Stout in Menomonie, WI where he graduated with a bachelors degree in business. Richs passion was...

Harold R. Clay

Harold R. Clay

Feb 18, 2011

Harold Russel Clay was born October 8, 1920 on the family farm north of Beresford to parents Russel and Mabel (Young) Clay. He died February 18, 2011 at Bethesda of Beresford at the age of 90 years, four months and 10 days. Harold attended Lincoln Grade School, three years at Pioneer High School and graduated from Beresford High School in...

Agnes Fickbohm

Agnes Fickbohm

Feb 18, 2011

Funeral services for Agnes Fickbohm will be 11AM Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at Komstad Covenant Church, rural Beresford, SD. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Agnes Ingeborg Fickbohm was born on December 9th, 1914 to parents: Anton and Johanna (Running) Wolden in Union County, near Spink, SD. She passed away at the Good Samaritan...

Ronald Anderson

Ronald Anderson

Feb 9, 2011

Ronald Anderson, 61, of Beresford, South Dakota died February 9, 2011. He was born in Viborg, SD. He was one of three sons of Wayne and Gertrude (Vik) Anderson. He grew up on his family farm in Centerville, SD. He graduated from Centerville High School in 1967. Ron attended South Dakota State University in Brookings. He graduated in 1971 with...

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