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Gregory Scott Coffman
Nov 12, 2010
Gregory Scott Coffman was born July 9, 1969 in Italy, to parents Cherlan and Geraldine (Henle) Coffman. He died November 12, 2010 in Chicago, IL at the age of 41 years, 4 months and 3 days. Greg attended Beresford Elementary School and graduated from Beresford High School in 1987. He attended and graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, MA and...
Lyle Jerry White
Nov 10, 2010
Jerry White, 66, passed away November 10, 2010 at Centerville after a long courageous battle with cancer. Lyle Jerry White was born September 15, 1944 to Lyle and Marjane (Shogren) White. He graduated from Centerville High School in 1962 and then attended USD and USF. He married Mary Falk on April 4, 1964. They moved to an acreage near Centerville...
Ernest Donald Jensen
Nov 10, 2010
Ernest Donald Jensen was born March 27, 1922 on a farm near Beresford, SD to parents Chris and Minnie (Lee) Jensen. He died November 10, 2010 at Bethesda of Beresford at the age of 88 years, seven months and 13 days. Ernest spent his life on the farm. He had a lifetime membership in the American Angus Association and was...
Mildred Killian Jervik
Nov 9, 2010
Mildred (Millie) Killian Jervik, 90 years old, died of natural causes on November 09, 2010. Millie was a very loving and caring mother with many friends. She was born the first of six children to William (Bill) Arnold Killian and Mabel Betty Killian in Goshen, Idaho on July 26, 1920. Millie was raised on a farm and attended elementary school...
Darlene Blumer
Nov 8, 2010
Darlene Blumer was born November 10, 1926 in Parker, SD to parents Lawrence and Cecilia (Stevens) Bennington. She died November 8, 2010 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls at the age of 83 years, 11 months and 28 days. She was raised in the Centerville area. As an adult, Darlene lived in Viborg, Centerville and Beresford. She married Novello Blumer...
Todd Kendall Merrick
Nov 5, 2010
Todd Kendall Merrick was born June 4, 1961 in Hawarden, IA to parents Richard and Janet (Johnson) Merrick. He died November 5, 2010 at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Fallls, SD after a long hard-fought battle with cancer at the age of 49 years, 5 months and 1 day. Todd graduated from Alcester High School in 1979 and attended Dakota...
Harriet T. Waggoner
Nov 2, 2010
Harriett Theodora Johnson was born September 4, 1916, in Hawarden, Iowa, the daughter of Emil T. and Margaret (Sjoquist) Johnson and entered into the presence of Jesus on November 2, 2010, at the age of 94 years, 2 months, and 28 days. On January 18, 1942, Harriett married Merlin Phillip Waggoner. They resided in Alcester and Hawarden until Merlins death...
Raymond Dale Kennedy
Oct 30, 2010
Dale Kennedy died peacefully on October 30, 2010, with his wife of 60 years, Barbara (Phillips) by his side. Raymond Dale Kennedy was born at his parents' home, Raymond and Alice (Norling) Kennedy, on April 8, 1925. As a child, Dale attended Brooklyn Church, Brooklyn #42 School, and graduated from Beresford High School in 1943 where he played football and...
Karen Joan Stuntebeck
Oct 21, 2010
Karen Joan (Larsen) Stuntebeck, was born on July 17, 1940 to Pedar and Iva (Beeler) Larsen of Centerville, SD. She died of natural causes while camping and pheasant hunting with her family in Kimball, SD on October 21, 2010. Karen was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a member of Scandia Lutheran Church. She attended school in...
David Jervik
Oct 16, 2010
David P.D. Jervik was born April 3, 1951 in Hawarden, IA to parents Clarence and Beverly (Larson) Jervik. He died October 16, 2010 in Hastings, NE at the age of 59 years. David grew up in the Norway Center area and attended rural schools and Alcester High School. He joined the United States Army and served two tours of duty...
Roscoe Carlson
Oct 13, 2010
Funeral services for Roscoe Carlson will be 2PM Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Dalesburg Lutheran Church, rural Beresford, SD with interment at Danefield Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:30-8PM Friday at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford with the family present from 6-8PM and a prayer service at 7PM. Roscoe Carlson was born March 3, 1930 in rural Beresford, SD to parents...
Marvin Sommervold
Oct 12, 2010
Marvin Sommervold was born March 30, 1915 in Union County, South Dakota to parents Severt Jr. and Lillian (Fickbohm) Sommervold. He died October 12, 2010 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford at the age of 95 years, six months and 12 days. Marvin was raised on the family farm and attended Nora grade school. He married Joyce Fedderson on August...
Wendell Harlan Pearson
Sep 30, 2010
Wendell Harlan Pearson passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD with his family by his side. He lived 84 years, 11 months and 17 days. Wendell was born October 13, 1925 to Martin and Edith (Benson) Pearson on a rural farm near Alcester, SD. He attended Elmwood country school in Lincoln County...
Adele Evelyn Jackson
Sep 22, 2010
Adele Evelyn Jackson was born August 21, 1915 on a farm in Clay County, South Dakota to parents, C. Edward and Ella Hansen. She died September 22, 2010 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester, SD at the age of 95 years, 1 month and 1 day. Adele attended Prairie Center Elementary School and Vermillion High School. When Adele was fifteen...
Norma Jean Trandahl
Sep 18, 2010
Norma Jean Trandahl was born July 31, 1928 near Alcester, SD to Kenneth and Henrietta Etta (Numsen) Jenkins. She died Saturday, September 18, 2010 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester at the age of 82 years, one month and 17 days. Norma was raised in the Alcester area and graduated from Alcester High School. She worked in Omaha, NE for...
Bernice Edith Odland
Sep 16, 2010
Bernice Edith Yager Odland was born June 2, 1920 to Edward and Wilhelmina Minnie (Rist) Yager in Turner County, SD. She was baptized July 11, 1920 and confirmed August 5, 1934 at Grace Lutheran Church. She graduated from Centerville High School in 1938. Bernice went to California and worked for a short time and then returned home to help her...
Verda L. Akland
Sep 15, 2010
Verda L. Akland was born September 10, 1920 in Merrill, IA to Elmer and Ruth (Eberhard) Wetrosky. She died September 15, 2010 at Bethesda of Beresford at the age of 90 years and five days. She was raised near Merrill, was baptized at Merrill United Methodist Church and attended school from first through ninth grade at Liberty School near Merrill,...
Glenn H. Henderson
Sep 12, 2010
Glenn H. Henderson, formerly of rural Beresford, died at Avera Trauma Care September 12th, 2010 following a fall earlier in the week. Funeral Service will be 2:00PM, Wednesday, September 15th at the Methodist Church in Beresford with burial at the Beresford City Cemetery. Visitation will Tuesday from 5PM to 8PM with family present from 6PM to 8PM with a prayer...
Marjorie Eggleston
Sep 8, 2010
Marjorie L. Eggleston 75 of Glen Carbon passed from this life on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at her home. Marjorie was born on July 8, 1935 in Alcester, SD to Henry & Mabel (Swanson) Lind. She was a longtime homemaker and a teacher. She will be dearly missed by her husband, Rollin, whom she married on June 23, 1957 in...
Merle Twite
Sep 7, 2010
Merle Ole Twite was born August 27, 1959 to parents Ole and Delores (Rhea) Twite. He died September 7, 2010 at the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 51 years and 10 days. Merle was baptized and confirmed at the United Church of Christ in Beresford and later became a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church...
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