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...
Roda M. Sweeney
Aug 28, 2010
Roda Mae Sweeney was born October 21, 1931 in Kennebec, SD to parents Cliff and Bertha (Olsen) Halverson. She died August 28, 2010 due to cancer at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 78 years, 10 months and 7 days. Roda attended Kennebec schools and graduated in 1949. She attended Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD...
Lawrence H. Kiewel
Aug 28, 2010
Lawrence H. Kiewel was born March 25, 1923 in Granite Falls, MN to parents William and Alma (Day) Kiewel. He died August 28, 2010 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester, SD at the age of 87 years. Lawrence graduated from Sioux Falls Washington High School in 1941. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and then...
Liane Emly
Aug 27, 2010
Liane Emly was born September 20, 1951 in Champaign, IL to parents Anthony and Inge (Eisfeld) Hill. She died August 27, 2010 at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 58 years. Liane moved to Centerville, SD in 1989 where she worked at nursing homes in Centerville, Beresford, and Viborg. She is survived by her mother Inge...
Rodney Berg
Aug 23, 2010
Rodney Berg was born January 4, 1933 in Union County, SD to parents Oscar and Alice (Hansen) Berg. He died August 23, 2010 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester, SD at the age of 77 years, 7 months and 19 days. Rod attended schools in the Alcester area. He married Patricia Patty Goodwin on March 26, 1955 at the Methodist...
Berenice R Jacobson
Aug 17, 2010
Berenice R. Jacobson, age 98 of St. Paul, MN died peacefully on August 17, 2010. She was a nurse, homemaker, world traveler, gifted crocheter and avid gardener. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 63 years, Curtis "Jake"; her parents and three siblings. Berenice is survived by her children, Gordon (Fran), Donald (Katy Van Leur), and Mary...
Lynn A. Edman
Aug 12, 2010
Lynn A. Edman was born April 8, 1953 in Sioux Falls, SD to parents Ellsworth and Doris (Amundson) Edman. He died August 12, 2010, of natural causes, at his home in Centerville, SD at the age of 57. Lynn graduated from Centerville High School in 1971. He worked for his father hauling milk and then held a variety of jobs...
Verlyn K. Lapour
Aug 7, 2010
Funeral services for Verlyn Lapour will be Wednesday, August 11th at 10AM at Nathanael Lutheran Church in Alcester. Visitation will be Tuesday at Wass Funeral Home in Alcester from 2-8PM with the family present from 6-8PM. Verlyn K. Lapour was born August 19, 1937 in Geddes, South Dakota to parents Roy and Marcella (Johnson) Lapour and entered into death on...
John Stene
Jul 20, 2010
John Jack Stene was born February 20, 1929 in Union County, SD to John O. and Pearl (Ronan) Stene. He died July 20, 2010 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 81 years and five months. Jack attended Brule School and graduated from Beresford High School in 1947. He farmed with his dad. Jack married Norma...
Barbara Jean Lykken
Jul 8, 2010
Funeral services for Barbara Lykken will be 10AM Monday, July 12, 2010 at Roseni Lutheran Church, rural Beresford, SD. Visitation is Sunday from 4-8PM at Wass Funeral Home in Alcester, SD with the family present from 5-7PM. Barbara Jean (Amundsen) Lykken was born January 15, 1928 in Alcester, South Dakota to parents Sverre Amundsen and Marie (Meinjohans) Amundsen. She died...
Ralph B. Boswell
Jul 7, 2010
Ralph Boswell, 93, of Beresford, SD died July 7, 2010 at Sunset Manor in Irene, SD. Following Ralphs wishes, there are no funeral services planned at this time. Ralph was born April 4, 1917 in Castlewood, SD to Albert and Flora (Watson) Boswell. He graduated from high school and worked for Lockheed aircraft manufacturing in California during WWII. He married...
