Gerald D. Carlson
May 23, 2008
Gerald Delmar Carlson was born May 14th 1925, in Lennox SD to Charles and Anna (Lundgren) Carlson, both of Swedish Ancestry. He died Friday, May 23, 2008 at the Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 83 years. He was the youngest of one brother and four sisters. Gerald spent his childhood growing up on the farm...
Harvey R. Larsen
May 19, 2008
Harvey R. Larsen was born January 7, 1919 in Beresford, SD to parents William and Kirsten (Ostenson) Larsen. He died May 19, 2008 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 89 years, 4 months and 12 days. Harvey graduated from Beresford High School in 1936. He served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1945...
Ernest E. Johnson
May 18, 2008
Ernest E. Johnson was born February 1, 1914 in Wilmar, Minnesota to Joseph and Julia (Swanson) Johnson. He died May 18, 2008 in Beresford, South Dakota at the age of 94 years, three months and 17 days. As a baby, Ernest moved with his parents and sister to Union County, SD where he graduated from North Spink School. He has...
Alice M. Saugstad
May 15, 2008
Alice Saugstad was born April 30, 1918 near Jamestown, North Dakota to parents Lars Larson and Anna Johanna (Fjelsbo) Jervik. She died Thursday, May 15, 2008 in Beresford at the age of 90 years and fifteen days. Alice attended Sundy country school in Norway Township in Lincoln County and graduated from Augustana Academy in Canton. She married Lloyd Saugstad on...
Freeland Mead
May 12, 2008
On May 12, 2008, Freeland Fred Mead passed into the arms of his Heavenly Father while surrounded by family and friends. Freeland Mead was born in a covered wagon on March 19, 1917 near Nenzel, NE to parents Fred and Cecelia (Myers) Mead. He spent his early years near Tamarack, MN. Following his parents deaths Fred lived for a time...
Marion A. Sternquist
May 8, 2008
Marion Sternquist was born July 25, 1918 in Princeton, MN to parents Leonard and Ellen (Carlson) Sternquist. She died May 8, 2008 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester, SD at the age of 89 years, 9 months and 13 days. Marion moved to Alcester with her family at a young age. She graduated from Alcester High School in 1936, graduated...
Gilbert Ellingsen
Apr 26, 2008
Gilbert Ellingsen was born February 8, 1915 in Union County, South Dakota to parents Gabriel and Anna (Holthe) Ellingsen. He died April 26, 2008 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 93 years. Gilbert married Maxine Johnson on February 22, 1947. He farmed his entire life in the Alcester area. He retired in 1976 and moved...
Patrick A. Kieffer
Apr 22, 2008
Patrick A. Kieffer was born July 31, 1963 in Chicago, IL to parents Richard and Diana (DuBois) Kieffer. Patrick went home to be with the Lord on April 22, 2008 at the age of 44 years, 8 months and 21 days. Patrick attended school in Centerville and moved to Sioux Falls to work at Litton Industries. He met Diane Johnson...
Anita Helena Inberg Moore
Apr 14, 2008
Anita Helena Inberg Moore was born January 12, 1903 in Dalesburg, SD to parents Joseph and Ingrid (Berg) Inberg. She died on April 14, 2008 in Huntington Beach, CA at the age of 105 years. Anita was baptized February 5, 1903 and confirmed on September 10, 1916 at the Dalesburg Lutheran Church, rural Vermillion, SD. She attended the Dalesburg Swede...
Gordon Albert Larson
Apr 14, 2008
Gordon was born March 11, 1925 the son of Albert and Esther (Larson) Larson. He died April 14, 2008 at Avera Heart Hospital at the age of 83 years, one month and two days. He attended school at Danefield rural and Beresford High Schools. He served honorably in the US Army during World War II and the occupation of Japan...
Jean B. Wanamaker
Apr 13, 2008
Jean B. Wanamaker, age 75 of Centerville, South Dakota died on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg, South Dakota. She was born June 11, 1932 in Centerville to Vernon and Palma (Tysdal) Squires. Jean graduated from Centerville High School in May 1950 and attended Springfield State where she completed her certification to teach in rural...
Alden B. Lundquist
Apr 5, 2008
Alden Lundquist, 95, of rural Beresford, SD died April 5, 2008 at home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9th at Dalesburg Baptist Church, rural Beresford. Visitation will be Tuesday at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford from 2:00-8:30 p.m. with the family present from 7:00-8:30 p.m. and a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Alden B. Lundquist...
Bruce E. Jensen
Mar 28, 2008
Bruce Jensen was born February 14, 1931 in Hawarden, IA to parents Walter and Bonnie (Akin) Jensen. He died March 28, 2008 at Morningside Care Center in Alcester, SD at the age of 77 years, 1 month and 14 days. Bruce attended rural schools in Union County and graduated from Alcester High School in 1949. He served in the United...
Barbara J. Haneke
Mar 27, 2008
Barbara Jean (Bucher) Haneke was born November 25, 1944, at Miller, SD. She died March 27, 2008 at Sanford Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD after a 9 year battle with cancer, at the age of 63 years. She was the daughter of Elmer & Lorine Bucher. She attended St. Liborius Grade School and Fairview High School at Polo, SD. She...
Lawrence Hagen
Mar 14, 2008
Lawrence S. Hagen was the 5th born child to Carl and Nettie Asper Hagen on their Union County farm near Alcester, S.D. on Sept. 8, 1912. He died March 14, 2008 at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg, SD at the age of 95 years, 6 months and 6 days. He attended Cole School and attended Augustana Normal in Canton....
Helen Sundstrom
Mar 9, 2008
Helen Sundstrom was born August 6, 1908 at Cypress Mill, TX to parents Reinhold and Ulrika (Kellersberger) Schroeter. She died March 9, 2008 at Waterford at All Saints in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 99 years, 7 months and 3 days. Helen graduated from Plainview High School in Texas and from the University of Texas at Austin in...
John A. Ivarsen
Mar 9, 2008
Funeral services for John Ivarsen will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at Romsdal Lutheran Church, rural Beresford. Visitation will be from 2:00-8:00 p.m. on Tuesday at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford with a prayer service at 6:00 p.m. and the family present from 6:00-8:00 p.m. John A. Ivarsen was born May 31, 1941 in Lincoln County,...
Patricia J. Nelson
Feb 25, 2008
Patricia Jeanette Nelson was born at Bruce, SD on December 21, 1934 to Vern W. and Blanche A. (Sedig) Johnson. She went home to be with her Lord and Savior on February 25, 2008, at the age of 73 years, 2 months and 4 days, after her battle with cancer. She attended school in Bruce until her junior year in...
Caroline Genevieve Howard
Feb 17, 2008
Caroline Howard, age 86, of Centerville, SD died Feb. 17, 2008 at the Centerville Good Samaritan Center. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 at Beresford Zion United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Wednesday from 2:00-8:00 p.m. at Wass Funeral Home in Beresford with the family present from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and a prayer service at...
Delona M. Johnson
Feb 15, 2008
Delona Marthea Johnson was born July 7, 1926 to parents August and Martha (Engal) Rasmussen, of rural Beresford, SD. She died February 15, 2008 at Sanford Foundation Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 81 years, 7 months and 8 days. Delona attended Pioneer rural school, graduated from Beresford High School, and attended beauticians school in Sioux...
