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Cameron Wesley Jensen

Cameron Wesley Jensen

Jan 27, 2008

Cameron attended Newdale rural school. He married Betty Holley on August 20, 1952. He served in the United States Army from December 9, 1952 to November 24, 1954 and was stationed in Okinawa. Cameron returned to Beresford and began his lifelong career as a farmer. He and Betty moved into town in 1985. Upon his retirement Cameron was promoted to...

Joe Monson

Joe Monson

Jan 26, 2008

Funeral services for Joe Monson will be Thursday, Jan. 31st at 10:00 a.m. at Scandia Lutheran Church in Centerville. Visitation will be Wednesday from 2:00-8:00 p.m. at Wass Funeral Home in Centerville with the family present from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Joe Monson was born January 1, 1909 in Centerville, South Dakota to Henry and...

Beverly Anne Day

Beverly Anne Day

Jan 24, 2008

Funeral services for Beverly Day will be held Monday, January 28, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at the Alcester United Church of Christ. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00-8:00 p.m. at Wass Funeral Home in Alcester with the family present from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Beverly Anne Severson Day went to be with her Savior and Lord on January 24th, 2008, having lived...

Margaret Heiman

Margaret Heiman

Jan 23, 2008

Funeral services for Margaret Heiman will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008 at Peace Lutheran Church in Alcester. Margaret Heiman was born March 29, 1927 in Hawarden, Iowa to Frank and Amelia (Wendel) Holtkamp in Union County at Hawarden, Iowa. She died January 23, 2008 in Hawarden, Iowa at the age of 80 years, nine months...

Maxine F. Bayer

Maxine F. Bayer

Jan 17, 2008

Maxine Fayne (Hampton) Bayer was born in Walthill, Nebr. January 7, 1918 to Myrtle Ester (Rose) and Fayne Milton Hampton. Her family moved to a ranch near Oelrichs, South Dakota when she was small. She attended Windy Hill country school and later Central High in Omaha, Nebraska. She received training as a secretary and worked at Mutual of Omaha Insurance...

Leda C. Manning

Leda C. Manning

Jan 13, 2008

Leda Manning was born April 4, 1916 to parents John and Mary (Gard) Shanker. She died January 13, 2008 at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, SD at the age of 91 years. Leda attended Cleveland rural school and graduated from Beresford High School. She married Daniel Manning on October 12, 1936 at Emmett. The couple farmed in the Garryowen community,...

Mildred E. Ziegler

Mildred E. Ziegler

Jan 10, 2008

Funeral services for Mildred Ziegler will be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 14, 2008 at Alcester Baptist Church. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00-8:00 p.m. at Wass Funeral Home in Alcester with the family present from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Mildred Ziegler was born February 16, 1909 in Ida Grove, Iowa to parents David and Jessie (Hamilton) Wilson. She died January...

Rene Kritz

Rene Kritz

Jan 9, 2008

Memorial services for Rene Kritz will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 at Dalesburg Lutheran Church, rural Beresford. Nellie Rene Lorene Kritz was born February 8, 1918 in Granby, Missouri to parents, William Harris and Maude Mae (Miracle) Birkes. She died January 9, 2008 in Beresford, South Dakota at the age of 89 years, 11 months and...

Violet E. Nelson

Violet E. Nelson

Jan 2, 2008

Violet "Vi" Emila Lenander Nelson was born September 22, 1926 in Hendricks, MN to parents John and Annie (Anderson) Lenander. She died January 2, 2008 at her residence in Centerville, SD at the age of 81 years, 3 months and 11 days. Vi attended Roosevelt rural school, graduated from Toronto High School and attended Nettleton Business School. She worked as...

Kent G. Voegeli

Kent G. Voegeli

Jan 1, 2008

Kent Voegeli was born September 30, 1963 in Sioux Falls, SD to parents Kenneth and Gwynneth (Stalheim) Voegeli. He died January 1, 2008 in Beresford, SD at the age of 44 years. Kent attended Silver Lake rural school and continued his schooling in Beresford, graduating in 1982. In June of 1983 he began working at Alkota in Alcester, SD where...

Ardas C. Eidsness

Ardas C. Eidsness

Dec 31, 2007

Ardas Eidsness, 93, of Sioux Falls and formerly of Alcester, SD, died Monday, December 31, 2007 at Southridge Health Care Center Memory Lane in Sioux Falls. Ardas Cassandra Evanson was born January 21, 1914, to Philip and Maude Blumer Evanson, in Eden Township, Lincoln County, SD. She attended country school and graduated from Hudson High School at the age of...

Sharon Johnson

Sharon Johnson

Dec 25, 2007

Funeral services for Sharon Johnson will be Friday, Dec. 28th at 2:00 p.m. at Scandia Lutheran Church in Centerville. Visitation will be Thursday from 3:00-8:00 p.m. at Scandia Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. The family will be present from 6:00-8:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Sharon (Knudson) Johnson died Tuesday, December 25th at her home surrounded by her...

Vivian B. Vik

Vivian B. Vik

Dec 24, 2007

Vivian B. Vik, age 88, died December 24, 2007 at the Good Samaritan Center in Centerville, SD. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 28th at Scandia Lutheran Church in Centerville. Visitation will be Thursday from 2:00-8:00 p.m. at Wass Funeral Home in Centerville with the family present from 6:00-7:30p.m. and a prayer service at 7:00 p.m....

Lillian Wass

Lillian Wass

Dec 22, 2007

Lillian Marjorie Bondhus was born July 8, 1918 on a farm near Iona, MN to parents Arnt and Alice (Omberson) Bondhus. She entered into death on December 22, 2007 at the Scottsdale Health Care Center in Scottsdale, AZ at the age of 89 years, 5 months and 14 days. She received her primary education at Iona Public School and graduated...

Bessie Ilene Iosty

Bessie Ilene Iosty

Dec 21, 2007

Funeral services for Bessie Iosty will be held Wednesday, Dec. 26th at 10:00 a.m. at Scandia Lutheran Church in Centerville. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Bessie Ilene Iosty was born April 21, 1920 to Edward and Sophia (Haxel) Iosty near Centerville, South Dakota. She died December 21, 2007 in Sioux Falls, SD at...

Katharine A. Krause

Katharine A. Krause

Dec 15, 2007

Funeral services for Katharine Krause will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Beresford, South Dakota. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3:00-8:00 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church with the family present from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Katharine A. Krause was born December 24, 1907 to Joe and Margaret...

Helen Louise James

Helen Louise James

Dec 14, 2007

Funeral services for Louise James will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19th at Dalesburg Baptist Church, rural Beresford. Visitation will be Tuesday 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 7:00 p.m. Helen Louise James, known as Louise, was born July 2nd, 1916 in...

Alice R. Strand

Alice R. Strand

Dec 10, 2007

Alice Strand, age 87, died Monday, December 10, 2007, at Minnewaska Lutheran Home in Starbuck. Funeral services will be Friday, December 14th, at 11:00 AM at Solem Lutheran Church in rural Kensington, MN and a second service will be held 11AM, Monday, December 17th at Wass Funeral Home in Centerville, SD. Burial will be at the St. Peter Greenfield Cemetery,...

Herbert C. Begeman

Herbert C. Begeman

Dec 9, 2007

Funeral services for Herb Begeman will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14th at Scandia Lutheran Church in Centerville. Visitation will be Thursday from 2:00-8:00 p.m. at Wass Funeral Home in Centerville with the family present from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and a Masonic service at 7:00 p.m. Herbert Curtis Begeman was born June 22, 1929 in Parker, SD to Edward F....

Gladys Ruby Otten

Gladys Ruby Otten

Nov 27, 2007

Gladys R. Otten, age 91, of Spink, SD died November 27, 2007 at the Akron Care Center. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 at Wass Funeral Home in Alcester, SD. Visitation will be prior to the service on Friday. Gladys was born May 23, 1916 in Canton, SD to Nels and Anna (Larsen) Hansen....

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