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Vada Nickey
Dec 7, 2020
Vada Nickey, 78, passed away Monday at her home in Flandreau, SD. Vada was born on May 14, 1942 at Philadelphia, MS to William Cozette and Josephine (Anderson) Nickey. She grew up and attended school in Mississippi and she married Lee Mack Stephens and later marrying Delmond King. She moved to South Dakota in 1979 and began...
J. Richard "Rich" Burns
Dec 3, 2020
Joseph Richard "Rich" Burns died Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Avera Flandreau Hospital. Rich was born on August 23, 1939, at Flandreau to Joseph and Marie (Smith) Burns. He attended Flandreau public schools and graduated as a member of the legendary "Class of 1957". He enlisted for a three-year tour in the US Army in October 1957...
Mary Jane Johnson
Dec 2, 2020
Mary Jane Johnson, 73, of Flandreau, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Riverview Healthcare Center, Flandreau. Mary was born in Sioux Falls on February 10, 1947 to Floyd Johnson and Emma (Gullickson) Johnson. She grew up on the farm near Egan and graduated from Egan High School in 1965. After, she went to Sioux Falls...
Roger Lee Timmerman
Nov 30, 2020
Roger Lee Timmerman, 61, of Sioux Falls, SD, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at his home. Roger was born on April 30, 1959 in Tracy, MN to Rodney and Harriet (Smith) Timmerman. He grew up in Tracy and graduated from Tracy High School in 1976. As a teen, Roger was able to work side by...
Harriet C. Timmerman
Nov 27, 2020
Harriet Coralann Timmerman, 83, Colman, SD, passed away on Friday, November 27, 2020 at the Dells Nursing and Rehab Center, Dell Rapids. Harriet was born in Wadena, MN on April 12, 1937, to Edward and Florence (Seely) Smith. She grew up in Tracy, MN and graduated from Tracy High School. Harriet married Rodney Timmerman on October 3,...
Albert F. "Bertie" Antoine
Nov 26, 2020
Albert F. "Bertie" Antoine, 88, of Flandreau, SD passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Riverview Healthcare Center, Flandreau. Albert Fuhs Antoine was born May 8, 1932 at Mitchell, SD to Albert O. and Hazel (Fuhs) Antoine. He was raised near Egan, SD where he attended country school and then Egan High School for two years and...
Jerene G. Yttreness
Nov 25, 2020
Jerene G. Yttreness, age 70 of Ham Lake, MN, passed away November 25th, 2020. She was born on June 3rd, 1950 in Flandreau, South Dakota. Jerene graduated from Elkton and married her husband, John, in 1968.
She is preceded in death by parents, William & Mildred Weber. Jerene is survived by loving husband...
Ramon Campos Laguna
Nov 21, 2020
Ramon Campos Laguna, 35, of Elkton, SD passed away, Saturday at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD. Ramon Campos Laguna was born in Santa Elena Irapuato Gto on August 31, 1985 to Maria Laguna Escamilla and Candelario Campos Alfarero. His long journey brought him to Chicago in the United States. He met many friends and later moved...
Roger D. Story
Nov 19, 2020
Roger DeWayne Story died on November 19, 2020 from COVID19. Â Roger was born May 4, 1938 in Brookings, SD to Bernace & Margaret (Scofield) Story. In 1944, they moved to a farm in Spring Creek township in Moody County. He attended country school in Moody county and graduated from Flandreau High school in 1956. He served in...
Grant E. Robinson
Nov 19, 2020
Grant E. Robinson, 60, of Egan, SD passed away Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Dougherty Hospice House, Sioux Falls, SD. Grant was born March 6, 1960 to Arthur Robinson and Sheri Robinson Graves. He had 3 sisters Tina, Amanda, and Christine. He spent much of his youth in Arizona riding bike and motorcycle in the hot Arizona...
Aaron F. Erickson
Nov 15, 2020
Aaron Francis Erickson of Still Well, Kansas, 48 years and 6 days old, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at his home after battling cancer since September 2016. Aaron was born on Nov. 9, 1972, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Dennis and Peggy (O'Neil) Erickson. Aaron attended school at Longfellow, Patrick Henry and Lincoln High School...
Lois M. Ullom
Nov 15, 2020
Lois Margaret Ullom, 88, of Flandreau, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Riverview Healthcare Center. Lois was born at home on a farm near White, SD, on Jan. 23, 1932. The middle child of five born to Willis and Doris (Haber) Tompkins. When she was five, they moved to the farm in Medary Township, 8.5...
Lillian "Tweedy" J. Goodeagle
Nov 13, 2020
Lillian Jeanne (Eastman) Goodeagle, "Oyate Wayankapi Win", age 64, of Flandreau, South Dakota passed away on November 13, 2020 at Avera McKennan Sioux Falls. Tweedy (Lillian) was born September 16, 1956, in Huron, South Dakota to parents Emmett and Francis Crawford Eastman. Tweedy is enrolled member of Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate and descendant of Northern Cheyenne (Lame Deer,...
Ruth Emily Ludgate
Nov 13, 2020
Ruth Emily (Schultz) Ludgate, age 94, of Sioux Falls and formerly of Flandreau, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020 at Ava's House hospice in Sioux Falls, SD. Ruth was born on December 5, 1925 in Wentworth, SD to Charles and Alvina Schultz, the second of six children. After the family moved to Flandreau, she graduated from...
Ardith N. Anderson
Nov 9, 2020
Ardith N. Anderson, 95, of Flandreau, SD, passed away Monday, November 9, 2020 at Riverview Healthcare Center, Flandreau. Ardith is survived by 4 children, Gaylord, Ross, Scott, Kari, several grandchildren and great grandchildren and 2 sisters, Jean and LeNore. She was preceded in death by her husband and a daughter, Kathleen. Private family services will be held....
James T. Fogarty
Nov 7, 2020
James "Jim" Thomas Fogarty, 67, of Flandreau, SD, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Riverview Healthcare Community, where he had been a resident. James was born on June 19, 1953 to Raymond and Catherine (Pearman) Fogarty in Breckenridge, Minnesota. The family lived in Fairmount, North Dakota then moved to Sisseton, South Dakota. Jim graduated from...
Ralph E. Lee
Nov 6, 2020
Ralph Eugene Lee, age 85, of Colman, passed away peacefully Friday, November 6, 2020 at Dougherty Hospice House, Sioux Falls, SD. Ralph Lee was born December 3, 1934, to Frank and Doris (Vaughn) Lee of Jefferson Township, Colman, SD. He grew up in Moody County and attended school at Colman and Flandreau graduating from Flandreau High School...
Robert "Bobby Joe" Van Hove
Nov 6, 2020
Robert "Bobby Joe" Van Hove, 81, of Flandreau, SD passed away Friday, November 6, 2020 at Riverview Healthcare Center, Flandreau. Bobby Joe was born May 18, 1939 at Canton, SD to John and Thelma (Gunderson) Van Hove. He attended school in Sioux Falls, SD and then moved southeast of Flandreau and worked for his two uncles Olger...
Janice G. Thielsen
Nov 4, 2020
Memorial Service will take place at 11:00 am on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at Flandreau United Methodist Church. Pastor Amber Laffey will officiate.
Janice G. (Whaley) Thielsen, 85, of Flandreau, SD, passed away of complications due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at Riverview Health Care Community. Janice Thielsen was...
Robert L. Plimpton
Nov 3, 2020
Robert L. Plimpton, 83, Sioux Falls, SD passed away on November 3, 2020 at his home after a short illness. Bob was born July 15, 1937 at Garretson, SD to Lyman and Marcella (Fitzgerald) Plimpton. He attended Colman High School where he graduated in 1955. Bob then joined the US Air Force until his discharge in 1960....
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