Roy "Corky" Corcoran
Aug 8, 2016
Roy "Corky" Corcoran, 77, of Flandreau, SD passed away Monday, August 8, 2016 at the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center. LeRoy Robert Corcoran was born October 10, 1938 in Flandreau, SD to Raymond and Isabell (Hirzel) Corcoran. He graduated from Arlington High School in 1957. He worked at the Volga Creamery where they produced powdered milk. Later he transferred to...
Scott J. Pedersen
Aug 7, 2016
Scott Joel Pedersen was born July 6, 1954 in Storm Lake, IA to Ernst & Marian (Halstenson) Pedersen. As a child they moved to Trent, SD and he graduated from Flandreau High School in 1972. After high school he attended Vo-tech school in Pipestone, MN. Scott married the love of his life, Pat Skroch, on August 18, 1973. They spent...
Alvin J. Thin Elk
Aug 6, 2016
Alvin J. Thin Elk, 61, of Flandreau, SD, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 at Avera Flandreau Hospital. Alvin Thin Elk was born July 7, 1955 at Rosebud, SD to Aloysious and Vivian (Standing Elk) Thin Elk. He received his education at White River Public School. Alvin worked at the Alcohol and Drug Center where he was an advocate. He...
Larry L. Torrence
Jul 25, 2016
Larry Lee Torrence, 77, of Flandreau, SD passed away peacefully at Avera Flandreau Hospital on July 25, 2016. Larry was born August 2, 1938 in Des Moines, IA, to Aber Lee and Freda Sarah Ann (Scott) Torrence. Larry graduated from Ankeny High School in Ankeny, IA in 1956. He attended college at Iowa State University. Larry began working for the...
Alma A. Brown
Jun 27, 2016
Alma Anna Brown passed away June 27, 2016 at the age of 96 at St Therese in New Hope, MN after being there for about a year. She was born Nov. 27, 1919 In Long Prairie, MN to her parents Herman Friedrick Stuefen and Clara Marie Seymour. Her parents moved to Verdi, MN around 1932 about the time she was...
Donald F. Schmidt
Jun 25, 2016
Donald F. Schmidt, 78, Elkton, passed away Saturday, June 25, 2016 at his home in Elkton. Donald was born November 11, 1937 at Flandreau, SD to Fred and Winnie (Davis) Schmidt. He started his education at Sunnyside School District #29 and graduated from Elkton High School in 1955. Don entered the Air Force on August 14, 1956 and served four...
Urban A. Schwebach
Jun 18, 2016
Urban August Schwebach left this life as he lived it, with ferocity to stay with family, friends and the farm. He lost his battle with renal failure and congestive heart failure the day before Father's Day which somehow seems fitting as he was a great husband, father and grandfather. Urban or "Urb", as he was known, was born on...
Donna L. Bendt
Jun 15, 2016
Donna L. Bendt passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at Riverview Healthcare Community, Flandreau. Donna was born January 18, 1931 in Lincoln, Co., Minnesota to B.A. and Margaret (Scofield) Story. She received her early education in country school and graduated from Flandreau High School in 1950. Donna was married on August 27, 1950 at Flandreau, SD to Loren Bendt and...
George J. Gebhart
Jun 11, 2016
George J. Gebhart, 89, of Elkton, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Brookings Health System just 23 days shy of his 90 th birthday. George John Gebhart was born July 4, 1926 to George and Margaret (Lanners) Gebhart at their rural Elkton home. George attended country school at rural Elkton through 8 th grade and then helped his...
Larry W. Anderson
Jun 11, 2016
Larry W. Anderson, 67, of Ward, SD, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Brookings Health System, Brookings, SD. He was born December 22, 1948 in Flandreau, SD to Edwin and Carrie (Christman) Anderson, the youngest of four boys. In 1956, LaVerne and LeRoy both moved to Chicago, IL after graduating from high school. In 1961, Leon followed his brothers...
Elizabeth D. "Betty" Christensen
Jun 4, 2016
Elizabeth D. "Betty" Christensen, 92, passed away Sunday, June 4, 2016 at home in Pipestone, MN. Betty was born on December 31, 1923 at Letcher, SD to Allen Parnell and Isabell (Johnson) Brewick. She received her education at Hopper School in Sanborn County, SD. Betty worked as a secretary in Plankinton, SD and then moved to Sioux Falls where she...
Derek Amari Christensen
May 18, 2016
Derek Amari Christensen was stillborn May 18, 2016 at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD to Todd and Georgia (Watts) Christensen. Derek is survived by his parents, Todd and Georgia Christensen, Brookings; 3 sisters, Destiny Marie, Destiny Kaye, Jazmine Elizabeth; grandmothers, Barbara Christensen, Sioux Falls, Carole Watson, Gregory, SD and many aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death by...
Ruth E. Quinn, Rn
May 12, 2016
Ruth E. Quinn, RN, 97, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Riverview Healthcare Community, Flandreau, SD. Ruth was born March 19, 1919 in Yankton, SD to Fred and Bertha (Ferdinand) Binder. She attended high school at Mt. Marty in Yankton and earned her RN degree from St. Joseph/Creighton University School of Nursing in Omaha. Ruth married Robert H. Quinn,...
Judy J. Nissen
May 10, 2016
Judy J. Nissen, 77, of Elkton, SD, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Avera Flandreau Hospital, Flandreau, SD. She was born November 28, 1938 in Pipestone, MN to Elsworth and Esther (Pollock) Dagel. They lived in Pipestone until she was 10 years old and then moved to a farm six miles east of Pipestone. She attended two country schools...
Dorothy M. Gust
May 1, 2016
Dorothy M. Gust, 89, of Lincoln, NE formerly of Flandreau, SD passed peacefully on Sunday, May 1, 2016 with both of her children at her side. Dorothy left this earth in the same style she had lived her life – with grace and dignity. Dorothy Marie Davidson Gust was born to Virgil and Loretta (Crimmins) Davidson December 21, 1926. She...
Robert S. Groos
Apr 28, 2016
Robert S. Groos, 78, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Madison Regional Health System, Madison, SD. Bob was born June 13, 1937 at Colman, SD to Anthony and Laura (Bauer) Groos. He graduated from Colman High School in 1956 and attended SDSU in Brookings, SD. Bob married Dolores Anderson on May 31, 1958 in Colman. He farmed near Wentworth,...
Debra Marie Johanson
Apr 25, 2016
Debra "DJ" Johanson, 60, passed away Monday, April 25, 2016 at Southridge Healthcare, Sioux Falls. She was born December 21, 1955 to Robert and Sally (Lacey) Johanson. Deb went to Chamberlain Country School for grade school and graduated from Flandreau High School in 1974. After graduation she moved to Scarsdale, NY to be a nanny. She returned a year later...
Dr. William P. Nelson
Apr 18, 2016
William P. (Bill) "Doc" Nelson, 88, Elkton, SD, died peacefully surrounded by family on April 18, 2016 at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg, SD. Bill was born on February 7, 1928 in DeSmet, SD to Clarence and Nelle (Coughlin) Nelson. His parents, along with his younger brother, Robert, moved to Pipestone, MN in 1934. There he attended grade school...
Dolores M. Burggraff
Apr 17, 2016
Dolores M. Burggraff, 91, of Egan, SD, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Riverview Healthcare Community, Flandreau, SD. Dolores Marie Penning was born January 4, 1925 at Dell Rapids, SD to Nicholas and Elizabeth (Kirpes) Penning. She graduated from St. Mary's Catholic School in Dell Rapids and attended General Beadle State Teachers College (DSU), earning a...
Eugene E. Witte
Apr 14, 2016
Eugene Edward Witte went home to the Lord on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Dells Nursing & Rehab Center, Dell Rapids, SD. Eugene was born to Henry and Rosalia (Eikmeier) Witte on May 3, 1923 in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. At age 15, Eugene and his family moved to a farm homesteaded by Herman Eikmeier, Rosalia's father,...
