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,...
Lucille B. Jensen
Apr 13, 2016
Lucille B. Jensen, 91, of Flandreau, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at Riverview Healthcare Community in Flandreau. Lucille was born May 18, 1924 to Theodore and Cecelia (Doyle) Bechen in rural Moody County, SD. She graduated from Flandreau High School in 1942 and in 1943 she worked as a clerk at Sioux Falls Air Force Base...
Chris M. Gandee
Apr 7, 2016
Chris M. Gandee passed away suddenly April 7, 2016 at his home after a lengthy illness. Chris was born October 17, 1984 at Oberlin, OH. In 1986 his family moved to Sioux Falls, SD and to Dell Rapids, SD in 1991. He received his early education in Dell Rapids and then was home schooled when his family...
Thomas D. Allaire
Apr 2, 2016
Thomas D. (Tom) Allaire, age 69, of Winona, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital – St. Mary's Campus in Rochester, MN, following complications of a brain aneurysm. He was born on September 28, 1946, in Winona, to Joseph and Helen (Rudnick) Allaire, and attended Cotter High School and the Winona High...
James R. Thompson
Mar 27, 2016
James R. Thompson, 84, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016 at his home in Colman, SD. Jim was born October 21, 1931 in Chicago, IL to Robert James and Palma (Nybo) Thompson. They moved to Tracy, MN when Jim was four and he received his early education there. Jim then worked at the Ford Garage in Tracy....
Andrea D. Grafing
Mar 24, 2016
Andrea D. Grafing, age 71 of Flandreau, SD, died Thursday, March 24, 2016 at the Avera Flandreau Hospital in Flandreau. Andrea Dauvella Browning was born on June 27, 1944 in Ridgeland, South Carolina, to Albert and Jenevieve (Weeks) Browning. She graduated from Tillman High School before her marriage to Christian Grafing on June 10, 1961 in Rantoul,...
Charles "Chuck" C. Tufty
Mar 14, 2016
Charles Clifford Tufty passed away Monday, March 14, 2016 at the Sanford Hospice Cottage, after a short battle with cancer. He was born on April 2, 1941 in Sioux Falls, SD to Leonard and Hannah (Hanson) Tufty. He attended Longfellow School and graduated from Sioux Falls Washington in 1959. He then attended the University of South Dakota...
