Lloyd V. Fields
Aug 15, 2015
Lloyd Vernon Fields, 97, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Avera Flandreau Hospital. Lloyd was born to Ord and Anna (DeBates) Fields on September 20, 1917, in Rock County, MN, near Jasper. He was educated in the country schools and attended Jasper High School for three years and then moved to South Dakota and...
Ronald F. Jorgensen
Aug 13, 2015
Ronald F. Jorgensen, 84, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Riverview Health Community, Flandreau, SD. Ron was born December 7, 1930 in Turner County, SD to Andrew and Frances (Sweeley) Jorgensen. He went to country school through the eighth grade and then farmed with his brother. Ron was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean...
Michael "Mike" W. Dibbern
Aug 12, 2015
Mike Dibbern, 56, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at his home in Trent, SD. Michael "Mike" Dibbern was born December 16, 1958 in Sioux Falls, SD to Richard and Alice (Anderson) Dibbern. He was raised in the Trent area and graduated from Flandreau High School in 1977. Mike moved to Rapid City and worked construction. He...
Hilda L. Eng
Aug 5, 2015
Hilda Eng, 98, formerly of Flandreau, passed away peacefully on August 5, 2015 at Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls. She was born in Moody County, SD on July 23, 1917 to Oscar and Gina (Paulson) Bjerke. Hilda attended Flandreau Public Schools and graduated from Flandreau High School in 1935. She married Merle Eng on June 18,...
Marianne Kay Jewett
Aug 1, 2015
Marianne Jewett, 64, Irvine, CA, died Saturday, August 1, 2015 at Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, CA. Marianne was born to William and Arlene (Halseth) Duncan on November 2, 1950 in Flandreau, SD. Marianne was raised in Flandreau and graduated from Flandreau High School in 1969. She went on to receive an Associate's Degree from South Dakota State...
Jane A. Thomas
Jul 25, 2015
Jane Alene Thomas, 80, passed away July 25, 2015 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau, SD. Jane was born to Glen and Florence (Barns) Patrick on June 7, 1935. Jane was raised in Columbus, OH. She lived a very busy but healthy life being an only child. Jane became a Brownie through Girl Scouts, achieved up to a...
Stella L. Kroshus
Jul 21, 2015
Stella L. Kroshus, 92, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at Dougherty Hospice House, Sioux Falls. Stella was born February 2, 1923 at Egan, SD to Louis and Alvina (Schrum) Schroeder. She graduated from Egan High School in 1941. Stella was employed as a bookkeeper at Temte's Department Store in Flandreau until the time of her marriage...
Delores M. Grafing
Jul 16, 2015
Delores M. Grafing, 88, formerly of Flandreau, SD, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015 at home in Blue Grass, IA. Delores was born February 8, 1927 in Moody County, SD to Lawrence and Hertha (Gothier) Carlson. She was educated in rural country schools, spent 1½ years attending Egan High School before graduating from Flandreau High School in...
Lorraine M. Schroeder
Jul 11, 2015
Lorraine M. Schroeder, age 98, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2015 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau. Lorraine Mildred was born June 19, 1917 at the hospital in Flandreau, SD, to William and Sophie (Oldenburg) Kiecksee. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ward, SD. Lorraine attended Keith School District #52 through the 8th grade....
Maxine M. Nichols
Jul 6, 2015
Maxine M. Nichols, 97, passed away Monday, July 6, 2015 at The Brookings Health System. She was born February 27, 1918 in Oseola County, IA to William and Alice (Kraeger) Nichols. They moved to Woodstock, MN and then to a farm near Elkton, SD. Maxine graduated from Verdi High School in 1935. She received her teaching degree...
Lisa Marga (Boehm) Cummings
Jul 3, 2015
Lisa Marga (Boehm) Cummings, 87, passed away Friday, July 3, 2015 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau, SD. Lisa was born August 17, 1927 in Kassel, Germany to Paul and Hilda (Eckard) Boehm, the fourth of five siblings. She received her education in Kassel and Wuppertal. In 1937 the family moved to Wuppertal-Elberfeld. At the age of 14...
Kenneth D. Bursheim Iii
Jun 26, 2015
Kenneth DuWayne Bursheim, III, "Maka Yucan Can Mani", The Ground Shakes As He Walks", 22 entered the spirit world in the early morning of June 26, 2015 in an accidental drowning at the dam in Flandreau, SD. He was born to Kenneth "John Boy" Bursheim, Jr. and Sondra "Annie" Wakeman on July 15, 1992 at Pipestone, MN....
Vernon Gene Dilly
Jun 26, 2015
Vernon Gene Dilly, 61, passed away Friday, June 26, 2015 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Gene was born on November 25, 1953 in Madison, SD, to Virgil and Arvilla (Dyce) Dilly. He attended Rutland School until enlisting in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. He was honorably discharged in December 1973 to come...
Larry J. Brendsel
Jun 13, 2015
Larry Joe Brendsel, age 58, passed away on June 13, 2015 in the Fairbanks (Alaska) Memorial Hospital after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born in Dell Rapids, SD on July 4, 1956 to Harold and LaVonne (Nelson) Brendsel of rural Colman. He attended K-12 in Colman, SD and graduated in May of 1974. Upon graduation...
Harold W. Jennings
Jun 11, 2015
Harold W. Jennings, 76, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2015 at his home. Harold was born August 13, 1938 at Crittenden County, KY to John and Mary (King) Jennings. He received his education in Crittenden County School and graduated in 1956. Harold entered the U.S. Army in 1961 and was stationed in Ft. Carson, CO until his...
Mildred R. Hiller
May 10, 2015
Mildred R. Hiller, 98, formerly of Flandreau, SD, passed away, Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Good Samaritan Luther Manor, Sioux Falls. Mildred was born December 16, 1916, on a farm between Valley Springs, SD and Larchwood, IA, to Henry and Mary (Sauer) Pien. Mildred went to school in Iowa and then moved to the Colman, SD area....
Winnifred Margaret Luschen
May 5, 2015
Winnifred Margaret Luschen, 102, died Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau. Winnie was born June 22, 1912 at Manning, IA, to John and Anna (Lorenzen) Wiese. Winnie started her education in Manning and as a young girl the family moved to Brookings, SD where she attended country school. Winnie married Henry Luschen on June...
Evelyn R. Dexter
Apr 27, 2015
Evelyn R. Dexter, 91, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015 at The Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings, SD. She was born February 2, 1924 at Elkton, SD to Harry and Elda (Bergman) Anderson. Evelyn received her education in Elkton and married Eldon Dexter on August 18, 1941 in Pipestone, MN. They lived in Elkton and farmed for...
Caroline L. Gullickson
Apr 27, 2015
Caroline L. Gullickson, 92, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015 at United Living Community, Brookings, SD. She was born September 15, 1922 in Douglas County, SD to Helmuth and Gertrude (Moke) Luebke. She attended a country school and graduated from the School of Agriculture in Brookings, SD. Caroline married Lloyd Gullickson on March 1, 1942 at Dimock,...
Ole A. Wangberg
Apr 26, 2015
Ole Andreas Wangberg was born in Roseau, MN February 20, 1921 to Johannes Wangberg and Astrid (Myrseth) Wangberg and entered his heavenly home on April 26, 2015 at the age of 94. Ole attended country schools and graduated from Egan High School in 1939. He took bakery classes at the Flandreau Indian School, attended Augustana College until...
