Emily M. Johnson
Mar 12, 2015
Emily M. Johnson, 92, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Riverview Healthcare Community. Emily Haugen Johnson, daughter of Lars and Julia (Bjerke) Haugen was born January 29, 1923 on the family farm, Clare Township, northwest of Flandreau. Emily attended Chamberlin rural school in Moody County and graduated from Egan High School in 1940. After graduation she...
Betty Rapp
Feb 28, 2015
Betty Rapp, 79, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Palisade Manor in Garretson, SD. Betty was born November 25, 1935 to George and Ella (Overhagen) Meissner in Sparta, WI. She attended high school in Sparta. Betty married Gene Rapp on March 7, 1968 in Sparta, Wisconsin. Gene and Betty moved to Egan, SD in 1978. He...
Donald Ahlers
Feb 28, 2015
Donald Ahlers, 92, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Riverview Healthcare Community, Flandreau. Don was born December 2, 1922 on the family farm in Dell Rapids, SD to Joseph and Pauline (Bricher) Ahlers. He attended Johanson Country School and then Dell Rapids St. Mary's. He farmed with his father and then his brother-in-law for several years...
Donald A. Bennett
Feb 25, 2015
Donald A. Bennett, 75, passed away on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Golden Living Center in Madison SD. Donald was born July 6, 1939 to Frances and Myrtle (Babcock) Bennett in Sioux City IA. Donald married Verna Heyer on October 7, 1961 at the Colman Methodist Church. They lived in Sioux City, IA until 1963. Donald was...
Eleanor Kuehl
Feb 20, 2015
Eleanor S. Kuehl, 96, passed away Friday, February 20, 2015 in Billings, MT. Eleanor was born April 10, 1918 in Lennox, SD to Martin and Gyda (Carlson) Lee. She received her education in Lennox until moving to the Flandreau area in 1934, graduating in 1937 from Flandreau High School. Eleanor married Francis Kuehl on June 21, 1939...
Doretta "Dort" Fox
Feb 18, 2015
Doretta "Dort" Fox, 85, formerly of Flandreau, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Prairie Senior Cottage in Hutchinson, MN. Dort was born February 10, 1930 at Flandreau, SD to John and Bertha (Drewes) Bothern. She attended Smyth Country School and Egan High School. Dort married Donald Fox in Moody County on September 10, 1948. They farmed...
James Birnbaum
Feb 14, 2015
James Birnbaum, 63, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2015 at his home in Flandreau. Jim was born January 4, 1952 at Egan, SD to Henry and Agnes (Fitzgerald) Birnbaum. He attended school in Egan and graduated from Egan High School in 1970. Jim had a deep love of music and was a member of the band The...
Alan Heinssen
Feb 3, 2015
Alan Charles Heinssen, age 78, was born to Charlie and Lillian (Volquardson) Heinssen on September 28, 1936 in Flandreau, SD. After graduating from Colman High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army serving in the Tank Division. After his discharge, he worked as an iron worker throughout the United States. Alan passed away in Bryan, Texas on...
Dagmar "Dolly" Keehn
Feb 2, 2015
Dagmar "Dolly" Keehn, 109, passed away February 2, 2015 at Avera Flandreau Hospital. Dolly was born March 11, 1905 in rural Trent, SD on a farm to Walter August Anderson and Nina M. (Pederson) Anderson. At the age of 1 ½ the family moved to a farm near Chester where she attended school and grew to adulthood....
Brittany Marie Nelson
Jan 21, 2015
Brittany Marie Nelson, 22, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015 in Flandreau. She was born July 14, 1992, in Flandreau, SD. She graduated from Flandreau High School in 2010. Brittany worked at Royal River Casino as a waitress and later as a Players Club Representative. She currently worked at Casey's Convenience Store in Dell Rapids. Brittany enjoyed...
Roger E. Nelsen
Jan 13, 2015
Roger E. Nelsen, 72, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at his home in Flandreau. Roger was born January 6, 1943 at Dell Rapids, SD to Marinus and Tilda (Park) Nelsen. He attended DeVaney Country School and then began farming at his beloved homestead south of Colman, SD. Roger worked at Greenlee Meat Packing and Halde Insulation...
Dean L. Headrick
Jan 11, 2015
Dean L. Headrick, 90, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls. He was born September 18, 1924 in Egan, SD to Oswald and Grace (Davis) Headrick. He received his education in Egan and then served in the Navy from 1943 – 1946. Dean married Mavis Theel on June 6, 1948 at...
Lois E. Sutton
Jan 2, 2015
Lois E. Sutton, 91, formerly of Flandreau, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015 at her home in Sioux Falls. She was born October 2, 1923 at Rockford, IL to Sterling Young and Edith (Berlin) Parr. Lois grew up in Redwing and Minneapolis, MN graduating from Central High School. She proudly served her country enlisting in the WAVES...
Randell E. Keating
Dec 24, 2014
Randell A. Keating, 92, passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at the Dells Nursing & Rehab Center, Dell Rapids. Randy was born July 2, 1922 in Flandreau, SD to Harold and Leah (Waxdahl) Keating. He graduated from Flandreau High School in 1940 and then farmed with his father. Randy married Mary Fath on February 5, 1948 in...
James E. Cease
Dec 17, 2014
James Edward Cease, 68, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at his home from an apparent heart attack. James was born on February 7, 1946 to Wilbur and Dorothy (Gerlach) Cease in Britton, SD. Upon entering adulthood, James joined the Army National Guard. He went to Auto Mechanic School in Canby, MN. It was then that he...
Richard E. Mengenhauser
Dec 9, 2014
Richard E. Mengenhauser, 73, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Richard was born on April 15, 1941 to Edward and Florence (Schroeder) Mengenhauser in Sioux Falls, SD. The family moved from Mitchell, SD to rural Moody County where he received his education at Bell School and graduated from Egan High...
Bernard "Bernie" Bowen
Dec 5, 2014
Bernard L. "Bernie" Bowen, son of Roy L. and Geraldine (Millard) Bowen, was born May 2, 1939, in Flandreau, South Dakota, and passed away at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, on December 5, 2014, at the age of 75. Bernie attended schools in Flandreau graduating in 1957. On August 29, 1958, Bernie and JoAnn Snuggerud...
Jackie Kay Turner
Nov 30, 2014
Jackie K. Turner, 78, passed away on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Avera McKennan Hospital. Jackie was born on April 24, 1936 to Starlin and Verna (Mathews) Graybeal in Watsonville, California. Jackie was an independent woman who loved to travel and moved many times. She lived in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, South Dakota, and California. Jackie enjoyed...
Roger R. Hersrud
Nov 21, 2014
Roger R. Hersrud, 75, died peacefully at the Brookings Hospital on Friday, November 21, 2014. Roger was born August 22, 1939 in Ramona, SD to Gerhard and Irma (Junker) Hersrud. At 12 years of age he went to a caring home with Andy and Alice Krantz. Roger was extremely thankful and blessed to be a part of...
Kenneth Edwin Leuning
Nov 21, 2014
Kenneth Edwin Leuning, 71, passed away peacefully Friday, November 21, 2014 at Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ. He had been admitted to the VA Hospital on September 15th after his cancer treatment for throat cancer, and the cancer moved to his lungs and back. He entered hospice on November 4th. Ken was born on...
