Procopia "Copie" A. Lee
Mar 28, 2014
Procopia "Copie" Anita Lee, 93, passed away Friday, March 28, 2014. Copie was born in Flandreau on March 18, 1921 to Edwin and Carlotta (Guttierz) Schanandore. She attended school in Flandreau until her sophomore year. Her family then moved to Sioux Falls and she graduated from Washington High School in 1939. Copie attended nursing school at SDSU...
Sharon Rae Therese Henning
Mar 23, 2014
Sharon Rae Therese Henning, 76, passed away Sunday, March 23, 2014 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau, SD. She was born October 2, 1937 in Sioux Falls, SD to Ray and Viola (Fish) Hennings. She graduated from Cathedral High School. Sharon married Carl Henning on October 12, 1957 in Sioux Falls. She worked at Newberry's and then for...
Deborah Zarecky Ekern
Mar 19, 2014
Deborah Zarecky Ekern, 55, passed away March 19, 2014 under hospice care in Houston, TX. Deborah was born January 15, 1959 in San Antonio, TX to Richard and Helen (Pitman) Zarecky. The family moved to Colman, SD and she attended school in Colman graduating in 1977. Deb married Dave Ekern on July 7, 1977. She went to...
Verlo A. Brown
Mar 18, 2014
Verlo Brown, 74, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Golden Living Center Covington Heights in Sioux Falls. She was born March 4, 1940 on a farm north of Elkton, SD to Roy and Elsie (Jensen) Brown. She was raised in Elkton and baptized at Elkton United Methodist Church where she was a member. Verlo later moved to Sioux Falls...
Genevieve "G'Ann" Hegerfeld
Mar 16, 2014
Genevieve Ann Hegerfeld, 86, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014 at her home with her family at her side. Genevieve Ann Hurney was born May 15, 1927 at Elkton, SD to Tom and Mary (Kelly) Hurney and was the oldest of 11 children. G'Ann attended Saint Mary's Catholic School and graduated from Elkton High School. After spending time caring for...
Dorothea "Dort" Chamberlin
Mar 13, 2014
On March 13, 2014 Dort left us to check on Bruce. Dorothea was born on December 29, 1921 in Flandreau, South Dakota. Her parents were Cecil L. and Catherine L. (Taylor) Rahn. Her parents were born and raised in the Flandreau area. Because of economic conditions and employment opportunities of the time Dorothea spent most of her formative years living...
Michael P. Roy
Mar 13, 2014
Michael Patrick Roy, 46, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014 at his home in Flandreau, SD. Michael Patrick Roy "Tatanka Yusdohan" (Pulls the Buffalo Skulls) was born on July 28, 1967 to Jerry and Patricia (Taylor) Roy in Minneapolis, MN. He was one of the founding students of the Aim Survival School which today is Heart of...
Robert B. Johanson
Mar 8, 2014
Robert B. Johanson, 81, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls. Bob was born on February 2, 1933 to Carl and Gerda (Johnson) Johanson on the family farm where he was raised and lived his entire life. He attended Chamberlin Country School and graduated from Flandreau High School in 1951. He took...
Nick Otto Sr.
Mar 6, 2014
Nick Otto Sr., 62, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2014. Nick was born September 18, 1951 to Richard and Viola (Schultz) Otto in Miesville, MN. He attended Saint Joseph's Catholic School in Miesville. Nick married Donna Grohs and later divorced. He worked at Cannon Well and from 1985 – 1995 as a janitor for the Cannon Falls...
Alvin E. Anderson
Mar 1, 2014
Alvin Anderson, 105, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2014 at his daughter's home in Byron, MN. He was born January 4, 1909 at home in Moody County, SD to parents Nels and Anna (Nelson) Anderson. He grew up and lived most of his life in the area. Alvin married LaVerne Fodness July 26, 1945 in Dell Rapids,...
Vivian Brave
Feb 25, 2014
Vivian Brave "Wanahca To ka he Hinapah Win", First Flower Comes Out Woman made her journey to the spirit world February 25, 2014. She was born September 24, 1928 in White River, SD to Joshua and Blanche (Jandreau) Standing Elk. Vivian attended Chamberlain Indian School. She married Aloysious Thin Elk and together they had eight children. She...
C. Bruce Chamberlin
Feb 24, 2014
C. Bruce Chamberlin, 94, Flandreau, passed away Monday, February 24, 2014 at Riverview Health Services in Flandreau. He was born on June 4, 1919 at Flandreau, SD to Thomas R. and Hazel (Moon) Chamberlin. He was christened Clarence but never used the name. He had one brother Charles and a sister Marian, preceding him and later were...
James D. Jewett
Feb 20, 2014
James D. Jewett, 68, of Tea, SD, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2014 at his home after a 3 1/2 year battle with renal cancer. Jim was born August 22, 1945 in Flandreau, SD, the son of Marshall and Lovell (Schult) Jewett. He graduated from Flandreau High School in 1963. In 1965, he joined the Navy and...
Shirley E. Smithlin
Feb 15, 2014
Shirley Smithlin, 87, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Good Samaritan Village, Sioux Falls. She was born September 19, 1926 in Hot Springs, SD to John and Nellie (Pond) Hatch. She attended country school in Fall River County. After school, Shirley married David Benton in 1941 and Ben Herrera in 1952. She moved to Sioux Falls...
Diane G. Lenning
Feb 14, 2014
Diane G. Lenning, 71, passed away Friday, February 14, 2014 at her daughter's home under hospice care. Diane was born September 19, 1942 at Estelline, SD to Ambrose and Grace (Zebell) Warborg. She graduated from Estelline High School and then attended Stewart's School of Hairstyling in Sioux Falls. Diane married Sidney Lenning on February 23, 1961 in...
Dorothy E. Plummer
Feb 12, 2014
Dorothy Elaine Plummer, 84, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Sanford Hospital, Sioux Falls. Dorothy was born to John and Anna (Haugen) Nebben on June 11, 1929 at the Nebben homestead near Colman, SD, the youngest of 9 children. Her father died when she was 1 month old. Dorothy went to Gale Ridge Country School and...
Rebecca Blood
Feb 7, 2014
Rebecca Rangel Blood, 64, passed away February 7, 2014 in Sioux Falls, SD. Known to many as Beckie, she was born in Fremont, California to Leopold and Mary Rangel on August 21, 1949. She graduated from Newark High School in 1967. On January 11, 1969, she married Ronald James Blood. They made their home in Fremont until...
Nash Hahn
Feb 5, 2014
Nash Hahn, 3 month old infant passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Avera Flandreau Hospital. Nash David Douglas Hahn was born Oct 27, 2013 to Dana Brown and Daniel Hahn. Nash was only with us a short time but he touched our hearts with his smile and his cooing, grunting as he was trying to sit...
Doretta G. Spangler
Feb 3, 2014
Doretta G. Spangler, 86, passed away Monday, February 3, 2014 in Puyallup WA. Dorretta was born on November 19, 1927 to Martin and Lillian Dierks. Doretta graduated from Flandreau High School in 1945. She married Virgil Spangler on September 3, 1948 in Pipestone, MN. The last twenty years of her life she lived with her children in...
Chan Dennis Markus
Feb 3, 2014
Chan Markus, 80, passed away Monday, February 3, 2014 at his home. Chan was born in Michigan, ND on February 24, 1933 to Paul and Elsie (Bazel) Markus. Chan and his family moved to Watertown where he attended school. After school he enlisted in the Air Force serving during the Korean War. Following his discharge from the...
