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...
Richard C. Headrick
Jan 27, 2014
Richard C. Headrick, 86, passed away Monday, January 27, 2014 at his home. He was born September 3, 1927 at Flandreau, SD to James and Cora (Jones) Headrick, Sr. He received his education at Moody County country schools and then started farming with his father. Richard married LaVonne Heinemann on November 22, 1950 at Flandreau, SD and...
Martha L. Gageby
Jan 15, 2014
Martha L. Gageby, 79, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at her home. Martha was born in Lake Ariel, PA on March 11, 1934 to Grove and Margaret (Palmer) Swingle. She received her education at Lake Vocational High School and Lacakawanna Business School. In August of 1952 Martha enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, serving during the...
Caitlyn Lee Taylor "Hanwi" (Sioux Moon Goddess)
Jan 14, 2014
Caitlyn Lee Taylor "Hanwi" (Sioux Moon Goddess), 18, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at her home. She was born June 9, 1995 in Dell Rapids, SD to Todd Taylor and Shawne Rislov. She attended Flandreau Public School. Caitlyn was very artistic and creative, passionate about music and enjoyed reading Native American mythology/culture. She was a very...
Virgil E. Myers
Jan 12, 2014
Virgil E. Myers, 82, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau. He was born on the family farm in Moody County on January 27, 1931 to Walter and Esther (Otto) Myers. Virgil attended country schools in Springcreek Township. After school he served two years in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Virgil...
Raymond H. Buchholtz
Dec 29, 2013
Raymond Henry Buchholtz, 97, passed away Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Edgewood Vista. He was born April 22, 1916 in Millarton, ND to Henry E. and Alice (Myers) Buchholtz. He attended school in Millarton. In 1934 he moved with his family to Flandreau, SD, where Ray worked on his grandfather's and uncle's farms. He served in the...
William "Bill" Burns
Dec 28, 2013
William (Bill) F. Burns, 82, from Flandreau and formerly from Janesville, MN died of prostate cancer on Saturday, December 28 at the Edgewood Vista Assisted Living surrounded by loving care from family and hospice. Bill was born to Joseph and Marie (Smith) Burns in Flandreau, SD on August 9, 1931. He attended Flandreau Public Schools and received...
Jeannette T. Waage
Dec 26, 2013
Jeannette T. Waage, 99, Brookings, SD, formerly of Colman, SD, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013 at The Neighborhoods at Brookview. She was born November 15, 1914 in Kingsbury County, SD to Anton and Theresa (Fecht) Langmeyer. She attended country school and graduated from Carthage High School in 1933. She attended Eastern Normal and taught rural schools...
Jennifer Fyten
Dec 25, 2013
Jennifer Fyten, formerly of Flandreau, SD, passed away December 25, 2013. Jennifer Jane Fyten, "Duta Winyan", was born to Betty Taylor and Larry Fyten on October 1, 1964 in Minneapolis MN. She was one of the founding students of the Heart of the Earth AIM Survival School. Jennifer was a child of the American Indian Movement and...
Kenneth Relf
Dec 21, 2013
Kenneth Eldon Relf, 94, passed away quietly at the Coliseum Medical Center in Macon, Georgia on Saturday, December 21 at 5:00 pm. Kenneth was born on the family farm west of Flandreau, South Dakota on July 12, 1919 to Ethel Mae and Charles Harrison Relf. He attended Bell Rural School, District 22, and Flandreau High School and...
Iva A. Erickson
Dec 16, 2013
Iva Alice Erickson, 97, passed away Monday, December 16, 2013 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau. Iva was born on October 29, 1916 in rural Flandreau, SD to Henry and Jessie (Randerson) Sorensen. She grew up on a farm southeast of Flandreau and attended the Juve Country School. Because there was no bus service, she stayed with her...
