Leslie J. Schrecengost
Dec 8, 2013
Leslie James Schrecengost, 81, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2013. Les was born on February 12, 1932, to Leslie Lawson and Alice (Hill) Schrecengost in Yatesboro, PA. He attended school in Rural Valley, PA. Les married Ruby Kough on March 3, 1951 at Dayton, PA. In 1953 he joined the army, after his discharge they farmed in...
Kenneth L. Peatross
Dec 4, 2013
Kenneth L. Peatross, 76, died December 4, 2013. Ken Peatross was born in Leavenworth, KS on August 25, 1937 to Harry and Anita (Harrison) Peatross. He attended college in Denver, CO for teaching and then moved to Littleton, CO where he met his wife, Nancy Ann Hales where they both had teaching positions. They were married on...
Emil W. Steinhauer
Nov 24, 2013
Emil Steinhauer, 88, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau, SD. He was born January 22, 1925 in Turner County, SD to John and Elisa Steinhauer. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Marion, SD. He received his education in country school and graduated from Marion...
Donna L. Whaley
Nov 17, 2013
Donna Lee Whaley, 82, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013 at United Community Living, Brookings, SD. Donna was born April 22, 1931 in Artesian, SD to Carol and Kathryn (Hoisington) Critser. They moved to Flandreau, SD and Donna graduated from Flandreau High School in 1949. Donna married Kenneth Whaley on September 18, 1949 in Flandreau. She worked...
Leo John Heinricy
Oct 27, 2013
Leo John Heinricy, 69, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2013 at Avera Dells Area Hospital. He was born December 10, 1943 at Madison, SD to Leo and Gladys (Thiele) Heinricy. He attended Colman Public School and graduated in 1961. Leo was with the South Dakota National Guard 147th Field Artillery, Flandreau. He started working at T&R Electric...
Myron "Butch" Taylor
Oct 23, 2013
Myron "Butch" Taylor, 67, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Butch was born September 7,1946 at Flandreau, SD to Theodore and Berneice (Rice) Taylor. Butch graduated from Flandreau High School in 1964 and attended college at Springfield, SD. He entered the U.S. Navy on May 3, 1966 during the...
James "Jiggs" Rice
Oct 4, 2013
James "Jiggs" Rice, age 87, passed away Friday, October 4, 2013 at the United Living Center, Brookings. James Louis Rice was born in Flandreau on May 13, 1926 to James Howard and Alice Mae (Gothier) Rice. He was educated in the Flandreau Public School system and graduated from SDSU Agriculture School. He served in the US Navy...
Dorothy E. Krull
Oct 2, 2013
Dorothy Krull, 92 passed away Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 at Avera Medical Center, Flandreau. Dorothy was born on January 18, 1921 to Albert and Eunice (Cook) Jones in Wagner, SD. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School then later attended General Beadle College in Madison SD. She married Wayne Wyant in 1939 and relocated to Bringham City...
David Paul Warner
Oct 1, 2013
David Paul Warner, age 56, died Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at his rural Flandreau home. David was born on December 15, 1956 to Paul and Betty (Folster) Warner in Omaha, NE. He was beloved as a child, especially by his grandmother. David served as an acolyte, lay reader, shined shoes in his neighborhood and played the trumpet,...
Beatrice L. Smallfield
Sep 2, 2013
Beatrice Smallfield, age 97, died Monday, September 2, 2013 at Edgewood Vista in Flandreau. Beatrice was born November 3, 1915 at Wall, SD to Albert and Olga (Pien) Winkowitsch. She was educated at Wall and then moved to a farm north of White, SD with her grandparents. Beatrice married Otto Smallfield on September 10, 1934 in Rapid...
Myrtle F. Olson
Aug 26, 2013
Mert was born January 12, 1927 on a farm northeast of Tea, SD to Ben and Elvida (Boyson) Barnes. She went to school in Tea and graduated from Flandreau High School with a GED in 1972. Mert worked in Sioux Falls and married Dale Olson on October 11, 1947 at St. John's Parsonage in Sioux Falls. They...
Richard L. Chamley
Aug 16, 2013
Egan – Richard L. Chamley, age 76, entered to rest on August 16, 2013 at the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Dick was born on May 7, 1937 at Flandreau, SD to Russell and Marguerite (Headrick) Chamley. He married Janelle Erickson and later divorced and then married Linda Thompson and divorced. Dick is survived by 2...
Gayle Wiskur Mckenna
Aug 5, 2013
Gayle was born June 9, 1944 to Joe and Louise Wiskur in Elkton, SD. She attended Country School District 64 and Elkton High School and then went on to Mankato Commercial College and worked for Northwestern Bell. Gayle worked for several years in Atlanta Georgia, before making Studio City, California her long time residency of 40 years....
Elaine Elhoff
Aug 2, 2013
Elaine Elhoff, 88, passed away Friday, August 2, 2013 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau. Elaine Blanch was born May 2, 1925 to Cy and Blanch (Thomas) Whaley at their home north of Colman, SD. She grew up in Moody County and attended Whaley Country School and graduated from Colman High School in 1943. Elaine married Benjamin Fred...
Audrey M. Johnson
Jul 29, 2013
Audrey Marie Johnson, 92, passed away Monday, July 29, 2013 at Avera McKennan Hospital. Audrey was born May 10, 1921 at Garretson, SD to Clayton and Bertha (Rothenbuehler) Rudd. At the age of four, she moved with her parents to a farm east of Egan, SD. She attended the Egan Consolidated School graduating in 1939. She graduated...
Lila L. Johnson
Jul 19, 2013
Lila Loraine Johnson, 76, died July 19, 2013 at Crossroads Care Center, Woodstock, IL. Lila was born August 5, 1936 in Colman, SD to Freeland and Lida Lucile (Pickard) Lee. She was an executive secretary for Emerson Electric and was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Bridgeton, MO. Lila was a pianist, organist, Sunday school teacher,...
Linda S. Winkler
Jul 12, 2013
Linda Susan Winkler, 65, of Elkton, passed away Friday, July 12, 2013 at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls. Linda was born November 21, 1947, at Newark, NJ, to William and Jennie Genovese (Patruno). Linda married Lawrence Hammer in 1968 having one daughter, Jennifer. Linda re-married in 1988 to Steve Winkler gaining a new family that she also...
Margie Pray
Jul 12, 2013
Margie J. Pray, 62, passed away Friday, July 12, 2013 at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD. Margie was born June 16, 1951 in Sioux Falls, SD Walter and Elsie (Nelson) Widman. She received her education in Sioux Falls and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1969. She worked for Metz Bakery in Sioux Falls for...
Charlie Pank
Jul 9, 2013
Charlie Pank, 54, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at his home in Flandreau. Charlie was born September 27, 1958 at Luverne, MN to Marvin and Charlotte (Smith) Pank. He received his education at the Flandreau Public School. Charlie worked as a janitor with Al Reinhart at the Middle School, and then worked with Roger Ehlers at...
Alice A. De Boer
Jul 3, 2013
Alice A. DeBoer, 106, of Corsica, SD entered her eternal home on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 while residing at Riverview Health Services in Flandreau, SD. Alice was born November 8, 1906 near New Holland, SD to Janis and Jennie (DeLange) Sluiter. She was the eldest of six children. As a child, she attended rural schools. Her first...
