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...
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...
