Adelbert M. Kiecksee
Sep 26, 2012
Adelbert Kiecksee, age 88, of Flandreau died Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at his home. Adelbert was born April 12, 1924 on the family farm in Moody County, SD to William and Sophie (Oldenburg) Kiecksee. He was educated in country schools in Moody County until the 8th grade. Delbert entered the US Army on December 29, 1948 and...
Mary P. Rosheim
Sep 25, 2012
Mary P. Rosheim, age 86, died Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at Avera Flandreau Medical Center, Flandreau. Mary was born July 24, 1926 at Flandreau, SD to Harry and Leona (Fargen) Parsley. Mary graduated from Egan High School in 1944 and then received her teaching certificate from Madison Normal. She taught country schools in Moody County and was...
Arthur C. Leitzke
Sep 11, 2012
Arthur C. Leitzke, 70, died Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls. He was born August 26, 1942 at Geddes, SD to Ernest and Myrtle (Lundin) Leitzke. In 1945 they moved to Brookings, SD and he graduated from Brookings High School in 1960. Art served in the Brookings National Guard Unit and worked for...
Ethel K Clausen
Sep 11, 2012
Ethel K. Clausen, age 97, died Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau. Ethel was born on December 14, 1914 in Richland Township, Brookings County, SD to Emil and Julia (Ecker) Laabs. She attended Richland Country School #48. On September 30, 1935 she married Bennie Clausen at Aurora, SD. They farmed until 1971 when they...
Johnny W. Bowen
Sep 4, 2012
Johnny W. Bowen, age 93, died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls. Johnny "JB" was born on July 6, 1919 on a farm located in Clare Township, Moody County, SD to Frank and Theresa (Ashauer) Bowen. When Johnny was 13 his parents purchased and moved the family to a farm 6 ½ miles...
Bette J. Bach
Sep 4, 2012
Bette J. Bach, age 80, died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Brookview Manor, Brookings. Bette was born on May 18, 1932 at Pipestone, MN to Garland and Lila(Hanson) Johnson. She graduated from Pipestone High School in 1950 and was active in the band and choir. Bette moved to Lutsan, MN and then returned to Pipestone and worked...
Arnold M. Klosterman
Aug 26, 2012
Arnold Klosterman, 91, formerly of Elkton, SD passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012 at the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls. He was born March 3, 1921 in Elkton, SD to Charles and Elizabeth (Bentz) Klosterman. He attended St. Mary's Catholic School. Arnie married Helen Schmidt on April 29, 1941 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Elkton....
Francis J. "Fritz" Hemmer
Aug 22, 2012
Francis "Fritz" Hemmer, 78, of Flandreau, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Fals. Francis "Fritz" was born March16, 1934, in rural Moody County, SD., to Thomas and Rose (Welbig) Hemmer. He attended Gale Ridge Country School. Fritz worked on the farm until 1954 when he volunteered to serve his country...
Dwayne Cecil Gulick
Aug 22, 2012
Dwayne was born at Flandreau, SD, June 1, 1934 to Cecil and Lillian (Hell) Gulick. He received his education in the Flandreau Public Schools and continued his education at Augustana College in Sioux Falls. He served in the US Navy with the Fighting Seabees in Guam and Kodiak, AK. While in the service, Dwayne played on the Navy baseball team....
Paul N. Felix
Aug 20, 2012
Paul N. Felix died Monday, August 20, 2012 at Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota. Felix was born April 22, 1927 to Milton and Elva Jelgerhuis Felix on a farm northeast of Fedora, South Dakota. His schooling included attending a one-room schoolhouse in Carthage, South Dakota, a grade school in Wisconsin, and Fedora High School in South Dakota. He attended...
Peggy L. Smith
Aug 19, 2012
Peggy L. Smith, age 87, died Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau. Peggy was born January 2, 1925 at Clacton, England to Basil and Hilda (Clark) Ratcliffe. She grew up in England and in 1956 moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. Peggy returned to England in 1966 and later married Gordon Smith. Gordon preceded her...
Mary Ellen Paulsen
Aug 14, 2012
Mary E. Paulsen, 89, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Riverview Health Services. She was born August 28, 1922 in Flandreau, SD to Isaac "Ike" and Hazel "Peggy" (Davis) Maguire. She grew up in Moody County, attended Hess School and graduated from Spafford Grade School in 1937. Mary worked in the area until she married Peter F....
Dorothy "Peggy" L. Bisson
Aug 13, 2012
Dorothy "Peggy" L. Bisson, age 78, died Monday, August 13, 2012 at Riverview Health Services, Flandreau. Peggy was born April 22, 1934 at Sioux Falls, SD to Weldon and Rose (Madel) Robb. She grew up in Flandreau and graduated from Flandreau High School in 1953. On May 23, 1953 Peggy married Lester Bisson, Jr. at Ss. Simon...
Fern E Mckeown
Aug 10, 2012
Fern E. McKeown, 96, died Friday, August 10, 2012 at the Brookings Hospital. She was born April 24, 1916 at Elkton, SD to Barthol and Mollie (Tomscha) Wiskur. She received her education at St. Mary's School. Fern was married to E.B. "Bus" McKeown on February 1, 1942 at Elkton and they lived in Massachusetts while Bus was...
Audrey C. Elhoff
Aug 6, 2012
Audrey C. Elhoff, 93, died Monday, August 6, 2012 at the Avera Dells Area Hospital. She was born May 7, 1919 in rural Colman, SD to Fred and Jessie (Dunlap) Elhoff. She graduated from Colman High School in 1937 and then cared for her parents. They moved into Colman the fall of 1951 and Audrey went to...
Pauline "Pat" Ernesti Lambert
Jul 28, 2012
Pauline "Pat" Ernesti Lambert, 87, died Saturday, July 28, 2012 at her home in Sioux Falls. She was born February 1, 1925 at Harrisburg, SD to Benhardt and Elvida (Boyson) Barnes. She went to grade school in Tea and high school in Lennox, Harrisburg and Yankton. She waitressed and also worked at John Morrell's during WWII. Pat...
Edward Kramer
Jul 25, 2012
Edward William Kramer, age 91, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at his son's home, rural Flandreau.Edward was born May 2, 1921 two miles south of Lone Tree in Moody County to George F. and Anna C. (Hemmer) Kramer. At age 5 Ed moved with his family to a farm near Chester and started school at Pleasant Valley...
Ernie R. Pedersen
Jul 21, 2012
Ernie Pedersen, 85, died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Bethel Lutheran Home, Madison. He was born December 11, 1926 in a farm home near Larchwood, IA to Ejner and Kirstine (Kjeldsen) Pedersen. He received his education in Inwood, IA graduating from Inwood High School. Ernst served in the United States Air Force from 1945-1946. On October 16,...
Dale V. Thielsen
Jul 21, 2012
Dale V. Thielsen, 87, died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at his farm home. Dale was born December 12, 1924 at home in rural Moody County to Raymond and Gertrude (Cobb) Thielsen. He was a lifelong resident of Moody County, living his 87 years on the Thielsen farm. He graduated from Harmony no. 33 grade school and Flandreau...
Clara June Mulder
Jul 18, 2012
Clara June Mulder, age 91, died Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at Riverview Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Flandreau.June was born May 28, 1921 in Sioux Falls, SD to Arthur and Ruth (Henton) Amburn. She grew up in Sioux Falls and graduated from Washington High School. Following high school she first married Charles Craig of Mason City,...
