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Keith John Burns
Jun 30, 2008
Keith John Burns, 72, died Monday, June 30, 2008 at the Flandreau Medical Center. He was born August 8, 1935 in Yankton to Merle and Rose (Medeck) Burns. He graduated from Menno High School and received his Bachelor's Degree from Southern State Teachers College in Springfield, SD. He received his Master's Degree from Washington University in St....
Don Krogman
Jun 29, 2008
Don Krogman, 74, died Sunday, June 29, 2008 at his home in Elkton, SD. Henry Donald Krogman was born May 5, 1934 on a Brookings County farm to Henry and Elizabeth (Clark) Krogman. Don attended 8 years at Trail School District #100 and graduated from Brookings High School in 1952. He served in the United States Army...
Betty Lou Brooks
Jun 26, 2008
Betty Lou Brooks, 67, Sioux Falls, formerly of Box Elder, SD died Thursday, June 26, 2008 at Avera McKennan Hospital. Betty Lou was born on July 28, 1940 at Twin Brooks, SD to Oscar and Eva (Kozak) Adolphson. She was educated in the Milbank, SD area and later Betty Lou worked as a daycare provider. Betty Lou married Paul Brooks...
Lillian C. Buresch
Jun 21, 2008
Lillian C. Buresch, 87, of Flandreau died Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the Brookview Manor, Brookings, SD. Lillian was born June 8, 1921 on the family farm in Nobles County, MN to Paul and Mary (Behr) Goedtke. She was raised on the family farm and attended country school until the 8th grade. Lillian married Peter D. Greenhoff,...
Gerald D. Nace
Jun 17, 2008
Gerald D. "Bud" Nace, 86, of Colman died Tuesday, at the Royal C. Johnson Veteran's Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Gerald was born on a farm west of Colman on September 22, 1921 to James and Lily (Nelsen) Nace. He was educated in Colman graduating from Colman High School in 1939. He was married on February 15,...
Myrtle K. Shackelford
Jun 15, 2008
Myrtle K. Shackelford, 93, died Sunday at Riverview Manor, Flandreau. Â Myrtle was born February 26, 1915 in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Canada to Edward and Margaret (Miller) Dailey. Her family moved to the Dailey Homestead southeast of Flandreau and she attended country school and graduated from Flandreau High School in 1934. Myrtle attended Sacred Heart School of Nursing in...
Gerald B. Nichols
Jun 3, 2008
Gerald "Jerry" Nichols, 63, died Tuesday at the Royal C. Johnson Veteran's Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Gerald was born October 31, 1944 in Newburyport, MA to Freeman and Mildred (Munro) Nichols. He grew up in East Sullivan, NH and graduated from Keene High School in 1962 where he participated in track and field and baseball. Jerry...
Richard G. Schumacher
May 29, 2008
Richard G. Schumacher, 82, of Flandreau died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Richard was born in Chicago, IL on November 4, 1925 to Fredrick and Isabella (Gushwa) Schumacher. He graduated from Evanston Township High School and then entered the U.S. Navy where he served in the SeeBees. After his discharge, he...
Lawrence H. Doyle
May 28, 2008
Lawrence H. Doyle, 79, died Wednesday at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. He was born July 18, 1928 in Moody County, SD to Joe and Katie (Haase) Doyle and was educated in Bell School and Egan High School. Lawrence married Dorothy Drewes on July 2, 1947 in Flandreau. He drove truck for LeRoy Julson and then...
Thomas G. Schmidt
May 26, 2008
Thomas G. Schmidt, 58, died Monday at his home in Flandreau. He was born October 14, 1949 in Dell Rapids, SD to Harold and Ann (Gitchell) Schmidt. He graduated from Flandreau High School in 1967 and then attended the University of South Dakota. After school he went to work with his father for International Harvester in Flandreau....
Robert D. Platts
May 22, 2008
Robert Dwain Platts, 83, formerly of Egan passed away at the Mountain View Health Care in Mountain View, Missouri, Thursday, May 22, 2008. Robert was born on a farm near Egan, SD to Albert Warren and Bertha Viola (Wilson) Platts on August 2, 1924. He graduated from Egan High School in 1943. He moved to Sioux Falls, SD where he...
Christine B. Kroeger
May 17, 2008
Christine B. Kroeger, 90, died Saturday, May 17, 2008 at Riverview Manor in Flandreau. Christine was born in Ward Township, Moody County, SD to Joseph and Marie (Haper) Anderson on November 9, 1917. She attended Ward Country School and graduated from Flandreau High School in 1935. Christine got her teaching certificate at General Beadle College and then...
Mae F. Huebner
May 15, 2008
Mae F. Huebner, 88, died Thurday, May 15, 2008 in Florida. Mae was born in Colman, SD to Hans and Inga (Johanson) Lellelid on January 3, 1920. Mae grew up in Colman and after graduating from Colman High School she worked in the Colman Bank. She was married on April 11, 1942 in Colman to Earl Huebner and then moved...
Donald D. Schliinz
May 2, 2008
Donald D. Schliinz, age 77, Flandreau, died Friday at the Flandreau Medical Ceneter ER. Donald was born to Harvey and Leola (Duncan) Schliinz on June 14, 1930 on a farm in Moody County. He received his education at Vance Country School and then started farming with Albert Duncan. Don was married on August 1, 1952 at Volga...
Raymond P. May
Apr 29, 2008
Raymond "Ray" P. May, 64 of Colman died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Sanford Medical Center, Sioux Falls. Raymond was born on June 14, 1943 at Madison, SD to John and Dorothy (Voelkert) May. He attended Troup and Allen Country Schools and graduated from Colman High School in 1961. Ray worked at various jobs and then started working at Sioux...
Irving V White
Apr 22, 2008
Irving V. White, 87, died Tuesday at his home in Flandreau.Irving was born June 25, 1920 at Dell Rapids, SD to Carl and Eleanor (Martinson) White. He graduated from Hurley High School in 1938 and served in the U.S. Army during WWII in North Africa and Italy. After his discharge, he attended SDSU in Brookings and graduated with a degree...
Sheri L. Wilson
Apr 22, 2008
Sheri L. Wilson, age 44, of Flandreau, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the Flandreau Medical Center, Flandreau. Sheri was born November 10, 1963 in Chicago, IL to Gene and Ardyth (Crowder) Wilson. The family moved to Madison, WI and then to Flandreau, SD in 1969. Sheri graduated from Flandreau High School in 1981 and then attended SDSU in Brookings....
Melva J. Mangan
Mar 30, 2008
Melva J. Mangan, 81, of Elkton died Sunday at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Melva Jane Mangan was born October 4, 1926 to George and Mabel (Carlson) McCuen in White, SD. As a young child she and her family moved to Elkton where she graduated from Elkton High School in 1944. On November 12, 1946 Melva...
Jane Hagel
Mar 25, 2008
Jane Hagel, 61, died Tuesday at the Dells Area Health Center, after a short battle with cancer. Jane Emily (Nielsen) Hagel was born on July 7, 1946, to Harold and Ruby (Anderson) Nielsen, in Hurley, SD. She was the fourth and youngest child. Her family moved to Egan, SD, in 1953, and she attended Egan schools until she graduated in...
Eda Mae Hasek
Mar 22, 2008
Eda Mae Hasek, 74, died Saturday at the Flandreau Medical Center. Eda Mae was born April 12, 1933 at Dell Rapids, SD to Morris and Anna (Hoyme) Newhagen. She grew up in Egan and graduated from Egan High School in 1951. She received her teaching certificate from General Beadle College in Madison and taught school in rural...
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