Local obituaries for Baltic, Colton, Dell Rapids, & Garretson, South Dakota.

Dec 30, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER LaVonne Leitheiser, 74 of Sioux Falls died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the Dougherty Hospice House. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 AM Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Willow Creek Lutheran Church, rural Dell Rapids. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. LaVonne was born January 21, 1941 at Hartford, South Dakota...

Dec 26, 2015

Jeneane Ellen Butrum, age 64 of Richfield, MN, passed away on December 26, 2015 at her home. Jeneane was born in Mitchell, SD to Rayburn and E. Geraldine (Stalheim) Butrum. She grew up on the family farm near Garretson, SD and graduated from Garretson High School. She attended South Dakota State University and graduated from the University of South...

Dec 23, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Deborah “Debbie” Suzanne Martell died on December 23, 2015. Memorial services will begin at 10:00 AM Monday, December 28, 2015 at Heritage Funeral Home Chapel 4800 S. Minnesota Ave. in Sioux Falls. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Private inurnment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery. Debbie was born on June 4, 1952 in Sioux...

Dec 20, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Barbara Putzier, 85, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Colton passed away Sunday, December 20, 2015. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 AM Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Colton. Burial will be in Minnehaha Cemetery, rural Colton. Visitation will be prior to services. Barbara was born February 23, 1930 to parents Charles and...

Dec 16, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Cathy Jo Benson, age 64, of Sherman, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at the Luverne Sanford Hospice on Wednesday, December 16, 2015. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 am Saturday, December 19, 2015, at the Zion Lutheran Church, Garretson. Visitation will be from 5-8:00 pm Friday, at the Minnehaha Funeral Home, Garretson.

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Dec 10, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Dean Austin Williamson, a lifelong resident of Garretson, died peacefully at home with his wife, Helen, on December 10, 2015. He will be missed deeply by his wife Helen, daughter DaNann (Dan) Kistler of Hartford, and son Michael (Lindsey) Williamson of Portland, Maine, and sister Linda Devitt of Lakeville, Minnesota. He was preceded in death by...

Dec 6, 2015

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE Kenneth Paul Pierret, 78, of Garretson passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Dougherty Hospice in Sioux Falls. Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:30 AM Friday, December 11, 2015 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Garretson. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will begin at 5:00 PM Thursday, with a...

Dec 2, 2015

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Michael D. McAreavey of Crooks, SD passed away on December 2, 2015 in Sioux Falls, SD at Sanford Hospital. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 am Saturday, December 5, 2015, at the West Nidaros Lutheran Church, rural Crooks. Visitation with the family present will be from 5-8:00 pm Friday, at the church. In...

Dec 2, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Alice M. Wrage, 81 of Colton died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Avera McKennan Hospital.

Memorial services will begin at 10:30 AM Monday, December 7, 2015 at the United Methodist Church, Colton. Visitation with the family present will be from 3-5:00 PM Sunday at the Minnehaha Funeral Home, Colton.

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Nov 24, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Ardyce “Ardie” Fossum 61, of Dell Rapids passed away unexpectedly at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Memorial services will begin at 10:00 AM Monday, November 30, 2015 at The Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids. Inurnment will be in Dell Rapids Cemetery. Memorial visitation with the family present will be from 2:00...

Nov 24, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Sadie Lou Salomonson was born April 26, 1937 in Colton, the daughter of Martin and Myrtle (Vermillion) Salomonson. She was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Colton and graduated from Colton High School in 1955. She married Raymond Price at East Side Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls on September 24, 1955. They lived at...

Nov 21, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Ardyce M. “Ardy” Bremer, 73, of Colton, SD passed away Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Avera Dells Area Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will begin at 1:00 PM Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Colton. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Colton. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM until service...

Nov 19, 2015

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Sally Ann Feeney Johnston was born in Toledo, OH to Eleanor (Small) and Wayne I. Feeney on July 14, 1927 and passed away in Aberdeen, SD on November 19, 2015. She was a strong, intelligent woman who instilled the importance of education, art, history, and culture to her two sons, R. Kerry and...

Nov 10, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Jeffrey Park, 61, of Sioux Falls passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Memorial services will begin at 3:00 PM Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Minnehaha Funeral Home Chapel in Dell Rapids. Inurnment will be in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Dell Rapids. Memorial visitation with the family present will begin at 1:00 PM Sunday, November 15,...

Nov 9, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Doris M. Larson, 94 of Crooks died Monday, November 9, 2015 at Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 PM Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Benton Lutheran Church, rural Crooks. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Doris M. Larson was born May 7, 1921 near Valley Springs to parents...

Nov 7, 2015

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Guy Lance Bakke was born November 17, 1956, and passed away on November 7, 2015. Family present visitation will be from 1-2:00 pm Saturday, November 14, 2015, at the Minnehaha Funeral Home, Garretson. Interment will follow at the Jasper City Cemetery, Jasper, MN. Guy was preceded in death by his mother Della and...

Nov 6, 2015

Harold Paul Hoekman, 65, from Austin, Texas, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2015. He was born on June 3, 1950 to parents, Anton and Henrietta (Kolthoff) Hoekman in Colton, SD. As a child of six, he contracted polio. As a result of his illness, he spent time away from his family at Kenny Institute in Minneapolis, endured surgeries, and became...

Nov 3, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Bennie E Moe was born on August 1st, 1924 on the family homestead near Renner, South Dakota, the son of Bennie Sr. and Emma (Brende) Moe. He died on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 at Collier Hospice at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colorado at the age of 91. Bennie (Bud) grew up in the Renner...

Nov 3, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Everett G. “Mr. X” Jaus, 68, of Baltic died Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at his home. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 AM Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the Minnehaha Funeral Home, Baltic. Visitation will be from 5-7:00 PM Friday at the funeral Home. Burial will be at Hills of Rest Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux Falls....

Oct 30, 2015

VIEW SERVICE FOLDER Gertie” Toots” Vanderhoff, 94, formerly of Hartford passed away Friday, October 30, 2015 at Palisade HealthCare Community in Garretson, SD. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 AM Friday, November 6, 2015 at Benton Lutheran Church, rural Crooks, SD. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be prior to service time. Memorials may be directed...