Obituaries

Roger D. Hanson

Roger D. Hanson

Dec 5, 2020

Memorial services will be 11:00am, Thursday, December 10, 2020 at Peace Lutheran Church (5509 W 41st St, Sioux Falls, SD) Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. Face coverings will be required. Join the service online at peacelutheran.com/live In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be directed to the Old Vangen Cemetery Fund. (300 W. 3rd Street...

Edith Dean Beacom

Edith Dean Beacom

Dec 5, 2020

Edith Dean Beacom, 102, of Vermillion, SD passed away Saturday, December 5 at the Ava’s House in Sioux Falls, SD after sustaining an injury at the Sanford Vermillion Care Center where she resided. Edith was born March 29, 1918 to Jens P. and Matilda (Madsen) Jensen of Irene, SD. The youngest of six daughters, she grew up on their family...

Alberta Anglin (Hurlbutt)

Alberta Anglin (Hurlbutt)

Nov 23, 2020

Alberta Lavonne Anglin, 89, died November 23, 2020 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Alberta was born September 4, 1931 in Vermillion, SD to Albert and Helen (Oliphant) Hurlbutt. Alberta was named after her father. She graduated from Dakota City High School in 1949, she then attended and graduated from Nettleton Business College in Sioux City, IA. She...

Elaine Brown (Hansen)

Elaine Brown (Hansen)

Nov 19, 2020

Beloved Wife, Mother, and Grandmother, Elaine Ruth Brown, 89, passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Elaine was born to Edward and Ella Hansen in Burbank, SD on Dec 11, 1930. She married Robert Dale Brown in 1951, and worked for Dakota Hospital and USD School of Medicine Preceding her...

Alberta M. Pearson (Jensen)

Alberta M. Pearson (Jensen)

Nov 15, 2020

Alberta M. Pearson, age 86, of Viborg, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg. Alberta was born on May 31, 1934 to Casper and Olive Jensen in rural Wakonda, South Dakota. She graduated from Wakonda High School in1952. She attended Madison General Beadle College, and later taught at West Prairie Country School and several...

Daniel Heine

Daniel Heine

Nov 15, 2020

Daniel Heine of Vermillion, SD passed away on November 15, 2020 at Sanford Care Center. He was born June 13, 1946 in Yankton, SD to Leonard and Mary Heine. He attended school in St. Helena, NE and graduated from Yankton High School. Following graduation Danny joined the Army and served in Vietnam. Dan returned to farming in Vermillion. He loved...

George Baity

George Baity

Nov 13, 2020

George Baity, Jr., formerly of Vermillion, died peacefully November 13, 2020, in Aurora-Brule Care & Rehab, White Lake, SD, at the age of 96. George was born in 1924 in the Morris, MN area, the son of George & Mabel (Hoag) Baity. When he was 5 years old, he and his family moved to South Dakota where he attended rural...

Loren Ouellette

Loren Ouellette

Nov 12, 2020

Loren Allen Ouellette of Burbank, SD, passed away peacefully on November 12, 2020, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls. He was the oldest child born to E.A. and Grace (Olson) Ouellette on August 9, 1936, at home in rural Elk Point. The family later moved to the rural Vermillion area. Loren graduated from Vermillion High School in 1954. He worked...

Boneva "Bonnie" Albers

Boneva "Bonnie" Albers

Nov 11, 2020

Bonnie Albers passed away peacefully on November 11, at Dougherty Hospice Center in Sioux Falls, three days after her 88th birthday. Bonnie was born in Jefferson, SD, on November 8, 1932, to Raymond and Mae (Vermillion) Girard. She graduated from Elk Point High School in 1951. After graduation, she took a job in Sioux City, IA, working for Morrie's Clothing...

Duane Brunick

Duane Brunick

Nov 10, 2020

Duane L. Brunick, 90, formerly of Vermillion, SD passed away Tuesday, November 10 at the Ava’s House in Sioux Falls, SD. Duane was born on November 4, 1930. He married his sweetheart, Lorraine Mockler, on June 11, 1953. He and his wife owned Brunick Body Shop and Brunick Trailer Court for many years. He was an avid USD Coyote fan....

William Mckinney

William Mckinney

Nov 9, 2020

William J. “Bill” Mckinney, 88, of Vermillion, SD formerly of White City, KS passed away peacefully at his home on November 9, 2020. Bill was born March 21, 1932 in Prattville, AL to Leo and Ethel (Rawlinson) Mckinney. Bill served in the Army for 2 years followed by a 10-year enlistment in the Airforce based in Wichita, KS. There he...

Lucille Alvina "Lu" Dwyer (Peterson)

Lucille Alvina "Lu" Dwyer (Peterson)

Nov 9, 2020

Home is what you make of it and Lucille Dwyer, who passed away peacefully in Sioux Falls on Monday, November 9, 2020 made a lot of hers! She packed her tiny first home, the “little white house on Summit Avenue,” as her entire family affectionately remembers it, not just with her husband and 3 children, but with a rotating collection...

Darwin Leroy Vilhauer

Darwin Leroy Vilhauer

Nov 9, 2020

Darwin “Dar” Leroy Vilhauer 86, of Strang, Nebraska , passed away peacefully on Monday November 9th , at the VA medical Center in Omaha Nebraska after contracting the Corona Virus, that has stolen way to many , way to soon. Darwin Leroy Vihauer was born in Tyndall South Dakota on May 15, 1934 to Emil and Helen (Fode) Vilhauer. Darwin...

Barbara Marie Healy (Hauger)

Barbara Marie Healy (Hauger)

Nov 5, 2020

Barbara Marie Healy, age 88, of Irene, SD, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 5, 2020, at Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton, SD. Barbara Marie Healy was born on September 12, 1932, on the family farm in rural Irene, SD, to John and Margaret (O’Donnell) Hauger. She attended Klimisch Grade School and graduated from Mount Marty High School...

Thomas Ostermyer

Thomas Ostermyer

Nov 3, 2020

Thomas Ostermyer, 71, of Burbank, SD, passed away on Tuesday, November 3 at the Ava’s House in Sioux Falls, SD. Thomas was born August 30, 1949 in Sioux City, IA to Leo and Sylvia (Hair) Ostermyer. He attended School in Iowa, graduating from Central High School. Thomas married Vicki Cummings on May 11, 1991 in Sioux City; they were married...

Jacqueline Ann "Jackie" Petersen

Jacqueline Ann "Jackie" Petersen

Oct 18, 2020

Jacqueline Ann Petersen, 90, of Irene, SD, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2020, at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home, Viborg, SD. Jacqueline Ann McManus was born on April 23, 1930 in Yankton, SD to John and Elizabeth (Bessie Smith) McManus. As the oldest child, Jackie grew up on a farm in Walshtown Township, Yankton County, SD with her parents and three...

Linda Klave

Linda Klave

Oct 12, 2020

Obituary will be posted when available.

James Harkness

James Harkness

Oct 11, 2020

James Harkness, 49, of Vermillion, SD passed away Sunday, October 11 at his home. James was born December 14, 1970 in Jefferson, SD to Terry and Paulene (Peterson) Harkness. He attended school in Elk Point, SD, and married Wendy Kjose on December 21, 1991 in Elk Point. James worked as a truck driver all his life, loved camping was an...

Elaine Jean Strunk (Gildseth)

Elaine Jean Strunk (Gildseth)

Oct 8, 2020

Elaine Jean Strunk died at the age of 87 on October 8th, 2020 in Burnsville, MN where she had lived in recent years. A deeply committed Christian, she lived a life filled with kindness, compassion, strength and love. She was born August 15, 1933 to Carl and Tilda (Gulbraa) Gildseth of Oldham, SD and was baptized by the late Rev....

Clyde Watts

Clyde Watts

Oct 7, 2020

Clyde F. Watts died peacefully on October 7, 2020 in Vermillion, South Dakota at the age of 96. He was born to William and Rossa Watts June 7, 1924 in Stanton, NE. Clyde is survived by his wife Jean Watts; Son John (Judy) Watts, Piedmont SD; Son Robert Watts, Rapid City SD; Son Michael (Sandy) Watts, Spirit Lake IA; Grandchildren...