Obituary Listing

Sep 14, 2019

Susan Diane Davis was born November 1, 1951 to Charles & Dorene (Smalley) Fernau at Lynch, Nebraska. Susan passed away suddenly on September 14, 2019 at Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota. Susan was a farm girl & was raised in rural Butte, Nebraska. She attended country schools around Butte & later Butte High School. Susan was united...

Sep 8, 2019

Doris Marie Putnam Miner was born on March 13, 1936, at the home of her grandparents, John and Mamie Determan, 10 miles south of Dallas, SD. She passed away September 8, 2019, at Independence, MO, with her husband Kenny and her daughter Kate, holding her hands and telling her how much she was loved. Mass of Christian Burial will...

Sep 4, 2019

Memorial services for Clark Miller, age 60, of Burke, SD will be held on Monday, September 9, 2019 at 10:00 AM at Grace Lutheran Church in Burke. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery, Burke.

Clark was born In Burke at the Community Memorial Hospital, to Delbert and Lena (Willuweit) Miller. He was baptized and confirmed at...

Sep 2, 2019

Alvin Raymond Witt was born on August 25, 1944 in Burke, SD and passed away at the Height Street Skilled Care Center in Bakersfield, CA on September 2, 2019 at the age of 75 and was buried at Belmont Memorial Cemetery, Fresno CA. Alvin was the oldest child of Raymond & Suzanne (Kershman) Witt's seven children. He grew up...

Aug 21, 2019

Janet Joye (Aitken) Leonard of Spearfish SD and formerly of Rapid City died Wednesday, August 21, 2019. She was born December 14, 1922 to Noble and Jessie (Boerner) Aitken of Winner SD. On June 30, 1950 she married Robert Leonard. They lived in Burke and Sioux Falls before moving to Rapid City in 1963 where Robert ran the YMCA...

Jul 16, 2019

Franklin Kenneth (Ken) Reiser, son of Leo E. Reiser and Agnes L. (Liewer) Reiser was born January 27, 1943, at his parents' home 3 ½ miles SE of Butte, NE. He was the 6th child out of 8 children blessed to this union. Ken was baptized and confirmed at S.S. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Butte, NE. He passed...

Jul 12, 2019

Mass of Christian Burial for Helen Higgins, age 86, of Naper, NE will be held on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 10:30 AM at the Ss Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Butte, NE. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Naper, NE. There will be a prayer service on Wednesday at 7:00 PM at the...

Jul 3, 2019

Dennis Dean (Butch) Lubbers was born September 18, 1939 in Burke, South Dakota in the Burke Hospital, he was the only one of six children born in the Hospital. Dennis attended a one room country school four miles east of Burke. He graduated from Burke High School in 1958. Dennis married Myrtle Odenbach May 25, 1963. He was a...

Jun 27, 2019

Harry was born at Fairfax, SD, the fourth son born of John and Emelia (Wolf) Odenbach on November 19, 1923. He was baptized in the Hope Congregational Church in Fairfax. He grew up with siblings Edmond, Benjamin, and Betty Mae. The ranch and farm life of the South Dakota prairie was the teaching tool his parents educated him with....

Jun 18, 2019

Sylvia Agnes (Opbroek) Hausmann was born November 30, 1920 to Henry and Margaret (Ritz) Opbroek. She passed away on June 18, 2019. Sylvia was born on the family farm east of Fairfax, S.D. and was the 9th of 14 children in Henry and Margaret's family. As a young girl, she attended Star Valley School and graduated from the eighth...

Jun 12, 2019

Having lived a very full and active life, Mildred Engelmeyer was called to be with the Lord on June 12, 2019. She passed away at the Burke Community Hospital at the age of 96 years, 2 months, 2 weeks, and 2 days. Until the very last she was living by herself, driving wherever she pleased, doing most everything she...

May 25, 2019

Lyle "Red" Wayne Fuhrer was born near Bonesteel, SD on September 20, 1927. He was the ninth of eleven children born to Herman and Lucy (Brunemier) Fuhrer. He died May 25, 2019 at the Butte Nursing Home at the age of 91 years.

Lyle attended Naper Public School into the 8th grade. He quit school to work...

May 15, 2019

Mary Jane Smith, 84, of Lucas, SD passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at her home near Lucas, SD.  Funeral service will be held on Monday, May 20 th , 2019 at 11:00AM at the Lucas Baptist Church.  Burial will follow in the Lucas Cemetery.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to funeral service on Monday....

May 14, 2019

Frances Lorraine Peppel was born May 2, 1938 at home near Brocksburg, Nebraska to John William and Ada Lura (Brown) Higgins and she died May 14, 2019 at the Avera Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 81 years.

Lorraine was the youngest of four children. She attended rural school District #1,...

May 2, 2019

Gary Eugene Delzer was born March 10, 1955 at Gregory, South Dakota to Fred Arnold and Doris (Krallman) Delzer and died at this home May, 2, 2019 in Norfolk, Nebraska at the age of 64 years.

While in high school, Gary worked for Dean and Ruth Stedman at the Rosebud Photo Shop in Gregory. It was there...

Apr 19, 2019

Margaret Hitchcock, 91, of Gregory, SD passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019 at the Gregory Hospital in Gregory, SD. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 26, 2019 at 1:00PM at the United Methodist Church in Burke, SD. Burial will follow at the Spotted Tail Cemetery in Jamison, NE. A visitation will be held on Thursday, April...

Apr 17, 2019

Marleen Glee Tatum was born October 16, 1944 at Fairfax, South Dakota to William Edward and Vearnetta Helena (Cue) Trautman and she died April 17, 2019 at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska at the age of 74 years.

Marleen was the fourth of ten children. She graduated from Fairfax High School in 1963 where she...

Apr 9, 2019

Gus Daniel Koenig was born February 22, 2019 in Yankton, SD to Daniel and Katie Koenig. He weighed 9 pounds 7 ounces and was 22 inches long. Shortly after birth, he was flown to the Avera NICU in Sioux Falls, SD., where he was later diagnosed with rare cases of Hirschsprung Disease and Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome. On March...

Apr 2, 2019

Donald Dwayne Baldwin was born May 24, 1926 at Bonesteel, South Dakota to Rubin and Frieda (Schroeder) Baldwin. He died April 2, 2019 at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska at the age of 92 years.

Don grew to manhood on the family farm south of Bonesteel and attended country school. He graduated from Bonesteel High...

Mar 21, 2019

Ruth E. (Ashley) Jones, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend was born September 25, 1924 to C.W. And Nina (Baker) Ashley on a farm south of Dallas, SD. She was the youngest of five children, Florence, Wilford, Allen, and Lowell. In 1931 the family moved to the Dixon area.

Ruth attended country school through eighth grade, most...