Obituary Listing

Nov 11, 2019

Beatrice "Joyce" Andrews was born on April 4, 1938, the 7th child to Mercy (Stone Arrow) Andrews/ Jesse Andrews, Sr. At home in Bonesteel, SD on November 11, 2019, Joyce began her peaceful spiritual journey home with her family by her side. Joyce attended school at Rosebud Boarding School in Mission, SD and Flandreau Indian School. Joyce spent her...

Nov 11, 2019

Memorial graveside services for Alicia Frank, age 96, formerly of Burke, SD will be held on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 1:30 PM at Graceland Cemetery in Burke.

Nov 4, 2019

Lois Marie (Teel) Connelly passed away November 4, 2019 at Rapid City Hospice House at the age of 76. Lois was born April 7, 1943 in Burke, South Dakota the seventh and last child of Harold "H. K." Teel and Opal (Rogers) Teel. Lois grew up on a farm Northeast of Herrick, South Dakota where she attended country school...

Nov 2, 2019

Gail Marie (Lewis) Engelmeyer passed away Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Ava's Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 90 years old. She was born January 29, 1929 to Roy and Mildred (Thornton) Lewis on the family farm 4 miles east of Burke; at the time, the address was actually Herrick, SD. Her Dad went into...

Oct 29, 2019

Alvena Dolores (Thiessen) Vogt was born September 24, 1928 at home in Lynch, Nebraska to Robert and Emma (Suckstorf) Thiessen and she passed away October 29, 2019 at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska after a long illness of Alzheimers at the age of 91 years. Dolores was a school teacher for ten years in the Naper area...

Oct 28, 2019

Sarah Mae Schmitz was born on Oct. 3,1929 to James Leroy Davis and Lenora Lena Kramer in St. Charles, SD and passed away at the age of 90, Oct.29, 2019 at Avera St. Anthony Hospital in O'Neill, NE. Sarah was united in marriage to Gerald M. Schmitz at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Naper, NE on April 3,...

Oct 13, 2019

Kathleen Marie Broome Achterhoff was born April 9th, 1951 in Burke, SD to Walter and Marie Broome. She passed away October 13th, 2019 at home surrounded by her loving family. Kathy attended school in Burke and graduated in 1969. After high school she attended beauty school in Sioux Falls. She then moved to Minneapolis for a year, and then...

Oct 8, 2019

Memorial graveside services for Milton Frank, age 91, formerly of Burke, SD will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Graceland Cemetery in Burke.

Sep 22, 2019

Dorothy Lee Potthoff was born to Leo A and Vivian (White) Potthoff on October 18, 1931 at St. Charles, South Dakota. She died September 22, 2019 at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, NE at 87 years old.

Dorothy went to school in St. Charles through the 6th grade, and graduated from Burke High School in 1949....

Sep 21, 2019

Gloria Ann (Beem) Vogt was born Feb. 13, 1939 to Clarence and Olinda (Fuhrer) Beem at her grandparent's home in Butte, NE., the oldest of 6 children. She attended the McCully School and 2 years at Butte High School. Her parents moved to a farm west of Naper and finished her high school years graduating from Naper High School...

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...