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Kevin Andrews

Kevin Andrews

Dec 23, 2015

Kevin Andrews, age 46 of Bonesteel, passed away December 23, 2015 at the St. Luke's Aurora Hospital in Milwaukee, WI. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, December 31, 2015 at the Bonesteel City Hall in Bonesteel. Burial to follow at the UCC Ponca Creek Cemetery. Wake service will be held at 7:00 PM Wednesday, December 30, 2015...

Delores Connell

Delores Connell

Dec 15, 2015

Delores Jamison Connell was born December 19, 1933 at home in northern Rock County, Nebraska to Donald and Bernice (Cook) Jamison. She passed away December 15, 2015, at the Burke Community Memorial Hospital, Burke, South Dakota. Delores graduated from Rock County High School in 1951 then attended Morningside College and the Methodist Hospital of Nursing in Sioux City, Iowa. After...

Lelia Adeline Higgins

Lelia Adeline Higgins

Dec 14, 2015

Lelia Adeline Boucher Higgins was born April 14, 1923 at home near Dallas, South Dakota to Jacob and Libby (Moses) Boucher. She died December 14, 2015 at the Butte Nursing Home in Butte, Nebraska at the age of 92 years and 8 months. Lelia graduated from Naper High School in 1941. She worked as a household assistant to multiple area...

Emma Brunz

Emma Brunz

Nov 29, 2015

Emma Brunz was born 1/04/1916 on a farm south of Burke, SD to Henry and Christina Neuharth. Emma's angel wings came to her on November 29, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls, where she had been a resident for several years. Emma died peacefully after a brief illness at the age of 99 years young. Emma attended...

Robert Nile Purvis

Robert Nile Purvis

Nov 27, 2015

Born December 26, 1923, in Cheyenne, OK, Robert Nile Purvis (known by friends and family as Nile), was the youngest of nine children born to Frank and Annetta Purvis. A cowboy almost from the time he could walk, an eight year old Nile and his 12 year old brother George would "batch", herding the family cattle in pasture miles away...

Delaine Pfaff

Delaine Pfaff

Nov 26, 2015

Delaine Rae (Hoffman) Pfaff passed away on November 26, 2015 at Countryside Living in Mitchell, SD at the age of 87 years. Delaine was born December 7, 1928 to Rudy and Ruby Hoffman on a farm near Fairfax, SD, she was an only child. She attended grade school at Star Valley School and then finished her education graduating in 1946...

Margaret Duerfeldt

Margaret Duerfeldt

Nov 24, 2015

Margaret Anna "Peggy" Duerfeldt was born July 15, 1923 at White River, South Dakota to Clifford and Myrtle (Wolf) Phillips and she died November 24, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Center in Corsica, South Dakota at the age of 92 years. Peggy attended rural grade schools and graduated from Mount Marty High School in Yankton, South Dakota. She later graduated...

Dorothy Cline

Dorothy Cline

Nov 22, 2015

Dorothy Eileen Cline was born January 20, 1931 in Atkinson, Nebraska to Bertha (Nagel) and Melvin Riley. She was later adopted by Laurence Nagel. Dorothy passed away on November 22, 2015 at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska at the age of 84 years. Dorothy enjoyed baking during the Holiday's for family and friends. She also really enjoyed traveling...

Karon Hoffman

Karon Hoffman

Nov 20, 2015

Karon Lorraine Hoffman was born August 13, 1942 in Mitchell, South Dakota to John and Rosa (Longbin) Schlund and she died November 20, 2015 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 73 years. Karon grew up in the Mt Vernon and Mitchell, South Dakota area. She graduated from Mt Vernon High School in 1960....

Lois Irene Munson

Lois Irene Munson

Nov 16, 2015

Lois Irene Munson was born July 5, 1924 at Armour, South Dakota to Otto and Vera (Van Deusen) Hollmann and she died November 16, 2015 at the Gregory Hospital in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 91 years. Lois attended country school during her elementary years and later graduated from Ravinia High School in 1942. She attended Southern Normal...

Gerald Drey

Gerald Drey

Nov 11, 2015

Gerald Dean Drey was born June 9, 1926 at Gregory, South Dakota to Albert and Edna (Jones) Drey and he died November 11, 2015 at the Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 89 years. Gerald attended the Rhodes School and the Catholic School in Gregory. He grew up on a farm east of Gregory....

Mary Lambley

Mary Lambley

Nov 9, 2015

Mary Louise (Hagerman) Lambley was born February 8, 1938 to Lawrence and D. Lillian Hagerman in Glenrock Wyoming. Mary's angel wings came to her on November 9, 2015 at the Sanford Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD after a very brief illness, at the age of 77 with her family at her side. Mary was the 3rd child of her...

Patricia Koenig

Patricia Koenig

Oct 29, 2015

Pat Koenig passed away at her home on Thursday, October 29, 2015, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Patricia (Humpal) Koenig was born on what was then known as the Wagner Ranch (her maternal grandparents' place) east of Fairfax to Charles and Sophia (Wagner) Humpal, on June 15, 1928. She attended all of her elementary and high school years in...

Marvin Mills

Marvin Mills

Oct 28, 2015

Graveside services for Marvin Mills, age 97, of Overland Park, KS will be held on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 2:30 PM at the Rosebud Cemetery in Bonesteel, SD. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

Edna Woehl

Edna Woehl

Oct 23, 2015

Edna Woehl was born December 1, 1924 to John and Mary (Bohnet) Woehl at home in Carlock Township. Emma was Edna's twin sister who did not survive and passed away after three days of life. Mother Mary and infant Edna stayed at home while John and the children attended Emma's funeral in Carlock via horse-drawn sleigh. Edna grew up on...

Emil John Kerner, Jr

Emil John Kerner, Jr

Oct 17, 2015

Emil Kerner, Jr. age 67, of Centerville, SD, died Saturday, October 17th at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Viborg, SD. Emil John Kerner was born December 8, 1947 in rural Tripp County to Emil and Mary (Beavers) Kerner. He received his education in Gregory, graduating from Gregory High school. On May 20, 1967, he was united in marriage with Cheryln...

Raymond Fuhrer

Raymond Fuhrer

Oct 15, 2015

Raymond Donald Fuhrer was born December 7, 1923 at his parents home near Bonesteel, South Dakota to Herman and Lucy (Brunemier) Fuhrer and he died October 15, 2015 at the Butte Healthcare Center at Butte, Nebraska at the age of 91 years. As a young boy his family moved to a farm south of Naper, Nebraska. Ray attended school in...

David Freeman

David Freeman

Oct 14, 2015

David Ralph Freeman was born October 5, 1943 at his parents home, Ralph and Mary (Keckler) Freeman, in Springfield, SD. He died October 14, 2015 at Burke Community Hospital in Burke, SD at the age of 72 years. His family later moved to a farm and lived with his Uncle Luther Freeman near Carlock, SD. Dave then attended grade school...

Lori Holmberg

Lori Holmberg

Oct 11, 2015

Lori Ann Holmberg was born October 27, 1961 at Alliance, NE to Jim and Darlene (Nye) Doyle. She was baptized at the Catholic Church at Alliance, NE. She spent her first 12 years in Sioux County NE. She started school in a one room school house with two other students in Sioux County. In 1973 the family moved to Keya...

Bernice Evelyn Petersen

Bernice Evelyn Petersen

Oct 6, 2015

Bernice Petersen, 102 of Bridgewater, SD passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at the Diamond Care Center in Bridgewater, SD. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 10:30AM at the Diamond Care Center in Bridgewater. Burial will follow in the Blair City Cemetery in Blair, Nebraska. Bernice Evelyn Gilliland Petersen was born on 8 January,...

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