Mervin John Higgins
Jan 20, 2015
Mervin John Higgins was born July 20, 1929 to John and Ada (Brown) Higgins at Brocksburg, Nebraska. He died January, 20, 2015 at the Gregory Community Hospital at the age of 85 years. Merv attended country grade school and graduated from Butte High School in 1946. On November 28, 1950, he was united in marriage to Helen Schmitz at her...
Janet Murphy
Dec 31, 2014
Janet Elaine Murphy was born May 23, 1943 at Burke, South Dakota to Jessie and Gladys (Green) Claussen. She died December 31, 2014 at the Lake Andes Healthcare Center in Lake Andes, South Dakota at the age of 71 years. Janet grew up and attended school in Burke. She was united in marriage to Gerald Kortmeyer and they moved to...
Eileen Burger
Dec 23, 2014
Eileen (Anhorn) Burger, 90, of Bonesteel, SD died on Tuesday, December23, 2014 at Avera Yankton Care Center. Eileen was born July 16, 1924 in Herrick, SD to Albert and Eigina (Horst) Anhorn   She  grew up in Herrick and attended school there. Eileen then moved to Bremerton, Washington and found work in a Navy shipyard. There she was introduced to a...
Edna Sieh
Dec 12, 2014
Edna Sieh, 102, of Burke, South Dakota died on Friday, December 12, 2014 at the Winner Regional Long Term Care Facility. During this extraordinary long life, Edna proved to be a woman of her time during each stage of her life. She was born on April 12, 1912 at her parent's home, Jacob and Elizabeth (Frank) Fuhrman, who were recent ...
Dawn Chasing Hawk
Dec 11, 2014
Dawn Marie Chasing Hawk was born June 22, 1984 at Wagner, South Dakota to Charmayne and Wilbur Chasing Hawk. She died December 11, 2014 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 30 years. Dawn grew up in the Bonesteel-Milk's Camp area. She attended Bonesteel-Fairfax School. She enjoyed life, and being around her family and friends,...
William Weidner
Nov 30, 2014
William Melvin "Billy" Weidner was born February 26, 1927 at Fairfax, South Dakota to William G. and Hilda (Frasch) Weidner and he died November 30, 2014 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 87 years. Billy grew up on the family farm east of Fairfax with his sister, Viola Wittmuss. He attended Fairfax Public...
Dorothy Laposky
Nov 26, 2014
Dorothy Arlene Diekmann Laposky, better known as Dee, was born January 27, 1940 at the old Gregory Hospital in Gregory, SD to Henry and Blanche (Steffen) Diekmann. She passed away on November 26, 2014 at 74 years. The family lived on a farm south of Gregory where she attended country school all her elementary years. The family then moved to...
Neal Ronald Inglett
Nov 1, 2014
Neal Ronald Inglett was born November 28th, 1943 in Burke, SD to Noble and Viola (Smith) Inglett. He was the youngest of seven children. He attended grade school at Smith School in Lucas Community. He graduated from Burke High School in 1962 a three sport athlete in basketball, football and track. In the fall of 1962 he attended college at...
Elsie Wentz
Oct 5, 2014
Elsie Kathrina Amelia (Ullrich) Wentz was born west of Naper, NE on November 26, 1917 to John and Lydia (Fischer) Ullrich. Elsie passed away October 5, 2014 at the Butte Healthcare Center, Butte, NE at the age of 96 years, 10 months, and 20 days. Elsie was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a member of St....
Margaret Deering
Aug 19, 2014
Margaret Freida Deering was born July 23, 1928 at Dallas, South Dakota to Reese and Freida (Jansen) Dunn and she died August 19, 2014 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 86 years. Margaret was the eldest of four children. She graduated from Gregory High School. On March 6, 1949 she married Harold (Shorty)...
Leroy Raymond Smith
Aug 12, 2014
Leroy Raymond Smith was born August 14, 1941 in Gregory, South Dakota to Elmer and Cloris (Ellison) Smith. He was the second born of 3 children. At age 4 the family moved to Kaleva, Michigan because of Leroy's asthma. While he lived in Michigan he grew up in the outdoors where he learned his first love, to fish and hunt....
Achilles Michael Jurisch
Aug 12, 2014
Achilles Michael Jurisch April 7, 2014 - August 12, 2014 ACHILLES Our baby boy was so full of smiles But could only stay a little while In the time he was here Filled us with joy and took away our care Our baby boy was so strong But wasn"t here for very long Long enough to share his love He"s...
Ray Vaughn
Aug 11, 2014
Ray Dennis Vaughn was born September 10, 1937 northwest of Naper, Nebraska in Gregory County at the home of Lyle and Cecil Vaughn. He went home to meet his savior August 11, 2014 at the age of 76. Ray married DeAnne Boyd on July 25, 1959 in White River, South Dakota. To this union four daughters were born: Fonda, Carla,...
Peter Leroy Wilhelmsen
Aug 4, 2014
Peter Leroy (Junior) Wilhelmsen was born November 18, 1929 in Jamison, Nebraska, at Hazel Blake's home, to Peter and Sophie Wilhelmsen. He was the 3rd of five children. His parents had emigrated to the United States from Denmark in 1921. They were a very hard working family. Junior's father was a blacksmith by trade and he worked hard beside his...
Todd Edward Doyle
Jul 26, 2014
Todd Edward Doyle was born September 2, 1967 at Burke, South Dakota. He was baptized at the Catholic Church in Burke. He was later confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Burton, Nebraska. Todd left this life at the age of 46, on July 26, 2014 at his home in Martinsville, Indiana. Todd was the third child of four born to...
Kenneth Eugene Noelle
Jul 5, 2014
Kenneth Eugene "Kenny" Noelle was born August 19, 1961 at the Winner Hospital to Jerold and Mary (Way) Noelle. He passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Redfield, South Dakota at the age of 52 years. Kenny lived most of his first year in Manhattan, Kansas. He returned to Winner in August of 1963....
Lois Imogene Hall
Jul 4, 2014
Lois Imogene Hall was born November 13, 1923 to Ernest and Alma Andersen at Herrick, South Dakota and died July 4th, 2014 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 90 years. Imogene grew up in Herrick, South Dakota and graduated from Herrick High School. She married Emmitt Hall on July 28th, 1942 in Rushville,...
Edward Dale Vogt
Jul 3, 2014
Edward Dale Vogt was born to Claus and Daisy (Graves) Vogt on December 5, 1927 at O'Kreek, South Dakota and passed away quietly on July 3, 2014 at the Butte Healthcare Center. He was a member of the First Congregational Church in Naper and was baptized on March 27,1968. Ed was a farmer at heart and was content to just...
Lavona Etta Camin
Jun 25, 2014
Lavona Etta Camin was born on March 23, 1935 at Millboro, South Dakota to Wager and Iva Frances (Wood) Davis. She passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Burke Community Hospital at the age of 79. Lavona was united in marriage to Duane Camin on May 18, 1970. They made their home in Burke where they raised five children....
