Sylvia Leonard
Feb 10, 2011
Sylvia Leonard was born February 2, 1918 to James and Lydia (Sedivy) Micanek at their home near Dixon, South Dakota. She was the fourth of five children. Sylvia attended elementary school in a country school near their home and went to high school in Gregory. She didnt care much for school, but she really enjoyed life on the farm, playing...
Dennis Martin Smith
Jan 30, 2011
Dennis Martin Smith was born July 13, 1955 at Gregory, South Dakota to Martin and Mary Jane (Holub) Smith and he died January 30, 2011 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 55 years. Dennis grew up on the family farm northeast of Lucas. He attended country school through the eighth grade and graduated...
Steven Faatz
Jan 22, 2011
Steven L. Faatz was born into the family of man on June 25, 1963 at Bonesteel, South Dakota to Wayne and Marilyn (Ott) Faatz. Steven was born again into the family of God not long afterward through the water of Holy Baptism. He was called to his heavenly home on January 22, 2011 at Bullhead City, Arizona at the age...
John Davis
Jan 18, 2011
John Mathew Davis, age 62, left peacefully on Tuesday, January 18, 2011. John was born February 4, 1948 in Burke, South Dakota to Mike & Lenora (Kramer) Davis. John attended school in St. Charles and Bonesteel, South Dakota, graduating from Bonesteel in 1966. After finishing high school he enlisted in the Air Force on November 6, 1967. He served at...
Fortunato Tamayo
Jan 10, 2011
Fortunato (Willie) Tamayo, age 84, of Council Bluffs, passed away January 10, 2011, at home with family and friends at his side. Willie was born August 12, 1926, in Kingsville, Texas, to the late Bartolo and Juana (Sosa) Tamayo and grew up near the Georgetown, Texas area. He came to Council Bluffs, in 1960. He retired from Blue Star/Con Agra...
Dora Mae Poor Man Yellow Hawk
Dec 26, 2010
Dora Mae Poor Man Yellow Hawk,92,of Herrick, SD passed away Sunday, December 26 at her home. Dora Mae Poor Man Yellow Hawk was born on August 28, 1918 to Annie Poor Man at home southwest of St. Charles. After the death of her mother and two year old sister, she was raised by Grandpa & Grandma Cane. She attended the...
Larry Mccarthy
Dec 6, 2010
Larry Lee McCarthy was born to Joe & Sophie McCarthy on August 6, 1940 at Gregory, SD. He received his education at Spotted Tail school and began his life-long career and love of farming at a young age. Dorothy Freeman caught his eye and they were married on October 16, 1965 at Burke. Four sons, Gary, Jerry, Tim and Terry...
Daisy Mae Johnson
Dec 4, 2010
Daisy Mae Johnson was born September 16, 1906 on the family homestead near Fairfax, South Dakota to LeRoy and Eva (Mitchell) Loper and she died December 4, 2010 at the Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 104 years. As a young girl, Daisy was in charge of watering her fathers twenty-one horses. She attended...
Dixie Frey
Nov 27, 2010
Dixie Lee Frey was born February 19, 1941 at Winner, South Dakota to Fred and Ruth (Larson) Deffenbaugh and she died unexpectedly on November 27, 2010 at her home in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 69 years. Dixie lived with her family in Witten, South Dakota until she was two years old. The family then moved to a...
Tracy Blume
Nov 26, 2010
Tracy Frances was born in Madison, Nebraska on October 10, 1908 to George and Frances Helmberger, where she joined an older sister, Emma. In 1913 another sister, Madlyn, came along. She was premature and weighted only 3 pounds. Tracy said they put her in a shoebox packed with cotton and placed her on the oven door to keep her warm....
Lucille Sieh
Oct 27, 2010
Lucille Grace Vogt Sieh died on October 27, 2010, at 7:25 p.m. in St. Peter, Minnesota at the age of 78. She was born on a farm west of Naper, Nebraska, on June 23, 1932. Lucille taught school in rural Naper for a short time. She married Johnny Sieh on June 24, 1950, and they resided in Naper all of...
Geraldine Leclaire
Oct 21, 2010
Memorial services will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 1:00 PM at the Milks Camp Community Hall near Bonesteel. Burial will be in the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Cemetery near St. Charles, SD. Geraldine died October 21, 2010 at her home in Sioux Falls.
Harlan Carlson
Oct 17, 2010
Harlan Lloyd Carlson, age 76, left this life peacefully on Sunday, October 17, 2010, at the Burke Community Memorial Hospital. Harlan was born August 23, 1934 to Lloyd and Emma (Welfl) Carlson. He was born the 4th of 9 children. After high school Harlan worked for neighbors at harvest time. While working on the Hitchcock farm he met Joyce Sanden,...
Tomi Smikle
Oct 16, 2010
Tomi L. Smikle was born July 26, 1948 in Burke, South Dakota to Charles Bud Smikle and Esther Nachtigal Smikle. He died Oct. 16, 2010 at his home in Herrick. His childhood was spent on the family ranch north of Herrick. When Tomi began school the family moved into Herrick. He graduated from Burke High School in 1966 and from...
Francis Leclaire
Oct 7, 2010
Francis Dana LeClaire was born August 20, 1966 to Francis and Geraldine LeClaire. Dana spent most of his life in Bonesteel where he attended school. After graduating he enlisted in the Maries, serving four years from 1984 to 1988, as well as two years in the reserves. He completed his training at Camp Pendleton in California. During his service he...
Laurence Dean Koenig
Sep 21, 2010
Laurence Dean Koenig was born February 25, 1948 at Fairfax, South Dakota to Joseph P. and Ida (Humpal) Koenig. He died September 21, 2010 at his home in Butte, Nebraska at the age of 62 years. Laurence grew up on the family farm east of Fairfax. He attended school there and graduated from Fairfax High School in 1966. He then...
Wesley Dappen
Sep 1, 2010
Wesley Dappen was born at Lucas, South Dakota at the farm of his parents, Joseph L. and Rosetta (Smith) Dappen on January 23, 1929 and passed away from mesothelioma on September 1, 2010 at Monarch Hospice Home in Lincoln, Nebraska. He attended Sunnyside, a one-room school, in Lucas and graduated from Gregory High School in 1947. Wesley had a love...
Gerald Kortmeyer
Aug 17, 2010
Dr. Gerald Dean Kortmeyer was born to Erwin and Alice Kortmeyer and was raised in Burke, South Dakota. He was the third of six siblings. Jerry married Janet Clausen and had four children: Dennis (Jennifer), Dr. David (Edith), Diane (Doug)Brawley of Cathedral City, California and Debbie Kortmeyer of Springfield, Missouri. The family moved to California in 1962 where Jerry owned...
Mabel Bradford
Aug 10, 2010
Mable Marie Bradford was born in Wisconsin on October 17, 1919. She graduated high school in Monroe, Wisconsin. Mable was united in marriage to Sidney Lawrence Bradford. Mable has always been a loving and supporting wife to her husband. She was able to travel with her husband overseas while he served in the Army. She maintained the household and care...
Vernon Wells
Aug 6, 2010
Vernon Doyle Wells was born on September 26, 1928 at Spencer Nebraska to Walter and Martha Wells. His childhood years and school years were in Spencer, Nebraska. He worked for area ranchers, farmers and construction jobs. He joined the service in January of 1952 doing his basic training in Missouri and then on the Fort Hood, Texas. From then he...
