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...
Clifford Chasing Hawk
Aug 6, 2010
Clifford Alvin Chasing Hawk, Sr was born November 22, 1931, to Richard Chasing Hawk, Sr and Hazel (Thomas) Chasing Hawk in St. Charles, South Dakota. He attended country school in the community of Milks Camp. As a boy, he helped out on the farm that he was raised on and was devoted to his Catholic faith, being an altar boy...
Eugene Shipman
Jul 31, 2010
Eugene Elmer Shipman was born March 10, 1923 near Norfolk, Nebraska to Elmer and Esther (Kurpqweit) Shipman and he died July 31, 2010 at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 87 years. Eugene graduated from Fairfax High School in 1941. On September 28, 1945 he was united in marriage to Arline Horst. To this...
Gerald Schmitz
Jul 30, 2010
Gerald M. Schmitz was born July 6, 1925 at Newman Grove, Nebraska to Matthew and Paulina (Driefurst) Schmitz. He died July 30, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in O'Neill, Nebraska at the age of 85 years. Gerald joined the Navy on January 20, 1945, serving his country during World War II. He was recruited in Kansas City, Missouri and...
Joan Krueger
Jul 24, 2010
Joan Adell Krueger was born July 24, 1926 near St. Charles, South Dakota to Wallace and Ethel (Lewis) Peppel and she died July 24, 2010 at the Gregory Hospital in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 84 years. Joan grew up on the family farm near St. Charles. She attended and graduated from St. Charles High School in 1944....
Mervin King
Jul 19, 2010
Mervin Wesley King was born January 7, 1938 at Bonesteel, South Dakota to Dale Wesley and Iva Opal (Herman) King. He died July 19, 2010 at the Winner Regional Healthcare Center in Winner, South Dakota. Mervin was preceded in death by his parents, Dale and Iva; and his nephew, Garvin Board. Mervin is survived by his sisters: Mavis (Jim) Board...
Berniece Hermsen
Jul 19, 2010
Berniece Hermsen was born at Fairfax, South Dakota on Feb 13, 1922 to Leo and Hope (Piper) Burke. She attended schools in Fairfax and St. Charles, graduating in 1940 from St. Charles High School. Berniece was united in marriage to Merrill (Hammie) Hermsen at St. Johns Catholic Church in Herrick, South Dakota on June 29, 1946. Together they worked in...
John Rustemeyer
Jun 19, 2010
John Sanford Rustemeyer was born January 27, 1921 at Bonesteel, South Dakota to John L. Jack and Julia (Lunderman) Rustemeyer and he died June 19, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Luther Manor in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 89 years. John was baptized as an infant and confirmed in July of 1947 in the Lutheran faith. He...
Jack Canon
Jun 18, 2010
Jack Rhoades Canon, the fourth of eight children, was born July 30, 1932 in Spirit Lake, Iowa to Roy and Ethel (Rhoades) Canon and passed away June 18th, 2010 at the home of his daughter, Jamie Leah, and his son-in-law, Anthony Huchko, in Sunrise, Florida, surrounded by his family at the age of 77 years. Jack graduated from Burke High...
Donald Cwach
Jun 10, 2010
Donald Raynald Cwach was born on February 21, 1947 to Robert and Marcella (Sedlacek) Cwach in Yankton, SD. He passed away on June 10, 2010 due to an accident on his farm near Fairfax, SD. Don grew up on a farm near Yankton with his parents and siblings. They moved to Geddes, SD when he was in elementary school. He...
Ida Mae Frasch
Jun 9, 2010
Ida Mae Frasch was born April 4, 1925 at Fairfax, South Dakota to Fred and Lydia (Weidrick) Bentz and she died June 9, 2010 at the Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 85 years. Ida grew up on the family farm near Fairfax with her eight sisters and four brothers. She was one of...
Maurice Schlaht
May 21, 2010
Maurice Gale Schlaht, the eighth of ten children, was born August 6, 1924 at Herrick, South Dakota to Daniel and Amelia (Hochhalter) Schlaht and he died May 21, 2010 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota, surrounded by his family, at the age of 85 years. Maurie received his education in Herrick and area country schools. He graduated...
Mary Duerfeldt
May 15, 2010
Mary Louise Duerfeldt was born May 23, 1953 at Gregory, South Dakota to Frank and Ruth (Sylvester) Gessner. She left this earth on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 56 years. Mary was raised and lived her life in the Burke, South Dakota and the Mills, Nebraska area. She...
