Martha Mashek
May 13, 2010
Martha Matilda Mashek passed away in Sioux Falls, SD, on May 13, 2010 at the age of 96. She was born on February 27, 1914, in Winner, South Dakota to Oscar and Gertrude Haisch (Wheeler). She was the fifth of nine children and grew up as a ranchers daughter, many years of which were at the Mule Head Ranch near...
Dan Roggow
May 10, 2010
Dan Roggow was born October 5, 1919 at Lucas, South Dakota to Fred and Nathalia (Deering) Roggow and he died May 10, 2010 at the Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 90 years. Dan grew up and attended the Sunnyside School near Lucas. He was united in marriage to Stella Sufficool on October 4,...
Harvey D Red Hill
Apr 24, 2010
Harvey D. Red Hill was born March 20, 1950 to Kenneth and Marcella (Circle Fool) Red Hill Sr. at home south of St. Charles, SD during a raging blizzard. He attended St. Charles Public School and graduated from Bonesteel High School in May of 1968. He then attended Aberdeen School of Commerce Studying Senior Accounting and graduating in May of...
Bertha Nagel
Apr 18, 2010
Bertha V. Nagel was born June 18, 1911 on the family farm west of Stuart, Nebraska to Andrew and Sarah (Moon) Johnson and she died April 18, 2010 at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska at the age of 98 years. Bertha was united in marriage to Melvin Riley and to this union one child, Dorothy, was born. They...
Stephanie Blue Bird
Apr 18, 2010
Stephanie Lynn Blue Bird was born August 10, 1975 at Sioux City, Iowa to Orlo and Pearl Blue Bird. She passed away April 18, 2010 at her residence in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 34 years. Stephanie grew up at St. Charles, South Dakota and attended school at Bonesteel-Fairfax where she graduated. She then enlisted in the...
Regina Koenig
Apr 15, 2010
Regina Koenig was born October 27, 1920 at Osmond, Nebr. to Frank and Emma Ulrich. She died April 15, 2010 at the age of 89 years, 5 months, and 18 days. At the age of four, she moved with her parents and two sisters, Hilda and Theresa, to the Burke, Bonesteel & Fairfax areas where their parents farmed and the...
Janice Walters
Apr 5, 2010
Janice Kay Walters was born March 30, 1962 at Burke, South Dakota to James and Lynda (Roggow) Lubbers. She passed away April 5, 2010 after a brief illness in Richfield, Minnesota at the age of 48 years. Janice grew up on the family farm northeast of Burke, SD, where she enjoyed running the hills and creek bottoms with her brothers....
Julius Nelson
Apr 3, 2010
Dr. Julius John Joseph Nelson was born in Hopkins, MN on May 5, 1923 to Rinold and Wilhelmina (Mielke) Nelson. He passed away at his home on April 3, 2010 at the age of 86 years and 11 months, surrounded by his family. Julius grew up in Hopkins and graduated from High School in 1941. He served in the Army...
Ella Bechtold
Mar 29, 2010
Ella Bud Bechtold was born March 11, 1910 to John and Minnie (Weickum) Wentz near Naper, Nebraska. She was the third of eleven children. She died March 29, 2010 at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska at the age of 100 years. Ella married Johnnie Bechtold on August 29, 1928 in Burke, South Dakota. They had one son, Albert....
Hertha Freeman
Mar 25, 2010
Hertha Helena Freeman was born May 1, 1912 in a sod house 12 miles southwest of Burke, South Dakota to John and Mathilda (Huber) Fode and she died March 25, 2010 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 97 years. Hertha grew up on the family farm with her six sisters and 3 brothers....
Lenard Mayer
Mar 22, 2010
Lenard Alvin Mayer was born on February 12, 1922 in a farmhouse near Herrick, SD; the son of Jacob and Mary (Goetz) Mayer. He attended country school and then high school at Burke. He graduated from mechanics school in New York and then became an airplane mechanic during World War II being stationed at Harvard, NE. He was honorably discharged...
Alfred Carlsen
Mar 17, 2010
Alfred K. Carlsen was born on July 16, 1919 at Newell, South Dakota to Chris J. and Cecelia (Olsen) Carlsen, one of nine siblings, and passed away March 17, 2010 at the Avera Gregory Healthcare Center at the age of 90 years. Alfred spent his childhood and young adulthood on the family ranch near Castle Rock, South Dakota. In 1939,...
John Schonebaum
Mar 9, 2010
John Michael Schonebaum, 99, Naper, NE. was born Oct. 13, 1910 NW of Witten, SD in rural Tripp Co., the only child of Paul and Ella (Denker) Schonebaum. He was baptized Aug. 12, 1922 in Herrick, SD. He graduated from St. Charles, SD High School in 1930. He married Vera Zeitner on May 26, 1935 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church...
Mildred Mae Davis
Mar 8, 2010
Mildred Mae Davis was born June 15, 1928 at Fairfax, South Dakota to Herman and Caroline (Weidner) Wilken and she died March 8, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Wagner, South Dakota at the age of 81 years. Mildred was baptized and confirmed in the Trinity Lutheran Church at Fairfax and remained a member until her death. She...
Evelyn Bartling
Mar 6, 2010
Evelyn G. Bartling, the second oldest daughter, was born March 11, 1931 at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Le Mars, Iowa to Richard and Catherine (Reelfs) Dirks and she died March 6, 2010 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 78 years. Evie was baptized and confirmed in the St. John American Lutheran Church...
Gladys Balcom
Feb 28, 2010
Gladys Mae (Bagley) Balcom was born November 12, 1920 at Newcastle, Nebraska to Thomas and Bessie (Gaylord) Bagley, the youngest of five children. She passed away February 28, 2010 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 89 years. Gladys attended grade school and high school at the public school in Newcastle, where she played...
Margaret Williams
Feb 27, 2010
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 10:00 AM at the Ponca Creek UCC Church near Bonesteel. Burial will be in the Ponca Creek UCC Cemetery, rural St. Charles, SD. Wake services will begin on Tuesday at 2:00 PM and continue until the time of the services at the church.
Bernard Burke
Feb 10, 2010
Bernard G. Burke, 90, of Bonesteel, SD passed away suddenly at his home, February 11, 2010. Bernard was born March 25, 1919 on a farm SW of Fairfax, SD to Leo and Hope (Piper) Burke. Bernard started school in Fairfax. The family later moved to St.Charles, SD where he graduated from high school. He entered the service April 1, 1942....
Collins Yellow Hawk
Feb 5, 2010
Collins Yellow Hawk was born October 10, 1919 at Okreek, South Dakota to Edward and Sophie (Roubideaux) Yellow Hawk and he entered into eternal rest on February 5, 2010 at the Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 90 years. Collins attended school at Okreek. He volunteered for the Army on July 16, 1941 and...
Allen Dale Denker
Feb 3, 2010
Allen Dale Denker was born April 9, 1942 on the family farm south of Bonesteel, South Dakota to Otto and Rose (Smolik) Denker. He died February 3, 2010 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 67 years. Allen attended school in Fairfax, South Dakota where he was active in football, basketball and track. He...
