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...
Alvin Schochenmaier
Jan 28, 2010
Alvin Schochenmaier age 86 of Naper, NE passed away Thursday, January 28, 2010 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, SD. Alvin Schochenmaier was born June 2, 1923 in Naper, NE to Fred and Katie (Wuest) Schochenmaier. Alvin went to a country school not far from his parents place. He worked for Fred Thoene on his farm until he was...
Mabel Wilkinson
Jan 24, 2010
Mabel E. Wilkinson was born Sept. 23, 1918 at the family farm 8 miles SW of Burke, SD, on the Ponca Creek. Her folks (Jack and Bertha Stuckers) moved to the farm from Nebraska earlier in that year. She was the youngest of 8 children and endured a lot of hard times during the depression and the dust storms of...
Barbara Sangster
Jan 7, 2010
Barbara Jessie Sangster was born March 10, 1945 at Gregory, South Dakota to William and Goldie (Smith) Sangster and she died January 7, 2010 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 64 years. Barbara grew up south of Gregory, South Dakota and also near St. Charles, South Dakota and Naper, Nebraska. She attended country...
Yvonne Cahoy
Jan 6, 2010
Yvonne Bonnie Cahoy was born January 8th 1933 to Grant Robert and Ethie (Woods) Reber in Naper, NE. She died January 6th 2010 at the Lake Andes Health Care Center in Lake Andes, SD at the age of 76 years. Bonnie grew up on a farm west of Naper, NE, along with her younger sister Karen. She attended a rural...
Charlotte Davis
Jan 4, 2010
Charlotte Mae Davis was born the oldest of four children on November 28, 1941 in Lynch, Nebraska to John and Jenna (Kibby) Davis and she died January 4, 2010 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 68 years. Charlotte attended Butte High School in Butte, Nebraska. She continued her education at Wayne State Teachers...
Doris Olsen
Dec 28, 2009
Doris Margaret Olsen was born September 26, 1930 near Burke, South Dakota to William and Lena (Schrader) Woehl and she died December 28, 2009 at the Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 79 years, 3 months and 2 days following a battle with lung cancer. Doris attended Neuharth School south of Burke and graduated...
Howard Benter
Nov 19, 2009
Howard Earl Benter was born February 1, 1925 to Harvey and Esther (Carlson) Benter. He passed away peacefully at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the age of 84. Howard attended school and graduated from Lucas. During the summers he would spend time at his uncle Dale Benters in Wahill, Nebraska working in their...
Margaret Koenig
Oct 26, 2009
Margaret Elsie Koenig was born August 20, 1921 on the family farm north of Fairfax, South Dakota to Albert and Margaret (Opst Cahoy) Pistulka. She died October 26, 2009 at the Lake Andes Healthcare Center in Lake Andes, South Dakota at the age of 88 years. Margaret grew up on the Pistulka homestead. She attended school through the eighth grade...
