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Earl Glen Sieh
Oct 15, 2008
Earl Glen Sieh was born on Dec. 29, 1921, to George and Anna (Becker)Sieh on the family farm west of Naper, Nebr. He attended country school through the 8th grade. He played baseball with the Naper team for several years. He helped his dad with the farm work and also worked for several other farmers in the area before he...
Lionel Delmar Neilan
Oct 11, 2008
Lionel Delmar Neilan was born June 11, 1936 in Bonesteel, SD to Martin and Edith Adella (Reinoehl) Neilan. He died October 11, 2008 at the Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 72 years and 4 months after a long and courageous battle with a very rare disease, Progressive Supra-nuclear Palsy (PSP). Lionel was baptized on...
Esther Florence Smikle
Oct 8, 2008
Esther Florence Smikle was born April 26, 1924 in Fairfax, South Dakota, the only child of Otto and Emma (Dietz) Nachtigal and she died October 8, 2008 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota. When Esther was 2 years old, they moved from their ranch on Scalp Creek, east of Fairfax, to the Nachtigal homestead on the south...
Mary Applebee
Sep 26, 2008
Mary Beth Applebee was born May 15, 1935 at Bonesteel, South Dakota to John and Ethel (Hagadorn) Applebee and she died September 26, 2008 at the Gregory Healthcare Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 73 years. Mary lived in Bonesteel her entire life. She graduated from Bonesteel High School in 1956. She was a child care provider...
Garry Frank Lewis
Sep 22, 2008
Rememberance Celebration services will be held Saturday, October 11, 2008 from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at the Butte Parish Hall in Butte, Nebraska.
Tom Harlan
Sep 18, 2008
L Thomas Harlan was born December 12th, 1927 in Fort Scott, Kansas to Leo and Opal (Finley) Harlan and he died September 18th, 2008 at his home in Bonesteel, South Dakota at the age of 80 years, 9 months and 6 days. After high school Tom joined the Navy and served in the Philippines until the end of World War...
Wilson Andrews
Sep 18, 2008
It' Unkansan Wanbli - Gray Bald Eagle Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 2:00 PM at the United Church of Christ near Bonesteel, SD. Burial will be in the Ponca UCC Cemetery, rural St. Charles, SD. Wake services will begin on Monday and continue until the time of the services at the Church. Clausen Funeral...
Gary Forsch
Sep 12, 2008
Gary was born July 26, 1947 in Burke, South Dakota to Emil and Albina (Stroh) Forsch. He died September 12, 2008 at the age of 61. Gary was raised on his grandfather's homestead until the age of 17; at which time he left to pursue a truck driving career. After meeting Jean Remter and marrying in July 1976 they were...
Glen Talsma
Sep 11, 2008
Funeral services will be held on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 10:00 AM at Grace Lutheran Church in Burke. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery, Burke. Visitation will begin on Sunday at 4:00 PM, with a 5:00 PM prayer service at Clausen Funeral Home in Burke.
Harley Jons
Sep 4, 2008
Harley Verne Jons was born April 17, 1927, in his family's home in rural Bonesteel, South Dakota to Arthur and Alma (Vetter) Jons. He died September 4, 2008 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, surrounded by his family, at the age of 81 years. Harley attended grade school at Pleasant Valley Country School and Bonesteel High School,...
Foster Farrand
Aug 25, 2008
Foster Farrand was born October 14, 1914 at the family farm near Dorsey, Nebraska to William and Minnie (Gibson) Farrand. He died August 25, 2008 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 93 years. Foster gave his heart to the Lord as a young man and faithfully served God until his death. He worked...
Raymond Blum
Aug 24, 2008
Raymond "Jim" Blum was born March 22, 1933 at Naper, Nebraska to Leo and Elizabeth (Halbur) Blum and he died August 24, 2008 at his home in Naper, Nebraska, after a long and courageous battle with cancer, at the age of 75 years. Jim lived all of his life around the Naper area and attended the Naper Public School. He...
Edwin Frasch
Aug 13, 2008
Edwin Frasch was born September 16, 1920 at the family farm near Fairfax, South Dakota to John and Mary (Herrmann) Frasch and he died August 13, 2008 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 87 years, 10 months and 27 days. Ed was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fairfax. On July...
Nellie Connell
Aug 12, 2008
Nellie Connell was born September 24, 1915 at Worthing, South Dakota to George and Ruby (Frazier) Bradshaw. She died August 12, 2008 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 92 years. Nellie attended college at Yankton College in Yankton, South Dakota. She taught elementary school for over 33 years in Burke, South Dakota. She...
Glen Barnes
Jul 18, 2008
Glen Earl 'Barney' Barnes was born September 16, 1919 at Winner, South Dakota to Claude and Blanch (Lantis) Barnes. He died July 18, 2008 at the Fountain Springs Health Center in Rapid City, South Dakota at the age of 88 years. Glen was raised in the Dallas area. On April 14, 1937 he was enrolled in the CCC's at Blue...
Iola Labahn
Jul 10, 2008
Iola May (Ragan) Labahn was born on December 1, 1917 on the homestead north of Lucas, SD to Claude and Nora (Swift) Ragan. Iola passed away in her sleep on July 10, 2008 at the Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls, SD. At the age of 90 years, 7 months, and 9 days. Iola grew up on her parent's farm...
Frances Smith
Jul 4, 2008
Frances Irene Smith was born July 30, 1911 to Clyde and Edith (Fee) Fast and she died July 4, 2008 at the Gregory Hospital in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 96 years, 11 months and 4 days. Frances grew up on the Fee family farm southwest of Naper, Nebraska. After graduating from Butte High School, which included normal...
Rodney Johnson
Jul 3, 2008
Rodney Arthur Johnson was born January 21, 1959 at Burke, South Dakota and he died July 3, 2008 at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota at the age of 49 years5 months and 12 days. Rodney Hot Rod was the third son born to Raymond A. and Dorothy Jean (Benter) Johnson. He lived his life in Burke. He...
Jenna Mae Davis
Jun 26, 2008
Jenna Mae Davis was born September 27, 1917 to Leroy and Pearl (Kelly) Kibby on their homestead located on the banks of the Keya Paha River in Boyd County, Nebraska. She died June 26, 2008 at the Gregory Health Care Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 90 years. Jenna graduated from Butte High School in 1936. She...
Jacque Juracek
May 23, 2008
Jacque Juracek, age 59, died May 23, 2008 with her family by her side at Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, SD from aplastic anemia. Jacqueline Garnet Soesbe was born in Burke, SD on March 13, 1949 to Vernon and Eva Audiss Soesbe, the youngest of four children. Jacque was raised on a farm North of Gregory, SD and attended Gregory...
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