Mary G. Drey
Mar 17, 2008
Mary Gwendolyn Babe, youngest child of Frances and Elizabeth Abbott was born July 22, 1912, in Carter, South Dakota. She attended her early years of school in Tripp County and later graduated from Geddes High School in Geddes, South Dakota. In the spring of 1938 she married LeRoy Drey of Tripp County. The couple lived south-west of Winner near LeRoys...
Theresa Stoltenberg
Mar 11, 2008
Theresa Elizabeth Stoltenberg was born May 29, 1910 at Carroll, Iowa to Alfred and Catherine (Tiefenthaler) Derner and she died March 11, 2008 at the Good Samaritan Center in Atkinson, Nebraska at the age of 97 years, 9 months and 12 days. Theresa grew up on a farm near Butte, Nebraska and attended school in Butte. She was united in...
John Campbell
Mar 11, 2008
John Joseph Campbell, the second of ten children, was born November 13, 1942 at Stuart, Nebraska to Glenn and Frances (Ketterl) Campbell. He died March 11, 2008 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, following a bout with cancer and a recent surgery, at the age of 65 years, 3 months and 28 days. John attended rural school...
Edward Pistulka
Mar 10, 2008
Edward Pistulka, the son of Thomas and Lydia (Humpal) Pistulka was born in Bonesteel SD., October 18, 1922. He died at the Avera Rosebud Country Care Center, March 10, 2008 at the age of 85 years, 4 months and 21 days. Edward graduated from Saint Charles High School in May, 1940. He lived most of his life on his farm...
Dorothy Waterbury
Mar 8, 2008
Dorothy Jean Waterbury was born July 27, 1924 at Burke, S.D. to Pearl Nancy and John Victor Jackson. She passed away March 8th, 2008 at the Gregory Nursing Home in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 83 years, 7 months and 12 days. Dorothy was born to a family of four brothers. She attended rural school through grade school...
Delbert Fuhrer
Feb 26, 2008
Delbert Melvin Fuhrer was born March 20, 1928 on a farm southwest of Butte, Nebraska to John and Margaret (Bruns) Fuhrer and he died February 26, 2008 at the Golden Living Center in Neligh, Nebraska at the age of 79 years, 11 months and 6 days. Delbert grew up in the Butte area and graduated from Butte High School. Following...
Bernita Odenbach
Feb 25, 2008
Bernita Virginia (Beauchamp) Odenbach Born on a farm 5 miles northeast of Herrick, SD on September 30th, 1929 was the eighth of nine children of Edward and Elsie (Florey) Beauchamp. Officially named Virginia Bernita after a paternal aunt, her mother called her Bernita Virginia. Bernita attended Herrick Public School, 1st-10th grades until 1946 when the school closed due to lack...
Orville Waterbury
Feb 21, 2008
Orville Waterbury was born May 1, 1927 at Burke, South Dakota to George, Sr. and Rebecca (Bohnet) Waterbury. He died February 21, 2008 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 80 years, 9 months and 20 days. Orville was born to a family of two brothers and two sisters. He attended rural schools in...
Donald Schmitz
Feb 13, 2008
Donald William Schmitz was born August 8, 1935, on a homestead 3 1/2 miles west of Bonesteel to Tony and Helen (Horst) Schmitz and died Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at the age of 72 years. Don attended Country School north of Bonesteel and graduated from Bonesteel High School in 1953. For the next 5 years, Don spent most of his...
Wayne Leibel
Feb 12, 2008
Wayne Edward Leibel of rural Elk Point, South Dakota died February 12, 2008 at the VA Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Wayne, the third eldest child of John J. and Selma (Schroer) Leibel was born September 7, 1938 at Burke, South Dakota. He was rasied on the family farm north of Burke, and attended the Streeter School throughout his elementary...
Calvin Hoffie
Feb 8, 2008
Calvin Hoffie, 60, Mitchell, died Friday, February 8, 2008 at his home under hospice care in Mitchell. Funeral services will be Monday, February 11, 2008, 2:00 PM at the Clausen Funeral Home in Burke. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery in Burke. Visitation will be from 5-7PM Sunday evening at the Bittner Funeral Chapel in Mitchell. Calvin Karl Hoffie was...
Oscar Allum
Feb 2, 2008
Oscar Warren Allum, age 87, of Burke, South Dakota died February 2, 2008 at Covington Heights Nursing Home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Oscar was born May 5, 1920 in Herrick, South Dakota to Bob and Amy Allum. He attended elementary school in the country and graduated from Burke High School in 1937. Oscar entered into the Army in 1942...
Paul Rust
Jan 21, 2008
Paul Charles Rust passed away on January 21, 2008 at the Burke Community Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Paul was born on November 8, 1925 to Charles and Agatha (Viek) Rust. He grew up and attended grade school and high school in the Herrick area. Paul enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in November 1943 and was stationed...
Lloyd Butler
Jan 17, 2008
Lloyd Julius Butler, age 98, of Gregory, South Dakota died January 17, 2008 at the Rosebud Country Care Center Nursing Home in Gregory, South Dakota. Lloyd was born July 31, 1909 at Burke, South Dakota to Julius and Dora (Hysell) Butler. He attended school in Burke. He was united in marriage to Mildred Stevicks on April 19, 1930. Together they...
Ivan Umberger
Jan 9, 2008
Ivan Joseph Umberger was born May 19, 1931 at Burke, South Dakota to Charles and Della (Allred) Umberger and he died January 9, 2008 surrounded by his loving family at the Gregory Community Hospital in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 76 years. Ivan was raised in the Burke area. He attended school through the eighth grade and entered...
Terry Ahlers
Dec 22, 2007
Terry Ahlers age 51 of Naper, Ne passed away Saturday, December 22, 2007 at his home. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, January 2, 2007 at 10:30 AM at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Naper, NE. Inurnment will be at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery.
Katherine Gregoire
Dec 17, 2007
Katherine Ann Gregoire was born May 25, 1959 at Platte, South Dakota to Terry and Shirley (Meyer) Gregoire and she died December 17, 2007 at the Platte Health Center in Platte, South Dakota at the age of 48 years. Kathy was baptized and took her first communion at St. Anthonys Catholic Church in Fairfax in 1966. She attended Fairfax Elementary...
Elmer Richardson
Dec 12, 2007
Elmer Leslie Richardson was born December 25, 1914, southeast of Brocksburg, Nebraska and he died December 12, 2007 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 92 years. Elmer was the fourth of five children born to Charles and Viola (Byers) Richardson. When the children reached school age, the family moved to Gregory County. They...
Winona Neilan
Nov 24, 2007
Winona Udela Neilan was born February 23, 1922 at Hoisington, Kansas and she died November 24, 2007 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 85 years, 9 months and 1 day. Winona was the third child born to Wallace and Cecil (Wilson) Cody. Her father died in 1927, and, due to hard times, the...
Clara Neumiller
Nov 24, 2007
Clara Neumiller was born December 6, 1915, the fifth child , of eight, of Dietrich and Lydia (Mayer) Ahlers, in a log house on her parents farm 5 miles west and 2 miles north of Naper, NE. She went to grade school at District 60 located about 1 and one half miles west of the home place and then graduated...
