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Carol Heyden
Feb 24, 2007
Carol Jean Heyden was born July 30, 1937 at Burke, South Dakota to Henry and Blanche (Leonard) Hamann and died February 24, 2007 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 69 years. Carol attended grade school at the Klug, Berg and Burkinshaw Schools. She graduated from Burke High School in 1954. After attending classes...
Dorothy Frasch
Feb 23, 2007
Dorothy May Frasch was born April 14, 1918 east of Fairfax, South Dakota to Albert and Louisa (Dietz) Krueger. She died February 23, 2007 at the Avera Gregory Healthcare Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 88 years. Dorothy was baptized and confirmed in Trinity Lutheran Church at Fairfax. On February 24, 1935 she was united in marriage...
Wayne Baldwin
Feb 20, 2007
Wayne Allen Baldwin was born July 8, 1931 at Bonesteel, South Dakota to Rubin and Frieda (Schroeder) Baldwin and he died February 20, 2007 at the home of Brion and Kristen Paulson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 75 years, 7 months and 12 days. Wayne attended twelve years of school at Bonesteel Public, graduating in 1949....
Elizabeth Richey
Jan 28, 2007
Elizabeth (Betty) Richey was born at Omaha, Nebraska, on March 18, 1921, the daughter of Charles and Emma (Dickman) Richey. She passed away on January 28, 2007, at Burke, South Dakota. Betty spent her childhood on a farm in Tripp County near Wewela, South Dakota. She completed her elementary education in country school and graduated from Colome High School with...
Philip Pense Jr.
Jan 23, 2007
Philip John Pense, Jr. was born November 1, 1950 to Philip John and Phyllis (Brevik) Pense of Lucas, South Dakota and he died January 23, 2007 at Radar Hill, near Pickstown, South Dakota of natural causes. Philip attended Riverview School during his elementary years and graduated from Burke High School in 1969. After graduation, he ranched on the family land...
Earl Whidden
Jan 21, 2007
Earl Monroe Whidden was born September 24, 1906 at Madison County, Nebraska to James Monroe and Rose Ann (Henley) Whidden and he died January 21, 2007 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 100 years, 3 months and 27 days. Earl attended school in Spencer, Nebraska, graduating with the class of 1925. He was...
Jc Engelmeyer
Jan 19, 2007
Joseph Charles JC Engelmeyer passed away January 19, 2007, after a long battle with several illnesses. Joe was born November 29, 1921 to John and Marie (Leibel) Engelmeyer. He attended country school north of Burke and for a short period of time attended a parochial school in Gregory as his parents believed he was destined to become a Catholic Priest....
Lyle Drey
Jan 10, 2007
Lyle Wayne Drey was born August 15, 1920 at Lucas, South Dakota to Albert and Edna Mae (Jones) Drey and he died January 10, 2007 at the Rosebud Country Care Center Nursing Home in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 86 years. Lyle married LaDora Grace Sikes on September 10, 1941. After Lyles WWII naval service in the South...
Shirley Neilan
Jan 6, 2007
Shirley Mae (Vogt) Neilan, daughter of Martin and Vergie (Green) Vogt, was born July 26, 1945 in Gregory, SD. She grew up on the family farm south of Herrick, SD, attending the country school. She attended Bonesteel Public High School, graduating in 1963 and she graduated from National College of Business in Rapid City the following year. On July 6,...
Dennis Camin
Dec 15, 2006
Dennis L. Camin was born on July 24, 1936, a very hot day, in the family farmhouse southwest of Naper, NE on the Keya Paha River, to John and Emma (Bettcher) Camin. He passed away December 15, 2006 at the Butte Healthcare Center at the age of 70 years, 4 months and 21 days. Dennis was baptized August 16, 1936...
Ruth Petersen
Dec 14, 2006
Ruth Evans Petersen was born May 30, 1919 near Dallas, South Dakota to James and Hattie Evans and passed away December 14, 2006 at the Burke Community Memorial Hospital. Ruth was baptized at the St. Paul Church near Norfolk, Nebraska and was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Colome, South Dakota. Her faith in the Lord has remained steadfast to...
Harold Deering
Dec 14, 2006
Harold Howard Deering was born May 6, 1927 at Lucas, South Dakota to John and Theresa (Boes) Deering and he died December 14, 2006 at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 79 years, 7 months and 8 days. Harold was born the eighth of nine children. He graduated from Burke High School in 1944. On...
Donald Schock
Dec 9, 2006
Donald R. Schock was born November 11, 1927 at the family farm near Naper, Nebraska to William and Marie (Kahler) Schock and he died December 9, 2006 at home on the family farm at the age of 79 years and 28 days. Don and his family lived on a farm in rural Burke, South Dakota. He attended grade school at...
Jessie Sangster
Dec 6, 2006
Jessie Sangster was born March 10, 1912 at Burke, South Dakota, the only child of Henry and Katie (Kock) Sander. She died December 6, 2006 at the Gregory Community Hospital in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 94 years. Jessie grew up on the farm south of Burke, which was the homestead of her parents. She attended grade school,...
Marie Schoenefeld
Dec 3, 2006
Grace Marie Schoenefeld was born December 9, 1916 at the home of her parents Adam and Anna (Kortmeyer) Schoenefeld. She died December 3, 2006 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Burke, South Dakota at the age of 89 years. Marie was baptized April 8, 1917 at the German Zion Lutheran Church near Naper, Nebraska. She lived with her parents nine...
Curtis Hitchcock
Nov 30, 2006
Curtis Stanly Hitchcock was born March 31, 1926 at Burke, South Dakota to Fred and Euphemia (Johnson) Hitchcock and he died November 30, 2006 at the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 80 years. Curtis grew up on the family farm south of Jamison, Nebraska. He was baptized in the Jamison United Methodist Church...
Calvin Ehly
Nov 24, 2006
Former Hastings resident Calvin Joseph Ehly, 80, of Sutton, died Friday, November 11, 2006 at the Sutton Community Home in Sutton. Local Services are 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at Sutton Memorial Chapel in Sutton. Services will also be held at 2: 00 p.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at Clausen Funeral Home in Burke, S.D. Interment will be in...
Mary Gormely
Nov 2, 2006
Mary Louise (Buckman) Gormely age 75 of Omaha, Nebraska passed away Thursday, Noveber 2, 2006 at her home. Mary Louise Buckman was born August 5, 1931 in Milks Camp near Herrick, South Dakota. She was the daughter of Mark and Lucille (Archambeaux) Buckman. She is survived by one sister, Beulah Tamayo of Council Bluff, Iowa and numerous nieces and nephews....
Charles Umberger
Oct 16, 2006
Charles Everett Umberger was born December 6, 1915 on his parents farm east of Burke, South Dakota to Charles J. and Della (Allred) Umberger and he died October 16, 2006 at the Avera Gregory Health Care Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 90 years, 10 months and 10 days. Charles lived east of Burke all his life....
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