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Clinton Mehlhaf
Jun 8, 2019
Clinton was born October 26, 1948 to Eugene and Lenora (Mehlhaff) Mehlhaf. A lifelong member of Zion Reformed Church of Menno, SD, he was baptized on December 19th, 1948 by Rev. William Korn and confirmed on June 24th, 1962 by Rev. William Korn. He attended Huber Country School District 13, and later graduated from Menno High School...
John Swensen
Jun 6, 2019
John Alan Swensen was born on July 23, 1953 to Wilmar and Margaret (Anderson) Swensen in Yankton, South Dakota, the fourth of 11 children. He attended Lincoln Elementary, Yankton Middle School, and graduated from Yankton High School in 1971. In the early 1980’s, after hurting his back trucking coast-to-coast, he attended Southern State College in Springfield one...
Jacolyne R. "Jackie" Gilbertson
Jun 5, 2019
Jackie was born January 31, 1952 in Pickstown, SD, the daughter of Delores (Denker Mason) Jacobs and William Mason, Sr. At eighteen months, Jackie moved with her family to Amherst Ohio, and when Jackie was five, her family moved again, to Henrietta Township near Oberlin, Ohio, where she lived until graduating from Firelands High School in 1970....
Darlene Schempp
Jun 3, 2019
Darlene was born on October 28, 1932 in rural Menno, South Dakota to Hildebert and Martha (Schaeffer) Guericke. She attended rural elementary school, graduated from Menno High School in 1950 and from Stewart’s School of Hairdressing in 1961.
On April 22, 1951, Darlene married Ervin Schempp, living most of their married lives in the Menno...
Victor Peter Auch
May 31, 2019
Victor was born August 31, 1928 to John and Lydia (Schoppert) Auch on a farm eight miles north of Menno. Victor grew up in Menno and was baptized on November 22, 1928 at Johannestahl Reformed Church, rural Menno, SD. Victor married Evon Ferdinand on October 11, 1979 and to this union, two children were born,...
Frank E. Hoxsie
May 28, 2019
HOXSIE FRANK
Frank E. Hoxsie, age 87 of Yankton, SD passed away unexpectedly at his home.
Frank E. Hoxsie was born September 3, 1931 at Winnebago, NE to Rufus and Eva (Kohler) Hoxsie. He attended school at Walthill, NE...
Agnes C. Kocer
May 28, 2019
Agnes was born on September 4, 1919 to Stiny and Agnes (Schuch) Carda on a farm near Tyndall, SD. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Tabor. She attended the Richard Steckly Rural School, Bon Homme County.
She moved to Omaha, NE for...
Anna Harty
May 25, 2019
Anna Elizabeth was born December 22,1976 to Bernie and Robin (Cutts) Goeden in Yankton, SD. She grew up in Yankton attending Webster school and graduating from Yankton High in 1995. She was active in girls softball and marching band.
Anna attended Southeast Tech, graduating with an Associate Degree in Business Administration. ...
Ryan Sestak
May 24, 2019
Ryan Gary Sestak was born on February 7, 1977 to Gary and Marilyn (Teply) Sestak in Sioux Falls, SD. Ryan attended Bon Homme High School and graduated in 1995. His two biggest accomplishments in high school came from winning the State Football Championship and the heart of his wife, Hilary (Munkvold). After high school, he enlisted in...
Ellen Mcvay
May 23, 2019
Ellen Frances Rodman McVay was born May 4, 1949, in Louisville, KY, to George Hurst Rodman and Francis Mulligan Rodman. She grew up in Greenville, KY, and graduated from Greenville High School in 1967. Ellen received her Bachelor of Arts from Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, OH, in 1971 and then completed her Masters in Social...
Michael Erick "Erick" Haynie
May 20, 2019
HAYNIE, MICHAEL
Michael Erick Haynie, age 43 of Yankton, SD passed away Monday, May 20, 2019 at his residence. Honorary pallbearers are: Joe Haynie, Rose-Marie Haynie and Ethan Haynie.
Michael Erick Haynie was born on April 1, 1976 in Vermillion, SD...
Peder A. Pederson
May 19, 2019
PEDERSON PEDER
Peder A. Pederson, age 95 of Yankton, SD passed away peacefully early Sunday, May 19, 2019 at Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton, SD.
Peder A. Pederson, son of John and Anna (Jorstad) Pederson, was born on July 6th, 1923 in...
Alice Thomsen
May 16, 2019
Alice Thomsen was born on September 25, 1924 in rural Irene, SD to Martin and Christina (Guldhammer) Swensen. She was baptized and confirmed in Turkey Valley Lutheran Church, rural Irene, SD. She married Virgil Thomsen on September 26, 1943 in Yankton, SD. and lived in rural Irene and Tabor where Virgil farmed until they moved into Yankton...
Rodney Bickerstaff
May 12, 2019
Bickerstaff, Rodney
Rodney Bickerstaff, age 46 of Santee, NE passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2019 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Rodney was born November 12, 1972 at St Mary’s Hospital in Scottsbluff NE to Robert Bickerstaff Sr., and Mary Marquez. Rodney was...

Daniel E "Dan" Zeeb
May 10, 2019
ZEEB DAN
Dan Zeeb, age 61, of Menno, SD passed away unexpectedly at his home, Friday, May 10, 2019.
Daniel Emil Zeeb was born July 27th, 1957 to Emil and Elda (Huber) Zeeb. He was baptized August 25th, 1957 by Reverend Kaempchen and...
John W. Felton
May 9, 2019
John was born June 21, 1945 in The Dalles, Oregon to William and Berenice (Burris) Felton. He was the 5th of fifteen children, 7 brothers and 7 sisters. He grew up in Oregon and Idaho where he learned the importance of hard work and was inspired to travel. He first tried to do this by joining the...
Arlene C. Preszler
May 8, 2019
Preszler, Arlene
Arlene C. Preszler, age 87 of Menno, SD passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2019 at Menno-Olivet Care Center in Menno. Arlene was born on October 4, 1931, near Tripp, SD, to Charley and Mathilda (Guthmiller) Pietz. She was baptized on February 10, 1932, and confirmed on...
Roland H. Preszler
May 7, 2019
Roland Herbert Preszler was born on October 12, 1932 on a farm a couple miles southeast of Menno, South Dakota. He was the second of two sons born to Herbert & Helen (Koerner) Preszler. They lived there until the fall of 1939 and then moved to the family homestead two and a half miles north of Menno....
Ronald D. Pullman
May 6, 2019
Ronald Dale Pullman was born September 3, 1950 to Paul P. and LaVina (Pullman) Pullman at their farm west of Freeman. Ron graduated high school in 1968 and went on to become an automobile mechanic in Denver, Colorado. He moved back to South Dakota in 1970 and began working for a water treatment company. While residing in...
Chad Lee Herrboldt
May 2, 2019
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HERRBOLDT CHAD
Chad Lee Herrboldt, age 51, of Tripp, SD passed away unexpectedly Thursday, May 2, 2019.
Chad Lee Herrboldt was born on August 1, 1967...
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