Willard C. "Willie" Hellwig
Jul 10, 2019
Willie was born May 25, 1928, the youngest of 4 girls and 2 boys to John and Helen (Hintz) Hellwig. They lived on a farm east of Menno. He attended country school through the eighth grade. After that he worked on the farm until age 19 when he married Lucille Steffen. Willie worked with his father at...
Constance O. "Connie" Kendall
Jul 9, 2019
Constance was born August 8, 1922 to Gustav and Albertina (Haugan) Nysveen on a farm near Volin, SD. She grew up in the Marindal area and received her eighth grade education at Country School #28 West Prairie. She graduated from high school in May 1940 in Volin, SD. Her favorite sport in grade school was playing softball...
Orville T. Wagner
Jul 5, 2019
Orville Wagner was born on May 4th, 1934 to Adolph and Jennie(Nedved)Wagner and died July 5th, 2019 at the age of eighty-five. He attended grade school in Lawrence Township through 1948 and graduated from Wagner High School in 1952. After graduation, he stayed on the parents farm until June 1955 at which time he enlisted in the...
Larry D. "The Cable Guy" Lewis
Jul 3, 2019
Our Dad was born February 21, 1957, in Davenport, IA, to Loyde and Bernedene (Hansen) Lewis. He was #5 in a loving family of 10 children. He grew up in Redfield, SD and attended elementary and high school. His taste of the cable TV business began in the early to mid 1970’s when he worked for Thomas...
Les Rave
Jun 28, 2019
Leslie H. Rave was born in Winnegago, NE to Willard C. and Violet (Thornton) Rave on March 5, 1957. He was the oldest of five siblings, Mollie, Thornton Lee and Willard “Jim” Rave, Vaughnelle Peniska and Francine McKenzie (Peniska). He was raised in Niobrara, NE where he also attended school. He graduated from Niobrara High School and...
Harriet V. Yun
Jun 26, 2019
YUN HARRIET
Harriet V. Yun, age 96 of Yankton, SD went home to her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton, SD. Honorary urn bearers will be her grandchildren: Amy Lacroix, Lisa Olson, Neal Lacroix, Nathan Lacroix, Bethany VerBeek, Leah Rezac,...
Daniel Peter Steiner
Jun 26, 2019
Dan was born on October 4, 1928 to Frank and Katherine (Vogel) Steiner of Eden, SD. He grew up on the family farm where he worked with his seven brothers and three sisters. He attended country school in Eden and from an early age demonstrated an affinity for animals and a natural curiosity.
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Thomas Richard Schramm
Jun 26, 2019
SCHRAMM THOMAS RICHARD
Thomas Richard Schramm, age 74 of Yankton, SD passed away unexpectedly at his home early Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
Tom was born December 18, 1944 in Yankton, SD to Arthur and M. Margaret (Schneider) Schramm, the youngest of ten children. ...
Arlene M. Kronaizl
Jun 23, 2019
Arlene M. Kronaizl, the daughter of Emil and Leantine (Schnieder) Rothschadl, was born on March 23, 1932 in Tyndall, SD. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Leo Catholic Church.
Arlene was united in marriage to Thomas G. Kronaizl on September 19, 1949 at St. Leo Catholic church and to this...
Janeane M. Steinberg
Jun 18, 2019
Janeane was born on the family farm in St. Helena NE on September 28, 1935, (Mom would always say “the same year as Elvis Presley”), to Henry T. and Agnes C. (Betz) Schmidt.
She attended grade school at St. Mary’s in St. Helena, and the 9th and 10th grades at St....
Joseph R. "Joe" Massey
Jun 18, 2019
Joseph Robert Massey (Joe) was born on August 20, 1960 in Yankton, SD to Robert and Janice [Haberer] Massey. Joe went to country school till 4th grade and then went to Menno Public School. He graduated in 1979. He worked for various farmers, Stuart Huber, Heinie Farms, Guthmiller Trucking, Valley Ag Service and Svartoien Harvest Crew where...
Lucy Holdorf
Jun 18, 2019
Holdorf, Lucy
Lucy Holdorf, age 88 of Yankton, SD passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton.
Lucy was born January 29, 1931 to Maurice and Julia Ketter (Wiebelhaus) in Hartington, Nebraska .
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Michael John Sykora
Jun 18, 2019
Michael was born November 25, 1961 in Yankton, South Dakota to Ralph Charles and Lavonne Elizabeth (Eggerling) Sykora. He was raised on the family farm and first attended Highland Country School until its closure, after which he attended Public School in Springfield, South Dakota where he graduated high school in 1980. Michael then attended the University of...
Verna M. Zeeb
Jun 17, 2019
Zeeb, Verna
Verna M. Zeeb, age 91 of Freeman, SD and formerly of Menno, SD passed away on Monday, June 17, 2019 at the Salem Mennonite Home in Freeman, SD.
Verna Zeeb was born on the family farm near Menno, SD on October 21, 1927...
John H. Thornton
Jun 15, 2019
John was born August 11, 1952 in Yankton, SD to Walter and Lena (Cook) Thornton, Sr. John was raised in Yankton and had a large family. He worked in construction and roofing before health issues prevented him from working. John attended school in Yankton, Marty and Job Corp. He was a longtime softball player.
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Robert Vernon "Bob" Jensen
Jun 13, 2019
Robert Jensen was born March 20, 1931 in Yankton, SD to Chris and Annie (Schmidt) Jensen. Robert went to school in Ogden, UT and Yankton, SD. He went into the Army in 1947 to 1950. He served in the elite group of paratroopers and took green beret and special forces training. ...
Vera Peterson
Jun 12, 2019
Peterson, Vera
Vera Peterson, age 91 of Tyndall, SD passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at Good Samaritan Society in Tyndall.
Vera was born on November 8, 1927, to William and Sarah ( Woolhiser) Baker in Pierre South...
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....
