Delvonna Joy Moser
Nov 18, 2017
Delvonna Joy (Wynia) Moser was born on October 30th, 1932 to David (Dave) and Nadine (Halsey) Wynia. She joined a family of two boys and two girls, Donald, Dorothy, Delmer (Duane) and Delores. She had two other brothers who passed away shortly after they were born, one before her birth and her youngest brother, Eugene a few...
Lenore K. Law
Nov 12, 2017
LAW LENORE
Lenore K. Law, age 101 of Yankton, SD passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, November 18, 2017 at St. Benedict Catholic Church, Yankton, SD with Rev. Scott Traynor officiating. Burial will be...
Peter D. Larson
Nov 11, 2017
LARSON PETER
Peter Larson, age 68, passed away November 11, 2017 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, rural Menno, SD with Rev. Theresa Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be in the Our Saviors East Cemetery...
Susan Lee Petrikat
Nov 8, 2017
PETRIKAT SUSAN
Susan Lee Petrikat was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 9, 1949. As an infant, she was adopted by Doris (Powers) and Albert Petrikat residing at St. Louis Park, Minnesota, where she also lived with her adopted brother, Peter. While growing up, the family had many pets, including rabbits,...
Allen T. Bonertz
Nov 5, 2017
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Allen was born August 31, 1941 in Yankton, SD to Ervin and Lugardis (Schmidt) Bonertz. He attended grade school in Minominee, NE. On April 30, 1960, he married Mary Ann Mauch. After being united in marriage, they settled in Newport,...
Edwin A. Degen
Nov 4, 2017
Edwin Adam Degen was born March 15, 1934 at Dimock, South Dakota to Henry and Wilhelmina Mary (Grohs) Degen. He grew up in the Dimock and Ethan, South Dakota area until 1950 when his family moved to the rural Mitchell, SD. area during his high school years. Edwin graduated from Plano High School rural Mitchell, SD. He...
Gunborg Elizabeth Graham
Nov 2, 2017
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Gunborg Elizabeth “Betsy” Graham, the daughter of Gunnar and Christine (Schonstad) Nelson, was born on December 2, 1933 at Aurelia, Iowa. It was there where she received her early education. Her early years were spent in Aurelia and...
Alitha Auch Peterson
Oct 26, 2017
Peterson, Alitha Auch
Alitha Auch-Peterson, 98, of Yankton, SD, passed away on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Center in Scotland, SD. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at the Riverview Reformed Church, Yankton SD with Pastor Rod Veldhuizen officiating. Burial will...
Mary Lynn Black
Oct 19, 2017
Mary Lynn was born March 28, 1930 to Anthony and Pauline Loretta Anderson and lived her entire life in Yankton. She worked for Sacred Heart Hospital for 51 years before she retired in 2010. She worked in the OB/GYN department and assisted in the delivery of hundreds of babies over the...
Ruth Zanter
Oct 18, 2017
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Ruth Illona Walz was born to John H. and Martha (Kalwat) Walz on December 17, 1942 in Freeman, SD. Ruth was baptized in Christ on January 3, 1943 and was confirmed at Heilbron Lutheran Church of Rural Freeman. Ruth attended...
Steven Van De Rostyne
Oct 18, 2017
Steven was born September 7, 1960 in Yankton Hospital to Don and Nyla (Nickles) Van De Rostyne. He graduated from Parker High School in 1977 and attended Mitchell Tech Cooking School and graduated in 1980.
Steven is survived by his father, Don Van De Rostyne of Sioux Falls, SD; sisters, Mary...
Thomas Jefferson "Tj" Hennessey Hausman
Oct 17, 2017
TJ was the youngest son of Gerald and Dixie (Hennessey) Hausman, born October 5th, 1988, in Yankton, SD. The first part of his youth was spent growing up on the family mink ranch. Later, when his family moved into town during his middle school years, his first job was as a delivery boy for the Shopper. After...
Viola Wollman
Oct 16, 2017
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Viola was born October 12, 1921 to Robert and Clara (Weidenbach) Auch on the family farm near Lesterville, SD. She was baptized and confirmed at the Petersburg Congregational Church in rural Lesterville and attended country school at Odessa #41 near...
Luella W. Heer
Oct 15, 2017
Luella Heer, daughter of Emanuel and Emma (Zeeb) Herrboldt, was born on June 27, 1918 on a farm southeast of Menno, SD. She attended country school through 8th grade. She was baptized as an infant in the Ebenezer Reformed Church and confirmed in the Salem Reformed Church. Luella was united in marriage to Ewald W. Aisenbrey on...
Virginia Dvoracek
Oct 10, 2017
Virginia was born June 19, 1922 in rural Irene, SD to Ullin B. and Alice (Rinker) White. She graduated from Yankton High School on May 31, 1940. Virginia married Charles Edward Dvoracek on March 18, 1941 in Utica, SD. Her first job was washing dishes for .00/week. She clerked at Newberry's, Casey’s making donuts, cooked at Southern...
Lorraine Cap
Oct 9, 2017
Lorraine made Yankton her home for a number of years. She loved to collect knick-knacks as her hobby. She was a gentle soul who loved everyone she met.
Lorraine is survived by her community care givers and the staff at Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton, SD.
Arthur D. Peitz
Oct 9, 2017
Art was born October 5, 1927 in Fordyce, NE to Frank and Mary (Loecker) Peitz. Art grew up working on the family farm at Beaver Creek, NE. He graduated from Yankton High School in 1946. Art married Dolores Schneider at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Yankton, SD on May 26, 1952. Art was a route salesman for...
Edwin Merle Pugh
Oct 6, 2017
Edwin “Eddie” Merle Pugh was called to his final cowboy round-up on Friday October 6, 2017. A man who always put his word in a handshake, he worked hard all of his life, giving the shirt off of his back to help others. Eddie joined the Navy during WWII, denying his teen age years. He survived polio...
