Obituary Listing

Jan 11, 2017

Myron “Casey” Knodel, age 80, of Tripp and formerly of Menno, SD passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at the Tripp Good Samaritan Society, Tripp, SD. Memorial services will be 10:00 AM, Monday, January 16, 2017 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Menno with Rev. Matthew Resner officiating. Burial of his cremated remains will be a private family service. A...

Jan 9, 2017

Inez (Chance) Winckler age 90 of Alcester and formerly of Freeman and Menno passed away Monday, January 9, 2017 at the Alcester Care and Rehab Center, Alcester, SD. Online condolences may be sent at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com. Inez Emma Herrboldt was born April 10th, 1926 in Menno SD to parents Emil and Emma (Ulmer) Herrboldt. She graduated to heaven at the age...

Jan 7, 2017

Hulda (Kirschenman) Mensch was born February 5th 1924, in Menno, S.D. to Theobald (T.H.) and Alma (Oswald) Kirschenman. Hulda was baptized October 26, 1924 by Reverend Rittershaus and confirmed June 26, 1938 by Reverend Bodenman at Salem Reformed Church, Menno, SD. Hulda married LaVerne Mensch on September 3, 1944 and to this union two children were born, a son, Roger...

Jan 6, 2017

Agnes was born May 24, 1924 in rural Utica, SD to William and Annie (Rolfs) Steensma. She attended Fishbeck Rural School, Utica High School and graduated from Yankton High School in 1942. After graduation she went to Washington, D.C. and worked for the Foreign Economic Administration, the District of Unemployment Compensation Board and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. On July...

Jan 4, 2017

Karen Paintner, age 76 of Gayville, SD passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at the Avera Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Yankton, SD with Rev. Larry Regynski officiating. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitations will be Monday, January 9, 2017...

Jan 4, 2017

PECHOUS, LEONA R.

Leona R. Pechous, age 88 of Springfield Assisted Living Center and Tyndall Good Samaritan Center for a short time, passed away Wednesday, January 04, 2017 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Hospice, Yankton, SD.

On-line condolences may be sent at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are in care of the Opsahl-Kostel Memorial...

Jan 3, 2017

Earl Reese, age 83 of Yankton, SD passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at the Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton, SD. A Memorial service will be held 11:00 AM, Friday, January 13, 2017 at the United Church of Christ (Congregational), Yankton, SD with Rev. Molly Carlson officiating with a full Norwegian meal to follow in Pilgrim Hall and...

Dec 31, 2016

Leo Mathias Weinandt passed away Saturday, December 31st, 2016, at Majestic Bluffs in Yankton at the age of 88. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Yankton, SD with Rev. Larry Regynski officiating. Burial of his cremated remains will be 2:00 PM Thursday, January 5, 2017 in the Sacred...

Dec 31, 2016

Marlene Shelburg, age 75 of Yankton, SD passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton, SD. There will be no memorial services. Private family burial will be in the Mission Hill Cemetery, Mission Hill, SD at a later date with the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory assisting with the arrangements. On-line condolences may be...

Dec 22, 2016

Dr. Brooks Ranney passed away Thursday morning at 1:11 a.m. at Autumn Winds Assisted Living where he had been a resident for the past two years.

On-line condolences may be sent at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com.

Alden Brooks Ranney was born January 31, 1915 in Daytona Beach, Florida to Milo and Ruth (Schertz) Ranney....

Dec 21, 2016

MINOR, SHEILA

Sheila Minor, age 54 of Yankton passed away unexpectedly at her home on Wednesday, December 21, 2016. No formal services will be held at this time. Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory, Yankton is in care of the arrangements.

Dec 20, 2016

Jimmie J. Carda, age 84 of Tabor, SD and Sioux City, IA passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton, SD. On-line condolences may be sent to: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com.

Jimmie was born on June 13, 1932 in Tabor, SD to Joseph F. and Mary E. (Bouska) Carda. He was baptized and...

Dec 15, 2016

CASTLEMAN MARGARET Margaret Castleman, age 92, of Yankton, SD, formerly of Oakland, Modesto and Windsor, CA, passed away December 15, 2016 peacefully at home surrounded by family and Mokey (her cat). At her request, there will be no services held. Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory, Yankton, SD is assisting the services for the family. Margaret was born on February 22,...

Dec 14, 2016

John “Buck” Wayne Varvel, was born September 26, 1933, at the family’s farm home, near Marsland, in the panhandle of Nebraska, to John Jacob and Eleanor (Murphy) Varvel, the youngest of six children. The family farmed and ranched until the United States entered World War II; the family then moved to the newly created Army Ordnance Depot at Igloo, South...

Dec 13, 2016

Dangel, Leo P.

Leo P. Dangel, age 75, of Yankton, SD passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton, SD.

On-line condolences may be sent at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com.

Leo was born August 7, 1941 in Freeman, SD to John and Sylvia (Andersen) Dangel....

Dec 5, 2016

Arthur was born in Yankton, SD on April 13, 1943 to Lawrence and Isabell (Birgen) Sees. Arthur married Rosemary Andersen on August 1, 1968 at St. Boniface Idylwilde Catholic Church in rural Freeman, SD. To this union, one daughter and three sons were born. Arthur was a loving husband and a very good dad and grandpa.

He...

Dec 4, 2016

Services will be held with his family in Cuba.

Nov 28, 2016

David Michael Fitch age 68 of Mission Hill, SD died Monday, November 28, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. On-line condolences may be sent at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com.

FITCH DAVID

David Michael Fitch, age 68, of Mission Hill, SD, a well-loved son, brother, husband, dad, grandpa and friend passed Monday, November 28, 2016...

Nov 26, 2016

Mary Ann O’Malley age 82 of Yankton passed away Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev. Larry Regynski officiating. Burial of her cremated remains will be in the Yankton Cemetery. Visitations will be 6-7...

Nov 25, 2016

KRENOS, DORIS Doris Krenos, age 80 of Yankton, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2016 at Avera Sister James Care Center, Yankton. Arrangements are pending under the care of the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory, Yankton.