Obituaries
- January 18, 2022Shirley Jean Honken, 81, Hills, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Arrangements are provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of…
- January 18, 2022Marya Manfred, 72, of Luverne and Worthington, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne. A celebration of Marya’s life will take place in Luverne in May. Marya was born Dec. 5, 1949, to Frederick and Maryanna (Shorba) Manfred in Minneapolis. She grew up and attended elementary school in Bloomington. She moved to Luverne at age 10 and graduated from…
- January 18, 2022Darrell Hoeck, 81, rural Luverne, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, at the Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, also at Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. In lieu of flowers, the…
- January 18, 2022Norma Anne Wassenaar, 66, Hills, died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, surrounded by her family at the Hospice Cottage in Luverne. A funeral service was Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. Burial followed at Flowerfield Cemetery near Hills. Norma Anne Shubert was born Feb. 17, 1955, to August and Martha (Kruse) Schubert in Luverne. She was raised on the family farm outside of…
- January 18, 2022Dennis Lee Baack, 71, Luverne, formerly of Sheldon, Iowa, died Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, at the Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne. A funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at the First Reformed Church in Sheldon. Burial will be at South Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Visitation was from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Vander Ploeg Funeral…
- January 18, 2022Lee Alexander, 90, Rolla, Missouri, formerly of Luverne, died peacefully on Jan. 7, 2022, in Rolla. Lee Dively was born on June 15, 1931, to Herbert and Eva Dively in Altoona, Pennsylvania. She married Robert Lee Alexander on Aug. 16, 1958, in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. She graduated fromIndiana University of Pennsylvania in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. She received…
- January 18, 2022Steven Larson declared he would never die alone, yet he nearly outwitted us all. He waited until his family had stepped out of his hospice room to give him privacy, and that’s when he tried to make his escape. He never wanted to trouble anyone with goodbyes, and he was always impatient to be on his next adventure. “There’s always more to see,” he said. In the end, his family held his hands as he…
- January 11, 2022Theresa A. Burmeister, 57, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls following a battle with cancer. A funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. Burial follows at Woodstock Cemetery in Woodstock. Memorials may be given to Theresa’s GoFundMe page. Arrangements are provided by Hartquist…
- January 11, 2022Frieda Kooiker, 68, Magnolia, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. Arrangements are pending with the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne, dingmannandsons.com. (0113 DN)
- January 11, 2022Harriet Ann Kroontje, 86, Leota, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at the Bethel Reformed Church in Leota. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Bethel Reformed Church in Leota. Burial will be in the Leota Community Cemetery. Arrangements are provided by Dingmann Funeral Home, www.…
- January 11, 2022Kenneth E. Husen, age 76, of Alexandria and formerly of Luverne, Minnesota, died on Thursday, January 6, 2022, at his home. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 13, 2022, at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria with Pastor Kari van Wakeren officiating. Interment will be in the Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria, Minnesota. A visitation will take place on Wednesday, January…
- January 11, 2022Dallas Loren Bowron, 107, Luverne, died peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. A memorial visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. Burial will be at a later date at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Rock County Historical Society, Generations (formerly known as…
- January 11, 2022Randy “Rocky” Aanenson, 69, of Garretson, South Dakota, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, at the Avera Dougherty Hospice House, after a courageous fight with cancer. Funeral services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at Zion Lutheran Church in Garretson. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, with a prayer service at 5 p.m., at the…
- January 04, 2022Thomas Raymond Feit, 70, Rushmore, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, at Sanford Hospice Sunset Cottage in Worthington. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Worthington. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 7, with visitation one hour prior to the service, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Worthington. Private family burial of cremains…
- January 04, 2022Randall Charles Morgan passed away on December 20, 2021, while under hospice care in his home in San Clemente, California, at the age of 72 after enduring three years of treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer. Randall was born in the Luverne Community Hospital to Bernard and Lorraine Morgan of rural Kanaranzi on Christmas Day in 1948. He graduated from Ellsworth Public High School in 1966 and…
- December 21, 2021Gerald Lee Pommer, 73, Ellsworth, died peacefully at Helping Hands Assisted Living in Brandon, South Dakota, on Saturday Dec. 18, 2021. A funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Zion Presbyterian Church in Ellsworth with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Grand Prairie Cemetery following the service. Gerald Pommer was born March 23, 1948, to Lester and…
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