Obituaries
- June 18, 2019Emily Lodine Overgaard, 64, Luverne, died Monday, June 17, 2019, at the Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 20, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, at Grace Lutheran Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to…
- June 18, 2019Rebecca Hollander-Crane, 45, Hartford, South Dakota, formerly of Luverne, died Thursday, June 13, 2019, at her home. A funeral service is Wednesday, June 19, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. A private committal service will be at a later date. Rebecca Lynn Hollander was born Aug. 18, 1973, in Luverne, to Dennis and Cheryl (Franken) Hollander. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1992…
- June 18, 2019Victoria Nicole Walgrave-Charlson, 25, died Sunday, June 9, at her home in Windom. A funeral service was Monday, June 18, at Assembly of God Church in Brandon with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Victoria Walgrave-Charlson was born on March 14, 1994, to Greta Charlson and Jason Walgrave in Luverne. Growing up, Victoria got to experience living in different parts of the country with her parents…
- June 18, 2019Glenn Allen Homandberg, 83, Lismore, died unexpectedly Saturday, June 15, 2019, at his home. A funeral service is at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, at Canton Lutheran Church in Canton, South Dakota. Glenn Homandberg was born on March 28, 1936, to Arne and Agnes (Laugen) Homandberg. He graduated from Canton High School in 1954. He married Evelyn McKenney on May 24, 1960, at Canton Lutheran Church…
- June 11, 2019Mary Laverne West, 60, Luverne, died Sunday, June 2, 2019, at the Sanford Clinic in Luverne following an eight-month battle against lung cancer. Mary was born on January 29, 1959, in Kentucky. She said that, as a child, she never had toys and that they played with the mud and sometimes even ate the mudpies they made. Mary started fishing with her Daddy as soon as she could hold the pole. We…
- June 11, 2019Diane Ossenfort, 69, Westbrook, died Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Westbrook. At Diane’s request, a private graveside burial took place on Saturday, June 8, at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Windom. Diane M. Determan was born on June 29, 1949, to Lyle and Doris (Bernholtz) Determan in Carroll, Iowa. At age 4 she started school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota,…
- June 11, 2019Loretta Kay Baker, 70, Luverne, died Monday, June 3, 2019, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage of uterine cancer. A memorial service was Saturday, June 8, at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. Loretta Olson was born on Dec. 25, 1948, to Fern and LeRoy Olson at the Luverne Community Hospital. She lived with her family on a farm and attended school in Beaver Creek, graduating in 1966 from…
- June 04, 2019James S. Collins, 76, Luverne, died Tuesday, May 29, 2019, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. A graveside service with military honors was Friday, May 31, at the Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Arrangements were provided by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, www.hartquistfuneral.com. (0606 DN)
- June 04, 2019Dennis Ray “Denny” Cauwels, 67, died Saturday, June 1, 2019, in Cresco, Iowa. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 7, at Notre Dame Catholic Church in Cresco. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Cresco. Dennis Cauwels was born on April 27, 1952, to Leo and Vivian (Lange) Cauwels in Luverne. He was number six of 14 children. He graduated…
- June 04, 2019Dorothy Marie Hocking, 89, Ellsworth, died Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at the Parkview Manor in Ellsworth. A memorial service was Monday, June 3, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial followed at the Hurley Cemetery in Hurley, South Dakota. Dorothy Marie Guemmer was born Dec. 29, 1929, the only child of Levi Guemmer and Frances Engel, at Moe Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was…
- June 04, 2019Clare Ann Vande Velde, 81, Kenneth, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. A funeral Mass was Tuesday, June 4, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne, with burial at the Kenneth Cemetery. Clare Melcher was born at home in a blizzard on March 31, 1938, to Fred and Laura (Feyereisen) Melcher in Woodstock. Clare attended grade school in Woodstock and graduated…
- May 28, 2019Donald Etrheim Donald Kenneth Etrheim, 90, Jasper, died Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. A funeral service was Saturday, May 25, at the Jasper Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jasper. Burial was in the Jasper City Cemetery. Donald Etrheim was born (and baptized) on Dec. 1, 1928, to Norwegian immigrants Sven and Randveig “Randy” (Gjeide) Etrheim on the family farm in…
- May 14, 2019A joint memorial service for Glenn and Joyce Hawes will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at the United Methodist Church in Luverne. Burial of cremains will be at Jasper City Cemetery. Joyce Hawes, 88, died Nov. 5, 2018, and Glenn Hawes, 89, died Jan. 14, 2019, both in Lebanon, Oregon. Arrangements are provided by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, www.hartquistfuneral.com. (0516 DN)
- May 14, 2019Vivian Hanssen, 91, Luverne, formerly of Bridgewater, South Dakota, died Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage in Luverne. A funeral service was Saturday, May 11, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. Burial will be at a later date in the Bridgewater Cemetery in Bridgewater. Arrangements were provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Luverne, dingmannandsons.com. (0516 DN)
- May 14, 2019Verna Marilyn Van Driel, 89, Luverne, died Friday, May 10, 2019, under hospice care at the Sanford Luverne Hospital. A memorial service was Tuesday, May 14, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery in Hills. Verna Lawrence was born on April 19, 1930, to David and Alice (Ellingson) Lawrence in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was baptized in 1930 in Sioux…
- May 14, 2019Lavonne Joyce Schardin, 70, Grafton, North Dakota, died Saturday, May 11, 2019, at St. Benedict’s Health Center in Dickinson, North Dakota. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Grafton Lutheran Church in Grafton. Interment will be at the Memorial Hill Cemetery in Lake Benton. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 17, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the…
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