Sylvia Kortemeyer, 89, Chancellor, S.D., formerly of Hills, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at Canton Good Samaritan Center in Canton, S.D.

Services were Monday, Dec. 9, at Chancellor Reformed Church, Chancellor. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Sylvia Theresa Sundem, was born to Nels and Mollie (Pederson) Sundem on April 30, 1913, in Rock County. She graduated from Hills High School in Hills and from South Dakota State College in Brookings, S.D., in 1935 with a home economics degree.

She married Frederick W. Kortemeyer on Aug, 11, 1940, in Hills. She taught at Barnard and Chancellor high schools and also worked for the Farmers’ Security Administration in Vermillion, S.D. She co-managed Kortemeyer Hardware Store in Chancellor until 1971. In 1977, she became a Mary Kay cosmetic consultant.

Mrs. Kortemeyer was active in church, civic and community groups, having served in many leadership roles including the Board of Directors at Dakota Heritage Bank of Chancellor.

Survivors include six children, William (Sadie) Kortemeyer, Canton, Carolyn Roths, Robert Kortemeyer, Phyllis (Larry) Schrag, Kenneth "Sid" Kortemeyer, all of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Ronald (Jo) Kortemeyer, Rapid City, S.D.; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one brother, Herb Sundem, Hills, and one sister, Helen Barron, Ruthton.

Mrs. Kortemeyer was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1981, and one grandchild, Joshua.

Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home, Parker, S.D., was in charge of arrangements.

Margaret L. Winter, 77, Luverne, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 2002, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.

Services were Thursday, Nov. 14, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.

Margaret Michelsen was born to Peter and Christina (Jochimsen) Michelsen on April 3, 1925, in Ellsworth. She was baptized on Aug. 10, 1925, and confirmed into the Christian faith on July 9, 1939, both at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. She was educated in the Luverne school system, graduating in 1943. After high school she worked in Minneapolis as a secretary for the PAKO Corp. She also worked as a long distance toll operator for Northwest Bell Telephone Co. in Luverne.

She married Ray Winter on June 6, 1948, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. She worked for the Luverne School system as an attendance secretary, retiring in 1992.

Mrs. Winter was a life long member of St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. She was the organist from 1940 until 1998. In the course of those years, she furnished the music for Sunday School activities, Christmas programs, weddings and funerals, too numerous to mention. She served as an officer of the LWML, Ladies Aid, Couples Club and church Guild. She also taught Sunday School and led women's Bible class.

Survivors include her husband, Ray, Luverne; three sons, Gregory (Renae) Winter, Daniel Winter, all of Minneapolis, and Timothy (Lynn) Winter, Manassas, Va.; two daughters, Nancy (Steve) Browne, Minneapolis, and Mary Jane (Jim) Greenley, Steamboat Springs, Colo.; seven grandchildren, Aaron, Adam and Amanda Browne, Peter and Sarah Winter, Christina Winter, and Andrea Winter; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.

The Luverne Hospice Program will plant a tree in memory of Margaret Winter.

Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.

Eleanor Helen Remme, 88, Sioux Falls, S.D., died Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, in Sioux Falls.

Services were Monday, Oct. 28, at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls. The Rev Lon Kvanli officiated.

Eleanor Harders was born to Edward and Louvilla (Stevens) Harders on Oct. 9, 1914, at the family farm near Luverne. She attended country school for her early education and then attended Luverne High School.

She married Peter Remme on Aug. 22, 1936, in Hills. They farmed in the area for a short time and then settled in Sioux Falls in the early 1940s. She worked at Fenn's Creamery, Reinhart's Sales, and Lewis Drug Store. She cleaned homes in Sioux Falls for many years. Mr. Remme died on May 18, 1977. In August 2000 she moved to Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls.

Mrs. Remme was a member of East Side Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls.

Survivors include one son, Gary (Audrey) Remme, Sioux Falls; one granddaughter, Rhonda (Curt) Weidenbach, Sioux Falls; two great-granddaughters by choice, Chelsea Kroger and Kaitlyn Brooks; one brother, Rollo “Shorty” Harders, Nashville, Tenn.; one sister, Ardis (Marvin) Kannenberg, Sioux Falls; four sisters-in-law, Lillian Smith, Eleanor Kvaas, both of Luverne, Helen (Kenneth) Hellie, Pipestone, and Beverly Chizium, Haley, Idaho; several nieces and nephews; and many other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Remme was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Peter.

George Boom Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, was in charge of arrangements.

Arvin Van Santen, 44, Little Rock, AR, formerly of Luverne, died Saturday, Dec. 7 at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls. Visitation will be Monday, Dec. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. with the family present at Christian Reformed Church, Luverne. Services will be Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. at Christian Reformed Church, Luverne, with Rev. George Koopmans and Rev. Larry Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Maplewood Cemetery. Engebretson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Arvin Jay Van Santen, 44, Little Rock, Ark., formerly of Luverne, died Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Services were Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Christian Reformed Church in Luverne. The Revs. George Koopmans and Larry Johnson officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.

Arvin Van Santen was born to Peter and Nellie (Van Hemert) Van Santen on Dec. 18, 1957, in Hawarden, Iowa. As a young boy, he lived in Lake Park, Iowa, and attended Ocheydan Christian Grade School. In 1969, the family moved to Luverne. He was a baptized member of Christian Reformed Church of Luverne. He graduated from Luverne High School in 1978 and attended Canby Vocational Technical School in Canby.

For several years he worked as a hired hand for area farmers. Then he worked for a carnival company and traveled the country on the carnival circuit. In the early ‘90s, he began working for Porocel Adsorbents and Catalysts in Little Rock. He became ill and was hospitalized in Little Rock. On Nov. 8, he was transferred to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.

Mr. Van Santen was an avid sports enthusiast, a computer buff, and also enjoyed playing pool.

Survivors include his parents, Peter and Nellie Van Santen, Luverne; four brothers, Jim (Marilyn) Van Santen, Steve (Carla) Van Santen, Rick (Carrie) Van Santen, all of Luverne, and Doug (Kathy) Van Santen Brandon, S.D.; six sisters, Marian (Steve) Schneekloth, Linda Vis, all of Luverne, Marlene (John) Wienstroer, Lenexa, Kan., Marge (Lonnie) Briese, Hartford, SD., Carolyn (Larry) Pap, Hardwick, and Lori (Gary) Serum, Champlin; 17 nephews; 14 nieces; nine great-nieces and nephews; and his mentor, Dave Allinson, Little Rock.

Mr. Van Santen was preceded in death by his maternal and paternal grandparents and an infant sister, Betty Jean.

The family requests memorials be directed to the Children’s Miracle Network.

Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.

Emmet Heikes, 79, Luverne, died Wednesday, Dec. 18 at the Luverne Community Hospital. Visitation will be Friday, Dec. 20 from 2 to 8 p.m. with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne. Services will be Saturday, Dec. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, Luverne, with Rev. Maurice Hagen officiating. Burial will be at Grand Prairie Cemetery, Ellsworth.

Amanda Woodley, 89, LeMars, formerly of Luverne, died Sunday, Nov. 10 at Plymouth Manor Care Center, LeMars. Visitation will be Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne. Services will be Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church, Luverne, with Rev. Paul Fries officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.

Luverne senior Dan Park positions himself in front of Windom’s net during the first period of Tuesday’s Southwest Conference boys’ hockey game in Luverne. Park scored one goal to help LHS up its SWC record to 2-0 with a 5-1 win over the Eagles.

By John Rittenhouse
The Luverne boys’ hockey team remained unbeaten for the season after playing three games in a six-day span.

The Cardinals posted a three-goal win in Worthington Thursday before battling Wadena-Deer Creek to a draw at two in Wadena Saturday. The Cards then whipped Windom by four goals in Luverne Tuesday.

Luverne, 5-0-1 overall, hosts Dodge County Saturday.

Luverne 5, Windom 1
Five unanswered goals by the Cardinals sealed their second Southwest Conference win of the season at the Blue Mound Ice Arena Tuesday.

Windom opened the scoring when AnthonyNemtz found the net 1:49 into the game, but the Cards outscored the Eagles 5-0 the rest of the way to win handily.

Eric Lammert and Andy Hess led the Cardinals to victory by recording three points each. Lammert had a pair of goals and one assist. Hess had two assists and one counter.

Tony Smedsrud tied the game at one with a power-play goal at the 9:52 mark of the first period. Hess, who set up Smedsrud’s tally, netted a short-handed goal at 6:08 of the opening period to put the Cards in front.

Lammert received an assist for the goal by Hess, and scored a pair of goals in the first five minutes of the third period to ice the win for LHS. Gregg Fuerstenberg and Chris Morgan set up Lammert’s first goal. Thomas Gluf and Smedsrud received assists for his second tally.

Dan Park capped the scoring with a short-handed goal set up by Hess late in the game.

Cody Gehrke stopped 15 of 16 shots in goal for the Cards. Luverne had 34 shots on goal in the game.

Luverne 2, W-DC 2
A late rally by the Cardinals gave them a tie during Saturday’s game in Wadena.

Trailing 2-0 after Wadena-Deer Creek’s Andy Murray scored his second goal of the game with 11:52 remaining in the third, things didn’t look good for LHS.

The Cardinals, however, rallied to score a pair of goals before regulation play was complete and skated to a scoreless draw with the hosts during an eight-minute overtime session.

Smedsrud ignited Luverne’s comeback by scoring a power-play goal with 10:45 left in regulation play. Morgan and Matt Reverts received assists for the goal.

After pulling goalie Gehrke in favor of an extra skater with less than 1:30 left to play, Luverne was rewarded for the move when Hess netted an unassisted goal with 49 seconds remaining.

Each team had four shots on goal in the extra overtime period, leaving W-DC with a 29-23 advantage in that area at game’s end.

Gehrke saved 27 of 29 shots. He was beaten by Murray with 38 seconds left in the first period, and again in the third period.

Luverne 4,
Worthington 1
The Cardinals opened Southwest Conference play by posting a three-goal victory in Worthington Thursday.

Smedsrud netted a pair of goals for the winners, and goalie Gehrke stopped 17 of 18 shots to highlight the win.

Power-play goals by Smedsrud and Tyler Elbers in a span of 1:07 in the first period gave the Cards a 2-0 advantage. Gehrke received an assist for Smedsrud’s goal at 7:20. Park and Reverts set up Elbers’ counter at 6:13.

Worthington’s Drew Seifert scored at 6:01 of the opening period before Hess countered with an unassisted effort at 2:17 to give the Cards a 3-1 lead.

Smedsrud capped the scoring with his second goal of the game at 9:48 in the second period. Lammert set up Smedsrud’s tally.

Luverne outshot the hosts 31-18 in the game.

Luverne senior Dana Smeins is unable to get a stick on a loose puck before Windom goalie Christine Flatebo covers it up during Tuesday’s Southwest Conference girls’ hockey game in Luverne. Smeins scored Luverne’s first goal in a 6-5 victory

By John Rittenhouse
The Luverne girls’ hockey team climbed back into the race for a Southwest Conference championship by winning a pair of league games.

The Cards nipped Worthington by one goal in overtime Thursday before edging Windom by one goal at home Tuesday.

Luverne, 4-3 overall, hosts Dodge County Saturday.

Luverne 6, Windom 5
What started out as a quiet night for Luverne’s Natalie Domagala turned into a stunning performance during Tuesday’s one-goal win over Windom at the Blue Mound Ice Arena.

Domagala, who was scoreless for the game’s first 38 minutes, scored four goals in a span of 5:06 of the third period to carry the Cardinals to victory.

After Windom’s Amanda Ringquist found the net to give the Eagles a 3-2 edge with 7:25 remaining in the third period, Domagala got into the act by scoring an unassisted goal with 6:47 left to knot the score at three.

The Eagles moved in front 4-3 when Sam Harold scored her second of three goals in the game 26 seconds after Domagala’s first tally, but Domagala bounced back to score three goals in a span of 2:33 to give Luverne a lead it would never relinquish.

Stephanie Morgan and Jenny Braa set up Domagala’s game-tying goal with 4:14 left to play, and she scored an unassisted goal at 3:25 to give the Cards their first lead at 5-4. Domagala then scored an unassisted power-play goal with 1:41 remaining to give the Cards a 6-4 advantage.

Harold completed her hat trick with 47 seconds remaining, but the Cards blanked the Eagles the rest of the way.

Melanie Noomen opened the scoring with a short-handed effort with 4:14 left to play in the first period.

Luverne’s Dana Smeins tied the game at one at the 4:05 mark of the second period, but Harold put the Eagles in front 2-1 with her first goal with 3:33 remaining in the second stanza.

Braa tied the game at two with an unassisted effort (8:32) to start the scoring in what turned into an eight-goal third period.

Luverne outshot the Eagles 51-16 in the game. Alyssa Wieneke made 11 saves for LHS.

Luverne 5,
Worthington 4
An overtime goal by Luverne’s Domagala gave the Cardinals their first Southwest Conference win of the season Thursday in Worthington.

Domagala, who recorded a hat trick for LHS, found the net at the 5:34 mark of overtime to settle the issue. Braa received an assist for the game-winning goal.

Both teams sported leads in what was a tight game from beginning to end.

Domagala opened the scoring with an unassisted effort 1:07 into the contest, but counters by Worthington’s Samantha Pospisil and Amanda Duitsman at 8:01 and 1:31 respectively gave the Trojans a 2-1 edge at periods.

Second-period goals by Dietrich (unassisted, at 9:40) and Smeins (assists by Dietrich and Suzanne Gluf, at 9:27) gave the Cards a 3-2 edge, and a goal by Domagala (assists going to Morgan and Braa) at 9:40 of the third period gave LHS a 4-2 cushion.

Worthington’s Anne Vosburgh scored 15 seconds after Domagala’s goal in the third period before Duitsman knotted the score at four with a short-handed tally with 1:25 remaining in regulation play.

Wieneke stopped 16 of 20 shots in net for the Cards. Luverne had 32 shots on goal.