Obituaries
- 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…
- December 21, 2021Leland Jay Vlastuin, 58, died unexpectedly from an undiagnosed heart condition on Nov. 28, 2021. A memorial service was Wednesday, Dec. 8, at Spirit of Peace UCC in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Leland was born on Oct. 16, 1963, to Gerrit and Ramona Vlastuin in Canton, South Dakota. He grew up on a farm near Beaver Creek and graduated from Hills-Beaver Creek High School. He then attended college at…
- December 21, 2021Memorial services will be 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at the Daniel-Anderson Funeral Home in Paynesville for Bernette Maxine “Ben” Helling, age 88, of Paynesville. Ben passed away December 17, 2021, at the Paynesville Health Care Center. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home on Wednesday. Services will be live-streamed. Bernette was born April 22, 1933, to…
- December 21, 2021Virginia Kay “Ginny” Wessels, 71, Hardwick, died Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage with loved ones by her side. Mass of Christian Burial is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Sioux Falls Ronald McDonald House or the…
- December 21, 2021Lois Marie Nelson, 92, Hills, died Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A memorial service was at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 20, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. Inurnment followed at the Flowerfield Cemetery near Hills. Lois Oleson was born on Jan. 2, 1929, in Ottumwa, Iowa, to Calvin and Irene (Bishop) Oleson. When she was young, her family moved to Brookings…
- December 14, 2021Jack Alan Boomgaarden, 63, rural Magnolia, died peacefully in his home Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. A funeral service was Monday, Dec. 13, at Rock County Sportsman’s Club in Luverne. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Memorials may be directed to the Rock County Sportsman’s Club. Jack Boomgaarden was born on April 3, 1958, to Alvin and Elaine (Arp) Boomgaarden at the Luverne Community…
- December 14, 2021Calvin James “Jim” VanHulzen, 69, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died peacefully at his home on Dec. 6, 2021, after a long battle with MS. A funeral service was Monday, Dec. 13, at First Reformed Church in Sioux Falls. Calvin James “Jim” VanHulzen was born on April 17, 1952, to Herman and Helen (Tinklenberg) VanHulzen in Pipestone. He grew up around the Edgerton-Magnolia area and graduated from…
- December 14, 2021John William “Jack” Paulsen, 80, Hills, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, at the Luverne Hospice Cottage in Luverne. A funeral service was Friday, Dec. 10, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. Private inurnment will be at a later date in the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery in Hills. John Paulsen was born on Oct. 5, 1941, at Luverne, the son of John and Martha (Thompson) Paulsen. Jack was baptized at…
- December 14, 2021Stephanie West, 47, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Visitation with family present will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17, also at George Boom Funeral Home. A second funeral service is tentatively scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday,…
- December 07, 2021Marcus “Mike” Uithoven, 91, Luverne, died Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. A funeral service was at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. Burial with military honors was Saturday, Dec. 4, at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Luverne. Marcus “Mike” Jr. Uithoven was born on June 7, 1930, to Jacob and Jennie (Ruiter) Uithoven. He spent his…
- December 07, 2021William “Bill” Sneller, 87, Luverne, died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at the Good Samaritan Society – Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne. A funeral service was Saturday, Dec. 4, at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. William “Bill” Sneller was born on Jan. 11, 1934, to Ed and Louina (Cleveringa) Sneller at home on the farm near Doon, Iowa. Bill was…
- December 07, 2021Carolyn Wilma Sneller, 92, formerly of Parker, South Dakota, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service was Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Calvary Reformed Church in Monroe, South Dakota, with burial following at the Rosehill Cemetery in Parker. Carolyn Boone was born on Dec. 18, 1928, to William and Carrie (VerSteeg) Boone in Sanborn,…
- November 30, 2021Francis Faber, 95, Luverne, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service was Friday, Nov. 26, at the Christian Reformed Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery. Francis Faber was born June 13, 1926, to William and Roelina (Driesen) Faber and grew up on the family farm south of Rock Rapids, Iowa, near Lakewood Corner…
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