65 Saturday, Oct. 16 Parker Holly was born in July 1956 in Panama City, Fla. to Noel and Janet (Hobby) Coe. Her family then moved to Woodbridge, Connecticut, where she graduated from Amity Regional High School in 1974. She continued her education at Oregon State...
Obituaries
Neil Petersen
74 Saturday, Oct. 9 Sioux Falls Neil Eugene Petersen was born on July 8, 1947 in Sioux Falls to Frisco and Clara Jane (Knudsen) Petersen. He was the oldest of five children. The family moved to Parker in 1961, where he attended school. Neil joined the United States...
Christina “Tina” Sattler
75 Tuesday, Oct. 12 Arnolds Park Tina was born Feb. 18, 1946, in Upland, Calif. to John and Lucille (née Renek) DeGidio. She graduated from Chaffey High School in 1964. That same year, she married Ron Talbott, making their home in Ontario, Canada. To their union...
Crystal DiAnn Klinghagen
81 Wednesday, Sept. 29 Lennox Crystal DiAnn Erickson was born on Dec. 2, 1939, in Hendricks, Minn. the daughter of Hjalmer (who always referred to her as DiAnn) and Cora Jennie (Hugos) Erickson. She graduated from Harrisburg High School in 1957 as homecoming queen....
James Ronald Cink
81 Sunday, Oct. 3 Sioux Falls Jim was born on Jan. 30, 1940 in Parker, South Dakota to John and Harriet (Hovaldt) Cink. He attended school in Parker and graduated from Parker High School in 1958. He attended Dakota State University and received a teaching degree in...
Keith Edwin Schaefer
75 Friday, Sept. 24 Willow, Alaska He was born on Oct. 29, 1945, in Sioux Falls to the late Calvin Buehler Schaefer and Lucille Mary Elliott. In 2009 Keith made his journey to Alaska, where he began his residency in Willow. Keith spent two years in the United State...
Gary Anderson
79 Thursday, Sept. 9 Wagner Gary Anderson was born Aug. 22, 1942 in Sioux Falls, SD the son of Otto and Jessie (Smith) Anderson. Gary graduated from Parker High School in 1960. Gary married Sharon Larson on Dec. 15, 1962 at First Baptist Church in Parker....
Leo Berg
89 Monday, September 27 Marion He was born on June 27, 1932 in Marion the son of Jacob and Katie Berg. He served in the U.S. Army, spending some time in Germany coming home in December of 1953. On Sept. 16, 1956 he married Marilyn Spomer, they were...
Melissa Leber
53 Thursday, Sept. 30 Parker Melissa (Missy) was born on Aug. 10, 1968, in Mitchell to Dale and Ruth (Kippes) Thomas. From the time she was born, she was a fighter. Missy was born with heart complications, and fought her entire life to be there for her family, husband...
Darlas Lehmann
90 Saturday, Sept. 30 Freeman He was born Sept. 12, 1931 to Walter and Linda Kaufman Lehmann. He attended District 32 and Hurley High School. He was baptized May 25, 1947 at Salem Mennonite Church where he was an active member of the...
Wayne Quick
90 Tuesday, Sept. 28 Parker Wilbur Wayne Quick was born on Nov. 20, 1930 to John and Nora (Smith) Quick. He was the fourth of five children; joining Chester, Faye and Violet, then followed by Willis. He enlisted into the United States Navy in 1948. Wayne was a pom-pom...
Kathryn Jeanne (Bollinger) Cink
81 Monday, Sept. 13 Sioux Falls On April 4, 1940, Kathy was born in Bridgewater to Clarence and Eleanor (Vogt) Bollinger. She attended St. Stephen’s Catholic School and graduated from Bridgewater High School in 1958. She then attended Dakota State University, where...
Eldon Berg
84 Wednesday, Sept. 1 Marion Eldon H Berg was born on Aug. 17, 1937 to Henry C. and Mary Engbrecht Berg. He grew up on the family farm. He joined two older sisters Ethel (David), Martin and Ella (Eugene), Tieszen and later Lois (Larry) Kaufman joined the...
Andrew “Andy” Dykshorn
75 Tuesday, Aug. 31 Parker Andrew J. Dykshorn was born on Nov. 24, 1945, at Mitchell to Andrew and Irene Hohn. He was one of six children and Charley and Katie Dykshorn adopted him and two of his brothers. He grew up in the Harrison area and was united in...
Allen Schrag
96 Wednesday, Aug. 18 Marion On Sept 20, 1924, Allen Schrag was born to Rev. John and Katie (Miller) Schrag and raised on the family farm south of Marion and was the eighth of nine children. He was baptized on June 1, 1941, at Salem-Zion Mennonite Church, where he...
Irene Richardson
95 Saturday, August 14, 2021 Parker Irene Genevieve Richardson was born on July 24, 1926, at Rock Valley, Iowa, to Henry and Martha (VerMulm) Harmelink. She grew up at Colton and graduated from Colton High School in 1944. While working at the Sioux...
Darlene Kaufman
90 Monday, Aug. 9 Marion Darlene was born June 12, 1931, at the family farm at Marion to Abe J. and Bertha Tieszen. She received her education in a one-room schoolhouse and later graduated from Marion High School in 1949. She lived during the depression...
Rod “Grizz” Garrison
73 Thursday, July 22 Sioux Falls. Rodney Allen Garrison was born on Nov. 2, 1947, at Urbana, Mo., to Bert and Edna (Sneller) Garrison. In Rock Rapids, Iowa, he grew up where he attended school and graduated from Southern State Teachers College in...
Kevin Leber
58 Wednesday, August 11 Parker Kevin Leber, 58 of Parker, passed away on August 11, 2021 at the Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls. Mass of Christina Burial will be at 10:00 AM Monday, August 16, 2021 at St. Christina’s Catholic Church, Parker. Visitation will be...
Ronald J. Leber
86 March 29, 2020 Parker Ronald Jerome Leber was born on Feb. 20, 1934, at Parker to Vincent and Cecil (Verley) Leber. He grew up near Parker and graduated from Parker High School in 1952. O n Sept. 1, 1962, he was united in marriage to...