96 Thursday, Oct. 15 Parker Adeline Irene Jacobson was born on Jan. 11, 1924, in Sioux Falls, the daughter of Charlie A. and Elvira O. (Nelson) Jacobson. She grew up and attended school in Brandon, graduating from Brandon High School in 1942. She went on to earn her...
98 Friday, Oct. 2 Hurley Dale M. Gocken was born on Aug. 14, 1922 at Mitchell to Ahlrich and Anna May (Remmers) Gocken. He grew up in the Mitchell area and attended country school near Loomis. At age 19 he moved with his family to the Wakonda area and in 1953 they...
94 Thursday, Oct. 1 Monroe Frankie was born July 20, 1926 in LaPuente, Calif., where she grew up on an orange grove. She graduated from LaPuente high school in 1942. On Feb. 27, 1948 she married Howard Hoogshagen in California. After marriage they relocated to Monroe,...
86 September 28 Marion Grateful for having shared her life are her husband Dean, Marion; her children, Kendell Oaks, Sioux Falls, Kim (Pete) Starks, Pottersville, NJ, ZoAnn Trumbull, Sioux Falls, and Kevin (Nancy) Oaks, Harrisburg; nine grandchildren and 10...
74 Thursday, Oct. 1 Sioux Falls Tom was born in Brookings on Aug. 10, 1946, to Dr. John and Pat Noordsy. He attended elementary school in Marion before his family moved to Manhattan, Kan. Tom graduated from Manhattan High School in 1964. On Sept. 5, 1966, he was...
96 Saturday, Sept. 26 Sioux Falls Verladyne Naomia Saunders was born on April 13, 1924, the daughter of William and Barbara (Boyes) Saunders at Schoolcraft, Mich. She grew up. She attended school in this area, graduating from Mattawan High School. She attended Western...
86 Thursday, Sept. 24 Parker Charles Garrett Joffer was born on Sept. 1, 1934, to George and Marie (Hoekman) Joffer. He was the 11th child in a family of 13. His childhood years were spent on the family farm near Chandler, Minn. He was soon helping his father and...
104 Thursday, Sept. 17 She was born on Aug. 9, 1916, the sixth of nine children, to Carl and Martha (Duray) Miske, in Rose County, Minn. As a child, she moved to Wibaux with her family. Clara wanted to be a telephone operator and worked as a waitress in North Dakota...
89 Friday, Sept. 25 Marion Luverne Arthur Langerock was born on Nov. 12, 1930, to Francis and Minnie (Dykstra) Langerock. He started farming right after high school, becoming one of the first in the area to plant soybeans on a large scale. On March 6, 1951, he was...
58 Saturday, Sept. 5 Dallas, Texas Mitchell David Ayres was born on Dec. 19, 1960, at Viborg to William and Gladys (Petersen) Ayres. He grew up at Parker and graduated from Parker High School in 1980. In 1983 he moved to Dallas, Texas and worked for Porter Pool...
85 Monday, Sept. 21 Parker Ramona Jean (Versteeg) Begeman was born on April 19, 1935, near Monroe to Arie and Gertrude (Noordsey) Versteeg. She attended school in Monroe, graduating in 1953, having been a four-year cheerleader for the Wooden Shoed Canaries and...
71 Thursday, Sept. 24 Yankton Helen Elveria (Vera) Rayburn was born April 28, 1949, in Wellington, Kan., the eldest daughter of Calvin and Angeline Carole Paisley. She enlisted in the Air Force in September 1974 and served at Laughlin AFB in Del Rio, Texas, where she...
70 Monday, Sept. 14 Hurley Robert Stephan “Steve” Rayburn was born to Max and Betty Rayburn on Feb. 11, 1950, and joined Carol, Don and Dick on the family farm west of Hurley. After graduating from Hurley Public School and subsequently Dakota State College, he joined...
81 Monday, Sept. 14 Marion Richard McConniel was born Oct. 2, 1938, in Sioux Falls to Bert and Selma (Stangeland) McConniel. He attended school in Sioux Falls and on July 1, 1957, he married Connie Loewen. Together they raised their four children, Dick, Cindy, Joe and...
88 Monday, Sept. 14 Parker Marvin was born on Oct. 26, 1931, near Parker to Simon and Mary Mae (Jans) Begeman. He grew up in the Parker area and graduated from Parker High School in 1949. Following graduation, he served in the US Army for two years, stationed in Korea...
78 Tuesday, Sept. 15 Chancellor Eugene Alan Buseman was born on Oct. 11, 1941, in Sioux Falls, Claus and Tillie (Plucker) Buseman. He grew up and attended rural school near Chancellor and then graduated from Parker High School in 1959. He had worked for at a mink...
88 Thursday, Sept. 10 Marion Eunice LaVonne Gunderson Otto Duerksen or “Euny” was born Oct. 30, 1931, on the family farm near Hurley, the eighth of nine children to Herman E. and Christine (Knutson) Gunderson. She graduated from Parker High School in 1949. Eunice...
90 Wednesday, Sept. 9 Viborg John Kendall Christensen was born on March 21, 1930, near Viborg to Harry and Ernie (Hansen) Christensen. After graduating from Viborg High School in 1948, he attended Yankton College, where he received a bachelor’s degree in math. ...
104 Wednesday, Sept. 9 Freeman Ruth Esther Schamber was born on Jan. 30, 1916, in Mission Hill to Richard and Caroline (Haar) Schamber. At the time, her family was living on the prairie near Yankton and Mission Hill, where Richard served as a circuit pastor. Ruth was...
87 Thursday, Sept. 3 Menno Lorraine Louise Jesse was born Sept. 30, 1932, to parents William (Bill) and Wilhelmina “Minnie” (Wingert) Jesse on the family farm near Monroe. As a child, she attended St. Ann’s Catholic School in Humboldt for six and a half years and...
