74 Wednesday, Aug. 28 Sioux Falls Vicki Gay Brandsgaard, was born in Sioux Falls, on Nov. 12, 1944, the daughter of Kenneth and Thelma (Peterson) Brandsgaard. She attended Lowell Elementary, Edison Middle School in Sioux Falls, Buboltz Rural School near Harrisburg and...
72 Friday, June 28 Covington, Tenn. Philip was born Dec. 17, 1946 in Sioux Falls to parents Aaron and Thelma Beier. He grew up in the Parker area and attended rural grade school and Parker Public Junior High and High School. He was raised in the Baptist faith....
71 Thursday, Aug. 22 Viborg Jean was born Nov. 15, 1947 in Viborg to Orville and Vivian Johnke. She was one of six girls. She went to Hooker School through eighth grade; she graduated from Centerville High School. After high school, she married Leland (Lefty) and they...
61 Thursday, Aug. 8 Mitchell David Loren Kasten was born on Nov. 9, 1957, to Loren G. and Lois (Willadsen) Kasten in Viborg. He grew up in Scotland and moved to Mitchell in 1969, where he graduated from Mitchell Senior High School in 1976. He worked at Randall’s...
88 Friday, Aug. 23 Sioux Falls Donald “Bud” Lounsbery was born on April 16, 1931, at Tripp to Frank and Helen (Renk) Lounsbery. He grew up at Marion where he graduated from Marion High School in 1949. He served in the US Air Force from 1951-1954, having been stationed...
85 Tuesday, Aug. 20 Viborg Marvel Joyce Madsen was born on Oct. 7, 1933, near Irene to Edward and Anna (Westegaard) Madsen. As a child, her family moved into Viborg where she graduated from Viborg High School in 1951. On Feb. 10, 1955, she was united in...
61 Thursday, Aug. 8 Mitchell David Loren Kasten was born on Nov. 9, 1957, to Loren G. and Lois (Willadsen) Kasten in Viborg. He grew up in Scotland and moved to Mitchell in 1969, where he graduated from Mitchell Senior High School in 1976. He worked at Randall’s...
86 Friday, Aug. 2 Marion Loretta was born on April 7, 1933 to Henry and Violet (Cameron) Miller of Bridgewater. Loretta was united in marriage to Lester Ensz on Dec. 23, 1951. To this union seven children were born: Deborah, Julie, Daryl, Ronald, Terry, Tim and...
49 Thursday, July 18 Hurley Timothy Johnson was born on June 22, 1970, in Viborg to Marshall and Ruth Johnson. Tim resided in Lennox until the family moved to Hurley in 1971. He attended school in Hurley and graduated in 1989. Tim was joined in marriage to Jennifer...
76 Monday, July 15 Humboldt Cecil was born in Sioux Falls on Feb. 17, 1943, to Cecil and Opal (Sandstrom) Stockwell and was raised on the family farm near Parker along with his four brothers, Dennis, Bruce, John and Lloyd. He attended school in Parker and was a...
96 Thursday, July 11 Parker Wilma Louise was born on Dec. 23, 1922 at Ryder, N.D. to Henry and Lena (Bruce) Gortmaker. She spent her early childhood years in Ryder and Garrison, N.D. before the family moved to the Monroe and Parker area. She graduated from Parker High...
98 Monday, July 1 Viborg Doris was born on Oct. 12, 1920, in Holdridge, Neb. She was the daughter of Alex and Clara Ingebretse and had a sister Orabelle Woods, brother Einar and Homer Ingebretsen. The family moved to Eureka, Calif. when she was in her final year...
79 Friday, June 28 Sioux Falls Wanda was born June 14, 1940, in Yankton to Telmar and Mary (Belvins) Hokenstad. She grew up Flandreau and Parker. She then married Gerald Hagen on Aug. 30, 1956, in Parker. Wanda was a stay at home mom to watch her children grow...
84 Friday, June 14 Marion Harlan Dale Becker was born Oct. 12, 1934, to Paul and Alma (Deckert) Becker. Rev. G. S. Warkenten baptized Harlan July 13, 1952, at the Silver Lake Mennonite Church. He graduated from Marion High School in 1953. On June 26, 1955,...
65 Monday, June 17 Lennox Charlotte Anne Kaskie was born on July 12, 1953, at La Mars, Iowa, the daughter of Bernard and Joyce (Johnson) Kaskie. She grew up in Rock Valley, Iowa until moving with her family to Lennox where she graduated from Lennox High School in...
87 Thursday, June 20 Marion RoseMary was born on Dec. 6, 1931 at Marion to Peter and Ida (Schlaffman) Mohr. On Feb. 7, 1932, she was baptized into Christ. She grew up at Marion where she attended all of her schoolings except for her senior year, graduating from...
47 Wednesday, June 19 Hurley Lorie is survived by her parents, Jim and Linda Twamley of Parker; children, Tessha Twamley (Kendrick Winters) of Humboldt, Alexa and Tanner Harn of Hill City; sisters, Jamie (Jesse) Hartman of Lennox, Kristine “Kristy” Twamley of...
85 Thursday, June 20 Sioux Falls Vi was born on Jan. 14, 1934 on her family’s farm north of Dolton. Vi was the youngest of seven children born to David and Tena Engbrecht. As a child born during the “Dirty Thirties” on a small farm, Vi and her siblings endured many...
82 Wednesday, June 19 Lennox Robert Case Zwart was born on March 27, 1937, at Winfred to Case and Elsie (Whitesell) Zwart. He attended country schools and Howard High School. He served in the US Navy for four years as a Seabee, having been stationed in the...
87 Sunday, June 9 Alexandria Merle Ihnen was born on Aug. 14, 1931, in Turner County to Henry and Alice (Sikink) Ihnen. He attended school in Hurley and lived in the Parker and Chancellor areas. At the age of 14, he was working as a cat skinner and an operator...
