Leonard "Lenny" Veneklasen
Jul 20, 2015
Leonard "Lenny" Veneklasen Rapid City, SD (Formerly of Estelline) Leonard "Lenny" Veneklasen, 70, left this world peacefully in his home on July 20, 2015, after a four-year battle with cancer. He was surrounded with love by those he held most dear. Lenny was born September 4, 1944, in Estelline, South Dakota. The youngest of three children born to Clarence and...
Pearl A. Watt
Jul 12, 2015
Pearl A. (Gorder) Watt, daughter of Martin and Cecelia (Floden) Gorder, was born December 28, 1926 in Deuel County, South Dakota. She was baptized in Trinity Lutheran Church in Estelline. Pearl attended grade school at Gravning School in Deuel County and graduated from Estelline High School in 1945. She worked at the Hamburger Inn in Watertown, Nation T in Brookings...
Shirley Lewno
Jul 4, 2015
Shirley (Morgan) Lewno, daughter of Bascum and Ollie (Finley) Morgan, was born January 30, 1946 in Wilcoe, West Virginia. She was united in marriage to Duane Lewno, Sr. on December 23, 1964. Shirley and Duane resided in South Carolina, Alabama, Washington, Minnesota and West Virginia before settling in South Dakota in 1994. She went to be with her Lord and...
Delores Kolbeck
Jul 3, 2015
Delores "Dee" Ilene (Harman) Kolbeck, daughter of Kenneth and Anna (Verdoorn) Harman, was born May 23, 1933 in Boyden, Iowa. When she was six years old her family moved to a farm near Lake Wilson, Minnesota. Dee was married to Les Popkes on January 23, 1953 in Slayton, Minnesota. In 1971 they moved to Salem, South Dakota where they owned...
Vivian Holter
Jun 5, 2015
Vivian Emma Agnes (Berg) Holter, daughter of August and Olga (Stuerman) Berg, was born April 6, 1917 at Alvord, Iowa. She was baptized and attended the Lutheran Church in Alvord and was later confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Estelline. The family left Iowa in 1925 in a Columbia car with side curtains and moved to a farm near Estelline...
Colton Dale Beld
May 26, 2015
Colton Dale Beld the son of Dale and Jolene Beld was born on June 29, 2004. Colton was called home on May 26, 2015. He was a baptized member of the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. Colton's hobbies included being on the lake, whether it was fishing, jet skiing or going for a tube ride. He also enjoyed dirt biking, mowing...
Melvin J. Heemeyer
May 17, 2015
Melvin John Heemeyer was born April 24, 1924, to Riksto and Delia (Bolhouse) Heemeyer of Castlewood. He attended school and graduated from Castlewood High School in 1941. Melvin was united in marriage to Lois Jean (Klatt) on October 27, 1945. Lois and Melvin farmed in the Castlewood area all of their married life. Lois passed May 5, 1986. Melvin married...
Hilda Knutson
Apr 4, 2015
Hilda (Tuin) Knutson, daughter of Tom and Jennie (Kruiter) Tuin, was born February 12, 1920 at George, Iowa. She moved with her parents to South Dakota at an early age and attended school in Dempster, South Dakota. Hilda was united in marriage to Donald R. Knutson on April 19, 1941 in Dempster. After their marriage they farmed for 58 years...
Jane Livock
Mar 17, 2015
Jane Lois Livock passed away on her 74th birthday on March 17th, 2015 at her home in Lake Norden, South Dakota. Jane was born with her identical twin Jean on March 17th, 1941 in Waterloo, Iowa to David Ernst and Myrtle (DeVoe) Moschkau. Jane grew up in the Turtle Lake Wisconsin area and graduated from Turtle Lake High School in...
Vera B. Thomas
Mar 17, 2015
Vera B. (Carlson) Thomas, daughter of Ragnar "Tom" and Betty (Liljegren) Carlson, was born August 10, 1929 at rural Badger, South Dakota. She grew up and attended rural school near Badger and then worked in the Badger Café. Vera also worked for several farm families before her marriage to Arthur "Gene" Thomas on February 18, 1950 near Badger. They farmed...
Ray E. Vomacka
Mar 16, 2015
Ray E. Vomacka, son of Ernest and Alice (Hageman) Vomacka, was born September 2, 1961 in Burke, South Dakota. He grew up and received his education in Gregory, South Dakota and graduated from Gregory High School in 1980. While growing up and as a young man Ray learned the machinist trade from his father who owned Ernies Machine Shop in...
Evelyn Walraven
Mar 8, 2015
Evelyn Darlene (Mason) Walraven, daughter of Harold and Theresa (Hoff) Mason, was born September 10, 1936 at Bemis, South Dakota. She attended school and graduated from Castlewood High School in 1954. Evelyn was united in marriage to Donald "Bud" Walraven on June 11, 1956 in Madison, Minnesota. She worked at Spies in Watertown before they purchased Bud's Café in Estelline...
Doris Mcfarland
Jan 30, 2015
Doris K. (Poppen) McFarland, daughter of John and Esther (Stroschein) Poppen, was born November 14, 1920 on a farm near Estelline. She grew up and attended school in Estelline, graduating from Estelline High School. Doris then attended business college and worked for several years in Watertown. On March 26, 1944 she was united in marriage to Harold McFarland and they...
William "Bill" Licht
Jan 18, 2015
William Walter "Bill" Licht, son of Walter and June (Loats) Licht, was born July 15, 1958 at Volga, South Dakota. He grew up on the family farm northwest of Estelline and graduated from Estelline High School in 1976. Bill attended Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown for two years. He was united in marriage to Lisa Grassel at Immaculate Conception...
Duane R. Lewno, Jr.
Jan 11, 2015
Duane Raymond Lewno, Jr., son of Duane Sr. and Shirley (Morgan) Lewno was born October 11, 1966 in Seattle, Washington. In his younger years he lived in South Dakota and various other places with his father being in the military. He graduated from Princeton High School in Princeton, West Virginia. Duane Jr. was united in marriage to Frances Lynn Proffitt...
Norine Pedersen
Jan 11, 2015
Norine Joyce (Tangen) Pedersen, daughter of Wallace and Joyce (Jensen) Tangen, was born March 11, 1958 in Brookings. She was raised on the family farm near Bruce and graduated from Volga High School in 1978. She continued her education and was employed at Lengkeek Realty of Brookings for a short time before beginning work at SDSU. Norine was united in...
Eileen Bohls
Jan 9, 2015
Eleanor Eileen (Jensen) Bohls was born November 13, 1920 at Castlewood, South Dakota to James George and Nellie (Riley) Jensen. She received her education in the Castlewood Public School and through a Business Correspondence Course. On June 11, 1953 she married Martin H. Bohls at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Estelline. Eileen was a clerk at the Castlewood...
Byron A. Koistinen
Dec 21, 2014
Byron Arvid Koistinen was born July 6, 1932 to Arvid and Mildred (Kangas) Koistinen of Hayti, South Dakota. He attended rural school and graduated from Hayti High School in 1950. Byron served in the U.S. Air Force for four years and was united in marriage to Ruth Rivers on September 27, 1958 at Lake Norden. They lived in Watertown for...
Dr. Lloyd "Doc" Stavick
Nov 17, 2014
Lloyd C. Stavick, son of Clarence and Francis (Van Heel) Stavick, was born October 19, 1935 at Sisseton, South Dakota. He received his elementary education and his first two years of high school in Sisseton and then moved to Lake Preston, South Dakota where he graduated from high school in 1954. He served in the U.S. Army from January of...
Jeri Ann Drew
Nov 6, 2014
Jeri Ann Louise Drew, 64, formerly of Watertown, died Thursday, November 6, 2014 following a lengthy struggle with Pick's Dementia. She was a resident in a Lake Norden nursing care center at the time of her death. Memorial services are scheduled for 2:00 PM, Friday, November 14, 2014 at Geise Funeral Chapel in Lake Norden. Visitation will be 2 hours...
