Obituary Listings

Apr 28, 2009

Howard Alfred Ruotsalainen, son of William and Emma (Kinnunen) Ruotsalainen, was born December 8, 1923, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up and received his education at Lake Norden, graduating from Lake Norden High School. Howard entered the U.S. Army and served overseas during World War II and was involved in the Battle Of The Bulge and the Normandy Invasion. After...

Apr 25, 2009

Funeral Service 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Trinity Lutheran Church Estelline, South Dakota Rev. Ann E.S. Webb, Officiating Interment Hillcrest Cemetery Estelline, South Dakota Visitation 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Geise Funeral Home in Estelline Richard C. Swift, son of Jesse and Beatrice (Lehner) Swift, was born July 28, 1918, in Brookings, South Dakota. He...

Apr 11, 2009

Funeral Service 2:00 P.M., Thursday, April 16, 2009 Old Apostolic Lutheran Church Lake Norden, South Dakota Interment Apostolic Lutheran Cemetery Lake Norden, South Dakota Visitation 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Old Apostolic Lutheran Church Lake Norden, South Dakota Ellen Virginia (Ek) Paso, daughter of John and Anna (Larson) Ek, was born December 2, 1911, in Clatskanie,...

Mar 27, 2009

Funeral Service 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Evangelical Covenant Church Lake Norden, South Dakota Pastor Warren Vendt, Officiating Interment Lake Norden Baptist Cemetery Visitation 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Tuesday at Geise Funeral Chapel in Lake Norden Sylvia Eleanor (Bajuniemi) Larson, daughter of Levi and Marie (Juntunen) Bajuniemi, was born October 15, 1914, at Lake Norden, South Dakota. She...

Mar 26, 2009

Funeral Service 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Estelline School Gymnasium Estelline, South Dakota Fr. Brian Simon, Officiating Visitation 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Monday at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church followed by a Scripture Service at 7:00 P.M. Interment St. Francis de Sales Catholic Cemetery Estelline, South Dakota Randall John DeVille, son of Nicholas and Viola (Janssen) DeVille,...

Mar 24, 2009

Funeral Service 2:00 P.M., Saturday, March 28, 2009 Trinity Lutheran Church Estelline, South Dakota Rev. Ann E.S. Webb, Officiating Interment Hillcrest Cemetery Estelline, South Dakota Visitation One hour preceding services at the church on Saturday. Elma Violet (Olson) Blumeyer, daughter of Andrew and Minnie (Wirta) Olson, was born June 2, 1916, on a farm in Brookings County, South Dakota. She...

Mar 19, 2009

Funeral Mass 10:30 A.M., Monday, March 23, 2009 St. Johns Catholic Church Castlewood, South Dakota Fr. Kenneth Koster, Officiating Interment St. Johns Catholic Cemetery, Castlewood, SD Visitation 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M., Sunday at St. Johns Catholic Church followed by a Scripture Service at 4:00 P.M. Richard Bud Bohls, son of John and Mary (Tauer) Bohls, was born June 16,...

Mar 10, 2009

Funeral Service 10:30 A.M., Monday, March 16, 2009 Trinity Lutheran Church Lake Norden, South Dakota Rev. Gene Peterson, Officiating Interment Danish Lutheran Cemetery Lake Norden, South Dakota Visitation 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M., Sunday at Geise Funeral Chapel in Lake Norden. John L. Andersen, son of Carl and Anna (Larsen) Andersen, was born February 23, 1924, on the family farm...

Feb 2, 2009

Memorial Service 2:00 P.M., Friday, May 15, 2009 Trinity Lutheran Church Estelline, South Dakota Rev. Ann E. S. Webb, Officiating Inurnment following Memorial Service Hillcrest Cemetery Estelline, South Dakota Alma was born on a farm south west of Milbank to Nels and Hannah (Magnuson) Nord. She was the 10th of 14 children. She had polio at 3 and was toughened...

Feb 2, 2009

Margaret Neola (Larson) Oines Estelline, South Dakota Memorial Service 2:00 P.M., Monday, February 9, 2008 Trinity Lutheran Church Estelline, South Dakota Rev. Ann E.S. Webb, Officiating Interment Hillcrest Cemetery Estelline, South Dakota Margaret N. Oines was born on March 28, 1912, in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, the daughter of Alfred and Helga (Glem) Larson. She spent her early years and received her...

Jan 20, 2009

Rosie Brower Estelline, South Dakota Funeral Service 2:00 P.M., Friday, January 23, 2009 Trinity Lutheran Church Estelline, South Dakota Rev. Ann E.S. Webb, Officiating Interment Hillcrest Cemetery Estelline, South Dakota Visitation One hour preceding services at the church on Friday. Rosie A. (Perkins) Brower, daughter of Carl and Anna (Ashland) Perkins, was born April 13, 1918, at Oldham, South Dakota....

Jan 17, 2009

Wilhelmina Sylvia Archer Estelline, South Dakota Funeral Service 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, January 21, 2009 United Church of Christ Estelline, South Dakota Pastor Deven Edinger, Officiating Interment Hillcrest Cemetery Estelline, South Dakota Visitation 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Tuesday at Geise Funeral Home in Estelline. Wilhelmina Sylvia (Kalsbeck) Archer, daughter of Garrit and Kathryn (Katze) Kalsbeck, was born June 19, 1930,...

Jan 16, 2009

Helen M. Johnson Estelline, South Dakota Helen M. Johnson, age 91, formerly of DeSmet, South Dakota, died Friday, January 16, 2009, at the Estelline Nursing and Care Center. She was born on December 26, 1917, in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, the daughter of Raymond and Hilda (Martinson) Thomas. In May of 1936 she moved with her family to South Dakota where...

Jan 6, 2009

Anna Janssen

Estelline, South Dakota

Funeral Service

10:30 A.M., Friday, January 9, 2009

Hamlin Reformed Church

Rural Castlewood, South Dakota

Rev. Carl Van Voorst, Officiating

Interment

Dempster Cemetery

Dempster, South Dakota...

Jan 4, 2009

James Dalrymple

Lake Norden, South Dakota

Funeral Service

10:30 A.M., Saturday, January 10, 2009

Geise Funeral Home

Estelline, South...

Jan 3, 2009

Eleanor Harrenga

Estelline, South Dakota

Funeral Service

11:00 A.M., Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Hamlin Reformed Church

Rural Castlewood, South Dakota

Rev. Carl Van Voorst, Officiating

Visitation

One hour preceding services at the church on...

Jan 3, 2009

Anchorage resident David Bryant Cummings, 62, died suddenly Jan. 3, 2009, at his mother's home in Castlewood, S.D., while on a pheasant hunting trip and visiting family. David Bryant Cummings was born October 4, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan to Myrle (LaDue) and Leslie M Cummings. He was baptized at First Methodist Church in Mitchell, South Dakota where he lived for...

Dec 31, 2008

Sybil "LaVerne" Goldhorn

Castlewood, South Dakota

Memorial Service

3:00 P.M., Saturday, January 3, 2009

American Lutheran Church

Castlewood, South Dakota

Rev. William Hamill, Officiating

Memorial Visitation

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Saturday, January 3,...

Dec 30, 2008

Bernadette "Bernie" Linneman

Watertown, South Dakota

Funeral Mass

10:30 A.M., Saturday, January 3, 2009

St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church

Estelline, South Dakota

Scripture Service and Rosary

8:00 P.M., Friday, January 2, 2009

St....

Dec 26, 2008

Howard Johnson

Lake Norden, South Dakota

Funeral Service

11:00 A.M., Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Trinity Lutheran Church

Lake Norden, South Dakota

Rev. Gene Peterson, Officiating

Visitation

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Tuesday at Geise...