Obituary Listings

Jan 9, 2008

Helen M. Koistinen Lake Norden, South Dakota Funeral Service 10:00 A.M., Saturday, January 12, 2008 Lake Norden Baptist Church Lake Norden, South Dakota Pastor Warren Vendt, Officiating Interment Lake Norden Baptist Cemetery, Lake Norden, SD Visitation 5 PM to 8 PM Friday at Geise Funeral Chapel in Lake Norden. Helen M. (Olson) Koistinen was born on August 4, 1918, in...

Jan 1, 2008

Mark Raasch Castlewood, South Dakota Funeral Service 10:30 A.M., Friday, January 4, 2008 First Presbyterian Church Castlewood, South Dakota Rev. Terry Drew, Officiating Interment Castlewood Cemetery, Castlewood, SD Visitation 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday at Geise Funeral Chapel in Castlewood. Mark Steven Raasch, son of Robert and Donna (Somsen) Raasch, was born August 26, 1955 in Watertown, South Dakota....

Dec 23, 2007

Travis E. Lemley Bruce, South Dakota Travis Elman Lemley, son of Elman and Wanda (Park) Lemley, was born January 26, 1944 at Dyersburg, Tennesee. He served in the United States Air Force and later made his home at Bruce, South Dakota where he was a self employed auto body repairman. He died on Sunday, December 23, 2007 at Avera-McKennan Hospital...

Dec 8, 2007

Clifford A. McClard Estelline, South Dakota Funeral Service 1:30 P.M., Thursday, December 13, 2007 First Reformed Church Volga, South Dakota Rev. Robert Vander Schaaf, Officiating Interment Hillcrest Cemetery Estelline, South Dakota Visitation 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Wednesday at Geise Funeral Home in Estelline Clifford A. McClard, son of Harry and Sarah (Williams) McClard, was born April 2, 1913 in...

Dec 3, 2007

Darris Ernest Rust Bruce, South Dakota Funeral Service 11:00 A.M., Friday, December 7, 2007 Trinity Lutheran Church Estelline, South Dakota Rev. Ann E.S. Webb, Officiating Interment Elmwood Cemetery Bruce, South Dakota Visitation 5PM to 8PM Thursday at Geise Funeral Home in Estelline. Darris Ernest Rust, son of Otto and Shirley (Blumeyer) Rust, was born October 7, 1941 in Brookings, South...

Nov 29, 2007

Edward L. Lee Lake Norden, South Dakota Funeral Service 10:30 A.M., Monday, December 3, 2007 Trinity Lutheran Church Lake Norden, South Dakota Interment Pleasant View Cemetery Hayti, South Dakota Visitation One hour preceding services at the church on Monday. Edward L. Lee, son of Lloyd and Mary (McCullough) Lee, was born September 22, 1929 in Watertown, South Dakota. He received...

Nov 18, 2007

Lena Druse Estelline, South Dakota Funeral Service 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 21, 2007 United Church Of Christ Estelline, South Dakota Pastor Deven Edinger, Officiating Visitation One hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday Interment Toronto Cemetery, Toronto, South Dakota Lena Mary (McClard) Druse was born to Harry and Sarah (Williams) McClard on November 25, 1908 near Pleasantville, Iowa....

Nov 16, 2007

Cora Heemeyer Castlewood, South Dakota Celebration Of Life Service 11:00 A.M., Monday, November 19, 2007 Geise Funeral Home Estelline, South Dakota Rev. Harold Westra, Officiating Interment Bemis Christian Reformed Cemetery Rural Clear Lake, South Dakota Visitation One hour preceding services on Monday Cora (Nagelhout) Heemeyer, daughter of Everet and Betsy (Van Den Brink) Nagelhout, was born February 23, 1906 in...

Oct 31, 2007

Dorathea M. Pottratz Brookings, SD Dorathea M. Pottratz was born on April 24, 1921, in Hamlin County, South Dakota the daughter of Fred and Alvina (Ganter) Asp. She died on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at the Brookings Hospital at the age of 86. Dorathea was baptized in the Hidewood Lutheran Church. Doratheas father died when she was eight years old....

Oct 2, 2007

Warren D. 'Bud' Gilligan Estelline, South Dakota Memorial Service 10:30 A.M., Friday, October 5, 2007 St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Estelline, South Dakota Fr. Kenneth Koster, Officiating Interment St. Francis de Sales Catholic Cemetery Estelline, South Dakota Warren D. 'Bud' Gilligan, son of Thomas and Helen (Cliffton) Gilligan, was born November 24, 1924 in Estelline, South Dakota. He grew...

Sep 29, 2007

Jacqueline J. Granum, 79, of Estelline, SD died Saturday, September 29, 2007 at Estelline Nursing & Care Center. Funeral Services have been set for 11:00am Thursday, October 4, 2007 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Estelline. Visitation will be from 4:00pm to 7:00pm Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at Geise Funeral Home, Estelline. Jacqueline J Sherman was born August 4, 1928 in Worthing,...

Sep 27, 2007

Ethel (Schamens) Sondergaard Dell Rapids, South Dakota (Formerly of Estelline, South Dakota) Ethel (Schamens) Sondergaard was born June 6, 1921 at home in Bryant, South Dakota, the daughter of Orlin and Abbie (Janssen) Schamens. She spent her early years in Bryant and received her education in the rural schools of Hamlin County. After her schooling, Ethel worked keeping house and...

Sep 20, 2007

Henry Haberly Castlewood, South Dakota Memorial Service 4:30 P.M., Saturday, September 22, 2007 Geise Funeral Chapel Castlewood, South Dakota Interment Castlewood Cemetery Henry Haberly, son of Fred and Rosina (Haberle) Haberly, was born May 7, 1914, at Castlewood, South Dakota. He grew up and received his education in rural school near Castlewood. Henry served in the United States Army during...

Sep 14, 2007

Mary Haberly Castlewood, South Dakota Memorial Service 10:30 A.M., Thursday, September 20, 2007 First Presbyterian Church Castlewood, South Dakota Rev. Terry Drew, Officiating Private Family Interment Castlewood Cemetery Castlewood, South Dakota Visitation 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at Geise Funeral Chapel in Castlewood. Mary Leona (Beman) Haberly, daughter of Dick and Leona (King) Beman, was born...

Sep 3, 2007

Gary A. 'Shorty' TeKrony Castlewood, South Dakota Funeral Service 10:30 A.M., Saturday, September 8, 2007 First Presbyterian Church Castlewood, South Dakota Rev. Terry Drew, Officiating Interment Castlewood Cemetery Visitation 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, September 7, 2007 at Geise Funeral Chapel in Castlewood. Gary A. 'Shorty' TeKrony, son of Merwin and Joyce (Scott) TeKrony, was born January 14, 1963...

Aug 15, 2007

Leroy Lee Carey Lake Norden, South Dakota Military Interment Service 9:00 A.M., Monday, August 20, 2007 Black Hills National Cemetery Sturgis, South Dakota Leroy Robert Lee Carey was born July 24, 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Robert and Marie (Fleischman) Carey. After graduating from high school at the age of 17 he started work at UPS as a pre-loader, later...

Aug 11, 2007

Fern Nielson Lake Norden, South Dakota Funeral Service 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Evangelical Covenant Church Lake Norden, South Dakota Pastor Joe Turrill, Officiating Interment Danish Lutheran Cemetery Lake Norden, South Dakota Visitation 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at Geise Funeral Chapel in Lake Norden. Fern (Aronson) Nielson, daughter of Albert and Hannah (Diebert) Aronson,...

Aug 9, 2007

Cecile O. Saathoff

Estelline, South Dakota

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Funeral Service 10:30 A.M., Monday, August 13, 2007 St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church Dempster, South Dakota

Interment Dempster Cemetery, Dempster, South Dakota

Visitation 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Sunday at Geise Funeral Home in Estelline.

Cecile Opal (Strain) Saathoff, daughter...

Aug 4, 2007

Lola Middleton Schmidt Madison, South Dakota Funeral Service 2:00 P.M., Thursday, August 9, 2007 Geise Funeral Home Estelline, South Dakota Rev. Terry Knudson, Officiating Interment Hillcrest Cemetery Estelline, South Dakota Visitation 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Wednesday at Geise Funeral Home in Estelline. Lola R. Thompson, daughter of Sever and Ida (Dahl) Thompson, was born June 26, 1918 at Watertown,...

Aug 1, 2007

Joyce Aho Lake Norden, South Dakota Funeral Service 10:00 A.M., Saturday, August 4, 2007 Trinity Lutheran Church Lake Norden, South Dakota Rev. Donald Schumacher, Officiating Interment Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Lake Norden, South Dakota Visitation 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, August 3, 2007 Trinity Lutheran Church Lake Norden, South Dakota Joyce Ilo (Anderson) Aho, daughter of Halmer and Jessie (Rund)...