Obituaries

Gladys Schamber

Gladys Schamber

Oct 20, 2024

Gladys Schamber, 98, formerly of Tripp, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2024 at MorningStar Senior Living in Peoria, AZ.

Visitation will be held 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. prayer service, Friday, November 1, at Zion Lutheran Church in Delmont. 

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 2 at Zion Lutheran.

Interment will be at Grace Hill Cemetery, Tripp. 

Gladys...

Robert Eugene Bell

Robert Eugene Bell

Oct 19, 2024

Robert E. Bell, 76, of Tyndall SD went to be with the Lord on October 19th, 2024 surrounded by loved ones at Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton.

A memorial service will be held 11:30 a.m. Friday, October 25 at Goglin Funeral Home in Yankton. Visitation begins at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be held in the Elk Point Cemetery, Elk Point, SD. 

Robert,...

Ernest Kenneth Hieb

Ernest Kenneth Hieb

Oct 15, 2024

Ernest Kenneth Hieb, 85, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Tripp, SD, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at the Freeman Regional Nursing Home.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, October 20 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. scripture service, at Friedens Reformed Church in Tripp. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October...

Eugene Ray Vavruska

Eugene Ray Vavruska

Oct 4, 2024

Eugene Vavruska, passed away at the Sioux Falls VA Hospital on October 4, 2024, just one day shy of his 94th birthday. Visitation will be held 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a time of sharing, Wednesday, October 9 at Goglin Funeral Home in Tyndall. His funeral will begin 10:30 a.m. at Tyndall Presbyterian Church, with Lorney Van Gerpen officiating....

Ramona Chambers

Ramona Chambers

Sep 24, 2024

Ramona E. Chambers, 'Mona', age 82, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at Tyndall Good Samaritan Center.

A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 26 in the Tyndall Good Samaritan Center Chapel. Interment will be at Friedens Reformed Church Cemetery, Tripp. 

Ramona was born July 14, 1942 in Tyndall to Esther (Michaelsohn) and Emanuel Hauck. She graduated from Tyndall...

Richard Charles Anderson

Richard Charles Anderson

Sep 21, 2024

Richard ‘Rick’ Charles Anderson, 79 years old of Yankton, SD, previously of Sioux City, IA, was surrounded by his family when he took his last breath on Saturday September 21st, 2024 after his short stay at Majestic Bluffs in Yankton.

Rick was born on December 7th, 1944 in Sioux City, Iowa to Claude and Doris (Armstrong) Anderson. Rick attended various trade...

Del Cross

Del Cross

Sep 18, 2024

Del Cross, 93, was born to Earl and Bertha Cross on March 20, 1931 at the family homestead near Bloomfield, Nebraska (NE) where he passed away on September 18, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 12, 2024, at the Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church in the village of Lindy, NE. Pastor Dani Jo Bierwagen...

DeAnna Lynn Hill

DeAnna Lynn Hill

Sep 14, 2024

DeAnna Lynn Hill, residing for the past 18 years in Custer, SD, developed dementia, which took her life September 14, 2024, at the age of 76. Visitation will be held 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 18 at Goglin Funeral Home in Tyndall. Funeral service is 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 19, at Goglin Funeral Home. Interment will be at...

Virginia Mae Kasulka Carter Hamilton

Virginia Mae Kasulka Carter Hamilton

Sep 4, 2024

The family of Virginia Mae Kasulka Carter Hamilton are mourning her passing on September 4, 2024. 

There will be a memorial service at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 305 W 25th ST, Yankton, on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 1 p.m.

Virginia was born on May 25, 1934 in Pukwana, South Dakota to Otto and Frieda (Wentland) Kasulka. She was the youngest...

Misti Marie Stahlecker Ness

Misti Marie Stahlecker Ness

Sep 4, 2024

Misti Marie Stahlecker Ness, 51, went to be with Jesus Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at Sacred Heart Majestic Bluffs Hospice after a long battle with chronic pain and cancer. 

The celebration of life for Misti will be held Sunday, September 15th from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Mojo’s 3rd Street Pizza, 104 E 3rd St., Yankton, SD.

Born on July 25th,...

Daniel Lee Maag

Daniel Lee Maag

Sep 2, 2024

Daniel Lee Maag passed away Monday, September 2, 2024, from glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. A funeral service was held on September 19, 2024, at Wheat Ridge Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

An interment service will be led by Dan’s dear friends, Bob Just and Wayne Bietz, on October 13, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the Grace Hill Cemetery in...

Michael Paul Diede

Michael Paul Diede

Aug 25, 2024

Michael Paul Diede went to be with his Savior Jesus in the early hours of Sunday, August 25, 2024 at the age of 64 years and 11 days. 

Visitation will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. prayer service, Wednesday, August 28 at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Yankton.

Memorial service will be 10:30 a.m., with military honors,...

James Harold Bjornebo

James Harold Bjornebo

Aug 24, 2024

James Bjornebo, age 88 of Madison, SD passed away Saturday, August 24, 2024 at Madison Regional Health System in Madison. No formal services will be held. A private family burial will take place at a later date. Please send condolences to Donna Bjornebo, 210 W Center ST, Apt. 204 Madison SD 57042. In lieu of flowers, memorials will be directed...

Jay Dean Kreber

Jay Dean Kreber

Aug 22, 2024

Jay Dean Kreber, age 70, passed away of natural causes, Thursday, August 22, 2024 at his rural Springfield residence.

A memorial visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at Goglin Funeral Chapel in Tyndall. 

Jay was born December 24, 1953 at Tyndall, SD to Wallace and Irene (Rehurek) Kreber. He attended country grade school at...

Elizabeth 'Beth' Ann Ashley

Elizabeth 'Beth' Ann Ashley

Aug 14, 2024

Elizabeth (Beth) Ann Ashley, 77, of Yankton, SD, passed away on August 14, 2024 after a 25-year battle against Parkinson's Disease. 

Beth was born on December 27, 1946 to Otis Keith and Mary Louise Tichenor in Baraboo, WI. Beth and her younger sister, Louise were raised in many places around the country, as her father was an active member of USAF. 

Beth...

Darryl Allen Becvar

Darryl Allen Becvar

Aug 13, 2024

Darryl Allen Becvar, 64, of Avon, passed away in his home on August 13th, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 24th, 2024, at Goglin Funeral Home in Yankton, SD. Interment, with military rites, will follow at 3:30 p.m. at St. Leo Catholic Cemetery, in Tyndall, SD.

Darryl was born on August 25, 1959 in...

Judith Rae Stoltz

Judith Rae Stoltz

Aug 3, 2024

Judith Rae Stoltz, Judy, died on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at the age of 79. Judy resided in Tripp, but died at Avera Bormann Manor nursing home in Parkston, where she had lived for the last 5 months.   

Judy was born on November 7, 1944, in Madison, South Dakota to Gladys Campbell Meehan and Joseph Meehan. She graduated from Orland...

Hattie Magera

Hattie Magera

Jul 29, 2024

Hattie Marie Magera, age 89, formerly of Tripp, passed away Monday, July 29, 2024 at Ava's House in Sioux Falls, SD.

Visitation will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with Rosary and Wake at 7 p.m., Friday, August 2, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Parkston, SD.

A Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 3 at Sacred Heart in Parkston. Interment...

Thomas Jonathan Eddy

Thomas Jonathan Eddy

Jul 28, 2024

Thomas Eddy, 62, passed away at Sister James Care Center in Yankton, SD, July 28, 2024, after an 11-month battle with brain cancer. A memorial service, with military rites, will be held 11 a.m. Friday, August 2 at Goglin Funeral Home in Tyndall. Visitation begins at 10 a.m.

Tom was a very kind-hearted person. He grew up and went to school...

Wanda K. Schaeffer

Wanda K. Schaeffer

Jul 27, 2024

Wanda Schaeffer, age 65 of Yankton, died July 27, 2024 at the Hospice House in Yankton, with family present. There will be no funeral service, which was her wish.

Wanda Kay Schaeffer was born to Calvin and Alice (Gall) Schaeffer on January 27, 1959 in the Yankton hospital. She was baptized by Rev. Kaempschen in the Saron Reformed Church of rural...

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