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Norman E. Maruska
Apr 17, 2019
Norman Ellsworth Maruska was born on September 3, 1934 to Ed and Ida May (Dummer) Maruska in Scotland, South Dakota. He attended Scotland schools through the 8th grade. At the age of 17, he joined the U.S. Navy. He served as a boilerman on the U.S.S. Alshain during the Korean Conflict from June 1952 to his honorable discharge in August...
Vernon Dean Wynia
Apr 15, 2019
Vernon Dean Wynia was born on May, 5th 1947 in Avon South Dakota to Jerry and Elsie (Yule) Wynia. He passed away on April 15th 2019 at the Veterans Hospital in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Vernon graduated from high school in Springfield South Dakota in 1965 and then joined the Army National Guard in 1967. After the National Guard he then...
Norma Thomson
Apr 15, 2019
Norma Thomson, 82, of Scotland, South Dakota, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2019 at Good Samaritan Society - Scotland.No formal services are being planned at this time.
Karen Renae Havermann
Apr 12, 2019
Karen Renae Havermann passed away at 3:38 p.m. on Friday, April the 12th, 2019 after a long battle with COPD and diabetes. She was born on August 26th, 1948 in Yankton to Clifford and Dorothy (Anderson) Novak. Karen was the oldest of four children. After obtaining her GED she married Charles Mensch. They had a girl called Angie. They moved...
Erwin Theodore Kaup
Apr 9, 2019
Erwin T. Kaup, 73, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at his home in Yankton, South Dakota.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
William "Bill" E. Peterson
Apr 9, 2019
William “Bill” Elmer Peterson was born on January 31, 1947 in Tulelake, California. His parents were Bert Olin and Mary Louise (Llewellyn) Peterson. For several years, Bill traveled between his parents’ home in California and his grandparents’ home in rural Yankton, South Dakota. On September 3, 1971, he was united in marriage to Joyce Ann Schanche in Mission Hill, South...
Hazel Boese
Mar 27, 2019
CLERGYRev. Dennis WebberEULOGISTKen HalseyMUSICOrganist – Judy RatzloffPianist ~ Monica SchultzSoloist ~ Lisa Knoll“Peace in the Valley”Congregational Hymns“He Leadeth Me”“He Keeps Me Singing”CASKETBEARERSWayne Walters, Terry Schultz, Dan Knoll,Cal Ratzloff, Ron Ratzlaff, & Dennis DeJongHazel Laverne (Halsey) Boese was born on October 21, 1929 to W.P. “Platt” and Lorna (Guptil) Halsey in Springfield, South Dakota. She was raised in the Springfield area....
Richard A. Isaacs
Mar 26, 2019
Richard Arlo Isaacs was born on August 24, 1935 to Georgia Belle Patten and Norbert Isaacs in Scotland, South Dakota. He was raised by his mother and great uncle Ward Patten until his mother married William (Bill) Burke in 1945. He graduated from Scotland High School in 1953. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1955 and served until 1957. ...
Linda Rae Bickett
Mar 26, 2019
Linda Rae Bickett, age 62, of Yankton, passed away March 26th, 2019 at Avera Sister James from a hard battle with bladder cancer.Linda was born April 5th, 1956 in Lennox, SD to parents Raymond Bickett and Minnie Stack Bickett. Linda Graduated from Lennox High School in 1974. She worked at several manufacturing plants through the years. Linda was a creative...
Helen Sedlacek
Mar 19, 2019
Helen (Sternhagen) Sedlacek was born on April 4, 1923 to Thomas and Louise (Schuch) Sternhagen on a farm 9 miles northwest of Tabor, South Dakota. She was baptized at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Tabor by Fr. Bouska. Her godparents were Thomas and Catherine Bouska of Tabor. As a child, Helen attended the rural Tabor school district.On October 21, 1941,...
Norman Konrad
Mar 18, 2019
Norman Walter Konrad was born on November 3, 1930 to Walter and Helma (Bietz) Konrad on the family homestead east of Tripp, South Dakota. He was confirmed in the Christian faith at St. John Lutheran Church in Kaylor. He attended country school through the 8th grade and later high school in Kaylor, SD. Norman farmed alongside his father on the...
Thelma V. Zwanziger
Mar 14, 2019
Thelma Zwanziger, 80, of Yankton, South Dakota, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton.Memorial services will be held later this spring.
Ferne Baltzer
Mar 13, 2019
Ferne Shirley Baltzer was born on March 10, 1936, in rural Hutchinson County, South Dakota. She was the second of two children born to Orvil T. and Margaret (Minet) Carey. She was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Scotland, South Dakota.Ferne graduated from Scotland High School in 1954 and went on to earn...
Jacky Beene
Mar 11, 2019
Jacky passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019 at his home in Freeman, South Dakota.
In accordance with his wishes, no immediate services will be held.
Ray Edward Kepplinger
Mar 10, 2019
ClergyRev. Terry MakelinMusic“Beautiful Savior”“Just As I Am”Active CasketbearersFrank Burke, Michael Dvorak, James Smith,Kyle, Kory, & Kreg KepplingerHonorary CasketbearersJames DvorakLyle IrelandRussell IrelandGary KonstanzFrank KloucekElton LehrMilo SchaefferFlag Presentation byPaul Grosshuesch VFW Post #2966 &Joseph Verm American Legion Post #155Ray E. Kepplinger was born on a farm south of Scotland on December 28, 1932 to Frank and Myrtle (Ireland) Kepplinger. Later the family...
Carol J. Kreber
Mar 4, 2019
After a courageous battle with MS, Carol J. Kreber died peacefully on March 4, 2019 at the Tyndall Good Samaritan Center.Carol was born August 4, 1944 to Clarence and Grace (Lewis) Roberts. She was raised and went to school in Wall, SD. She went on to graduate from St. Michael’s School of Nursing earning her RN degree.Carol met and married...
Maxine Schuurmans-Kinsley
Feb 26, 2019
Maxine Schuurmans Kinsley was born on October 31, 1927, the fifth of seven children to Sylvester and Lillian Petrik, on a heritage farm near Tyndall, South Dakota. She attended Koupal District #24 country school. Following her graduation from Tyndall High School in 1944, she attended two year of college separated by two years working in the Los Angeles, California area....
Martin Z. Schulte
Feb 26, 2019
Martin Z. Schulte, age 82, of Yankton, South Dakota, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019 while at Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton.Memorial services are at 2:00pm, Monday, March 11, 2019 at the United Presbyterian Church, Laurel, Nebraska with Pastor Jim Splitt officiating. Please join us for refreshments and fellowship after the service.Martin was born on July 1, 1936,...
Judy Ann Harley
Feb 24, 2019
Judy Ann Harley was born on July 17, 1941 to James R. and Alice A. (Platt) Webb inOconomowoc, Wisconsin. During her childhood, she lived in many different places as her mother moved around as she worked as a teacher. She attended school in Mitchell, South Dakota and later earned her G.E.D. She worked as a waitress and later as a...
George Holm
Feb 24, 2019
George Nicholas Holm was born May 27, 1940 to Leif Nicholas and Ella Mabel (Stillman) Holm. He was raised on a farm outside of Scotland until they moved into what became the family home in town during his second grade year. George attended school until the eighth grade. He eventually purchased the house next door into which he and his...
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