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Donna L. Johnson
Jan 16, 2010
Donna L. Johnson was born September 3, 1926 in Ida Grove, IA to Ernest and Marie (Schiernbeck) Hamann. She was baptized at the Evangelical Reformed Church March 29, 1942. At age 21 she married Dean W. Johnson at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Mt. Vernon, SD on January 5, 1947. The couple made their home in rural Plankinton, SD where they...
Rita Weeden
Jan 15, 2010
Rita Weeden, age 72, of Mitchell, SD died Friday, January 15, 2010 at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital. Memorial services will be 2:00 PM Tuesday at Will Funeral Chapel with Reverend James Persons officiating.Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM Tuesday until service time at the Will Funeral Chapel. Rita Clauberg, daughter of Harry and Edith (Wooley) Clauberg, was born February...
Urban Hohn
Jan 13, 2010
Urban Red Hohn, son of Matthew and Lona (Mick) Hohn, was born September 2, 1925 in Dimock, SD. He attended country school through the 8th grade. He worked doing various farm hand jobs. In 1939 he made his home in Mitchell, SD. During the war effort he worked in Rozum Motors basement as a turret lathe operater and moonlighted driving...
Joseph Murtha
Jan 10, 2010
Joseph Murtha, age 94, of Mitchell, SD (formerly of Artesian, SD) died Sunday January 10, 2010 in Mitchell. Funeral services will be 10 AM Wednesday at Holy Spirit Catholic Church with burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Artesian, SD. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM Tuesday at the Will Funeral Chapel with a rosary service beginning at 7...
Irene Carol Schmig
Jan 5, 2010
Irene Carol Schmig age 81, of Mitchell, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at Avera Brady and Rehab. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM Friday at Will Funeral Chapel with a scripture service beginning at 7:00 PM with rosary to follow. Burial will be in Servicemans Memorial...
Clarence Alvin Boulthouse
Jan 4, 2010
Clarence Alvin Boulthouse was born September 14, 1928 in Chancellor, SD to Albert and Nancy (Otten) Boulthouse. Clarence schooled in Parker, SD and worked on the railroad with his father until entering U.S. Army in May of 1951, after his discharge in February of 1953 he returned home and worked for the Milwaukee Railroad. He married Viola Postma on March...
Carol Meinke
Dec 18, 2009
Carol Meinke, age 60, of Huron, formerly of Mitchell, died Friday, December 18, 2009 at the Huron Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be 10:00 AM Friday, January 29, 2010 at Will Funeral Chapel with burial at Graceland Cemetery. Carol Jean Meinke was born on July 26, 1949 to Ervin and Klara (Kilbur) Meinke in Mitchell. Carol grew up in...
Mildred Marie Hills
Dec 4, 2009
Mildred Marie Hills was born on December 20, 1928 at Chamberlain, SD to Charles and Christina (Schmidt) Giedd. She grew up and attended school in Chamberlain and graduated from High School in 1946. On August 16, 1947 she married Carroll Loran Hills in Oacoma, SD. They moved to Spearfish, SD and was a telephone operator until Loran graduated from Black...
Susan Homan
Dec 2, 2009
Susan G. Homan, age 61, of Mitchell died Wednesday, December 02, 2009 at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, December 5 at St. Marys Episcopal Church in Mitchell with burial in Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will begin from 6 to 8 PM Friday at Will Funeral Chapel with prayer service beginning at 7:00 PM. Susan...
Fr. Robert Joseph Fox
Nov 30, 2009
Father Robert Joseph Fox, 81, of Hanceville, died Thursday, November 26, 2009, at his residence in Hanceville, Alabama. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Saturday, December 5, at St. Mary of Mercy Catholic Church in Alexandria with burial at St. Mary of Mercy Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 PM Friday at St. Mary of Mercy with...
Jeanne Storla
Nov 25, 2009
Jeanne Storla, age 85, of Mitchell, SD (formerly of Mt. Vernon, SD) died Wednesday November 25, 2009 at her home. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Monday at Salem Lutheran Church with burial at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM Sunday at the Will Funeral Chapel. Jeanne Parker, daughter of Conard and Ethel (Slagle) Parker,...
Don King
Nov 22, 2009
Don King, age 87 of Mitchell, died Sunday, November 22, 2009 at his home in Mitchell after a lengthy illness. Memorial services are 10:30 AM Friday, November 27, 2009 at the Will Funeral Chapel with burial at Servicemens Memorial Cemetery with military rites. Don was born on June 19, 1922 in Reliance, SD to Joseph and Emily (LaBreche) King. Don...
Tony Adams
Nov 19, 2009
A.Tony Adams age 76, of Mitchell died Thursday, November 19, 2009. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Tuesday at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM Monday at the Will Funeral Chapel with a prayer service at 7:30 PM. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Tony Adams, son of Harold and Merle (Edgar) Adams,...
Harold Wagner
Nov 18, 2009
Harold Hal Wagner, age 85, of Mitchell, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Select Specialties Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Saturday, November 21 at the Will Funeral Chapel with burial at the American Legion Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM Friday at Will Funeral Chapel with a prayer service beginning at 7:00...
Madge Boik
Nov 15, 2009
Madge was born September 6, 1913 at Mason City, IA to Frank and Edith (Slack) Burns. In October 1922 her stepfather moved the family to Mitchell, where she attended school, graduating in 1933. In September 1943 she moved to Rapid City, working at the airbase until enrolling in Greenes Beauty School in 1945. After graduation she was employed at Greenes...
Esther C. Backes
Nov 10, 2009
Esther Clara Alice was born January 9, 1931 to Walter and Edith (Pietrusky) Heiman on a farm southwest of Emery, SD. She attended school through the 8th grade at a country school. She helped her father on the family farm until her marriage on June 5, 1949 to Elmer Backes in Alexandria, SD. Esther and Elmer made their home in...
Donald D. Hanson
Nov 9, 2009
Donald D. Hanson, age 71, of Alexandria, SD died November 9, 2009 at his home under hospice care. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday November 21, 2009 at St. Marys Episcopal Church in Mitchell with burial a 2:00 PM burial at Greenhill Cemetery in Alexandria, SD. Visitation with the family will follow at The 420 Main Street Building in...
Laura Stoebner
Nov 9, 2009
Laura Stoebner, age 98 of Mitchell, died Monday, November 09, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Society Home in Tripp, SD. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Thursday, November 12 at the First Reformed Church in Mitchell with burial at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM Wednesday at Will Funeral Chapel with prayer service beginning at 7:00...
Terry Thomas Mathis
Nov 9, 2009
Terry Thomas Mathis, age 49 of Ethan, SD (formerly of Mt. Vernon, SD) died Monday November 9, 2009 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday at the Ethan School Gymnasium with burial at 2:00 PM Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Storla, SD. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Friday...
Herman Egbert Weeldreyer
Nov 3, 2009
Herman Egbert Weeldreyer age 79, of Mitchell, died Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at the VA Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services will 1:00 PM Saturday at the Will Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be Friday from 6 to 8 PM at the Will Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Servicemens Memorial Cemetery with military rites. Herman was born September 30,...
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