2012

B
Lillian (Reiner) Breitkreutz, 95,
August 17, 1916 - January 14, 2012

D
Eugene Drefs, 86,
May 8, 1925 - January 3, 2012

S
Leona (Friedrich) Sedlezky, 97,
January 21, 1914 - January 8, 2012
Frieda (Batterman) Struck, 88, May 28, 1923 - January 10, 2012

W
Lavalle (Gau) Weber, 77,
July 17, 1934 - Jnauary 13, 2012
Esther (Dobler) Weisser, 85, August 9, 1926 - January 21, 2012

2011

A
Christina (Stainbrook) Amussen, 44,
Died 2011

B
Stanley Bateman, 55,
July 14, 1956 - September 9, 2011
Anita (Gerlach) Beiswinger, 83,
May 13, 1928 - May 26, 2011
Christine (Sommer) Berg, 92,
March 10, 1918 - March 3, 2011
Jacqueline Nicole Berry, 21, October 4, 1989 - July 18, 2011
Frances (Leischner) Bertsch, 83, November 5, 1927 - April 6, 2011
Larry Bialas, 69, April 22, 1941 - January 24, 2011
Lillian (Kronaizl) Biehl, 92, September 10, 1918 - August 16, 2011
Mary (Richters) Bintliff, 68. March 23, 1943 - November 21, 2011
Duane Blachnik, 66, April 17, 1944 - March 15, 2011
Gladys (DeGeest) Blume, 92, August 5, 1918 - January 26, 2011
Dorothy (Fergen) Boehmer, 73, May 5, 1938 - December 29, 2011
Fred Bormann, 57, February 25, 1954 - December 14, 2011
Raymond Bouza, 77, November 15, 1934 - December 30, 2011
Darlene (Bitterman) Buchmann, 74, August 20, 1936 - February 24, 2011

C
Kenneth B. Carlson, 87,
August 11, 1924 - November 2, 2011
Martin Carmody, Jr., 76, November 8, 1934 - March 1, 2011

D
Linda (Fischer) Dawes, 90,
May 16, 1921 - December 21, 2011
Larry Diede, 62, January 14, 1949 - February 27, 2011
Mildred (Goehring) Dutro, 82, August 23, 1938 - March 13, 2011

E
Loraine (Phillips) Edmundson, 90,
April 6, 1921 - December 17, 2011
Clarence Eisenbraun, 89, September 26, 1921 - January 10, 2011
Gertrude (Sprecher) Engel, 91, November 21, 1920 - December 22, 2011
Faith Ewing, 79, July 28, 1932 - November 13, 2011

F
S. Bennett Fasbender, 82
, May 21,1929 - 2011
Olifa Freier, 96, Died February 9, 2011
Lester Frey, 84, August 31, 1927 - December 9, 2011
Leo Fritza, 87, Died February 10, 2011
Arnold Fuerniss, 90, January 17, 1921 - May 24, 2011

G
Marvin Geidel, 74,
January 13, 1937 - January 28, 2011
Grace (Ware) Gregor, 99, May 26, 1912 - September 28, 2011
Darlene (Schoenfelder) Goldammer, 74, April 30, 1937 - June 25, 2011
Elaine (Schulz) Guthmiller, 87, April 19, 1924 - November 6, 2011

H
Bert Hagert, 69,
July 27, 1942 - August 13, 2011
Kelly Hahn, 49, Dec. 4, 1962 - Dec. 23, 2011
Emma (Tiede) Hanselman, 92, August 12, 1918 - June 26, 2011
Melvin Harnisch, 90, March 26, 1921 - April 5, 2011
The Rev. Rudy Hauck, 93, November 17, 1917 - October 6, 2011
Marie (Reidinger) Hauck, 91, November 12, 1919 - October 9, 2011
Beatrice (Shields) Hayen, 81, Jan. 16, 1930 - Dec. 23, 2011
Wallace Hayen, 79, April 1, 1932 - June 9, 2011
Jon Heisinger, 58, Died February 2, 2011
Esther (Wollman) Herrboldt, 81, May 25, 1929 - February 16, 2011
Loretta (Weiger) Horstman, 91, May 19, 1920 - November 28, 2011

J
LaMonte Johnson, Sr., 62,
February 14, 1949 - May 14, 2011
Monica (Guthmiller) Johnson, 61, July 27, 1950 - August 15, 2011
Delphine (Baumiller) Juhnke, 74, August 11, 1936 - April 2, 2011
Ronda (Globke) Just, 42, September 16, 1968 - August 18, 2011

K
Roger Kaufman, 83,
January 24, 1928 - September 21, 2011
Robert Karolevitz, 89, April 26, 1922 - June 17, 2011
Frances Kinkade, 99, March 6, 1912 - April 9, 2011
Darlene (Bietz) Kludt, 73, October 14, 1937 - May 5, 2011
Ruby (Hahn) Kriz, 79, June 3, 1932 - August 24, 2011

L
Raymond Leibel, 59,
December 20, 1951 - April 17, 2011
Douglas Lindeman, 58, May 3, 1953 - September 28, 2011
Hermina (Veenis) Ludens, 84, December 31, 1926 - May 14, 2011
Margarete (Struck) Luebke, 92, December 5, 1919 - December 30, 2011

M
Elder Magstadt, 100,
November 1, 1910 - January 14, 2011
Zoldene (Orel) Martensen, 90, March 11, 1921 - April 28, 2011
Dr. John McCann, 85, June 26, 1926 - December 7, 2011
Marlene (Boddicker) McClain, 74, November 14, 1937 - December 4, 2011
Velda (Frey) Mehlhaff, 83, March 5, 1928 - June 30, 2011
Violet (Geigle) Mikuska, 94, May 17, 1916 - March 19, 2011
Larry Mountain, 63, May 19, 1949 - October 17, 2011
Elmer Muntefering, 80, August 9, 1930 - February 11, 2011
Romulda (Schlimgen) Muntefering, 71, April 18, 1939 - February 26, 2011
William Muntefering, 67, June 25, 1944 - October 22, 2011

N
Marlys (Luebke) Neugebauer, 77,
February 24, 1934 - October 14, 2011

O
Rhonda (Locken) O’Hara, 56,
March 5, 1955 - March 12, 2011
Dorothy (Schoon) Ochsner, 71, June 13, 1939 - March 12, 2011

P
Thecla (Thury) Pape, 93,
December 19, 1917 - August 1, 2011
Shirley (Calvert) Pettersen, 80, September 24, 1930 - June 14, 2011
Donna (Weber) Puetz, 80, September 10, 1930 - June 21, 2011

R
Harlan Rath, 72,
January 24, 1939 - September 16, 2011
Richard Reinhardt, 64, May 14, 1946 - May 12, 2011
Walter Rembold, 91, Feb. 22, 1920 - April 25, 2011
William Rieb, 74, April 22, 1937 - November 20, 2011
Richard Rieck, 78, November 2, 1933 - November 13, 2011
Lydia (Giebelhaus) Roemer, 93, December 26, 1917 - July 5, 2011

S
Richard Sayler, 96,
January 1, 1915 - April 19, 2011
Regina (Wieczorek) Scheetz, 95, November 5, 1015 - October 1, 2011
Helen (Fergen) Schelske, 80, August 17, 1931 - October 5, 2011
Olivia (Stoebner) Schnabel, 94, May 26, 1917 - November 2, 2011
Denise (Nicholson) Schroeder, 54, May 11, 1957 - July 2, 2011
Victor Schoenfelder, 91, April 28, 1919 - January 15, 2011
Patricia (Thuringer) Schuette, 86, July 8, 1925 - Died 2011
Joseph Shelley, 85, Sept. 30, 1925 - Jan. 27, 2011
Ronald Sommer, 73, September 7, 1937 - Died 2011
Dr. Raymond Sprecher, 82, February 20. 1928 - February 19, 2011
Genevieve (Behrend) Springer, 99, November 26, 1911 - June 30, 2011
Richard Stirling, 68, June 20, 1942 - April 4, 2011
Marie (Miiller) Suhr, 76,
June 2, 1934 - January 2, 2011

T
Violet (Mehlhaff) Thiesse, 81.
April 24, 1929 - March 20, 2011
Christine (Stadlman) Thuringer, 84,
April 6, 1926 - January 14, 2011
Eldora (Bender) Tiede, 86, February 7, 1925 - November 8, 2011
Marjorie (Neuheisel) Tiede, 95,
February 28, 1915 - January 10, 2011

U
Gilbert Uhrich, 90,
March 8, 1921 - July 19, 2011
John Untereiner, 86, October 12, 1925 - December 20, 2011

V
Stanley Vilhauer, 75,
May 26, 1936 - July 5, 2011

W
William Wagner, 60
, January 31, 1951 - April 27, 2011
Sylvester Walz, 88, November 29, 1922 - August 25, 2011
Delilia Weber, 69 , April 27, 1942 - August 25, 2011
Marvin Weiss, 78 April 18, 1933 - September 23, 2011
Stirling Welch, 80, February 5, 1930 - January 9, 2011
LaVern Wermers, 88, February 9, 1923 - December 11, 2011
Lois (Schumacher) Wermers, 81, May 15, 1930 - December 27, 2011
John Williams, 70, April 13, 1941 - May 11, 2011
Alton Winckler, 74, January 14, 1937 - March 24, 2011
Llewellyn Wormsbecker, 63, September 23, 1948 - December 31, 2011

Z
Leland Albert Zanter, 77,
May 22, 1924 - July 29, 2011
Edward Zwinger, 92, August 24, 1918 - May 2, 2011


2010

A
Clifford Adkins, 93,
May 15, 1917 - October 26, 2010
Rosalie (Statz) Allard, 92
, April 2, 1917 - November 8, 2009
Georgine (Kisely) Anderson, 79, October 10, 1930 - March 14, 2010

B
Rev. W. Norman Barram, 91,
March 7, 1919 - March 27, 2010
Helmuth Batterman, 80, March 28, 1930 - September 26, 2010
Angeline (Springer) Behrend, 99, July 2, 1911 - November 5, 2010
Jerry Bender, 74, April 17, 1936 - May 29, 2010
Cornelius Berg, 83, February 16, 1927 - July 7, 2010
Maynard Bietz, 80, March 30, 1929 - January 9, 2010
Mary (Haeffner) Bouza, 72, December 12, 1937 - May 14, 2010
Martin Breck, 76, August 4, 1933 - June 14, 2010
Dennis Brosz, 66, May 16, 1944 - September 1, 2010
Karlyle Brown, 94, and Florence (Sherk) Brown, 89, Died June 28 and 29, 2010

C
Alyene (Johnson) Crosley, 74,
September 10, 1935 - May 2, 2010
Ross Crosley, 78, June 21, 1930 - February 10, 2010

D
Lyle Davis, 74,
August 31, 1935 - March 6, 2010

E
Rheta (Nahnsen) Ehler, 80,
March 23, 1930 - June 7, 2010
Gertrude (Guthmiller) Ehresmann, 94, June 30, 1916 - July 27, 2010
Leontina (Wudel) Engel, 89, August 31, 1920 - August 9, 2010

F
Leo Finck, 92,
September 17, 1917 - January 4, 2010
Mary Finck, 91. August 14, 1918 - January 26, 2010
Bernard Fischer, 79, February 15, 1931 - August 8, 2010
Anna (Bauder) Friederich, 92, February 3, 1918 - August 18, 2010
Kathleen (Murtha) Friederich, 50, September 6, 1959 - June 24, 2010
Margaret (Pape) Friedrich, 87, November 5, 1922 - November 3, 2010
Joann (Johnson) Fritza, 65, December 27, 1944 - May 3, 2010
Joseph Fritza, 82, May 28, 1927 - May 25, 2010

G
Mary Gard, 68,
Died September 16, 2010
Gerhard Geidel, 85, November 8, 1924 - April 10, 2010
Lonny Grochow, 53, February 4, 1957 - April 8, 2010
Irene (Koch) Grosz, 94, July 15, 1915 - May 28, 2010
Jan Grosz, 74, February 8, 1936 - November 14, 2010
Marion (Boos) Groth, 93 , May 4, 1016 - April 20, 2010
Alvin Guthmiller, 92, September 20, 1917 - August 15, 2010

H
Derik Haag, 25,
May 9, 1985 - May 24, 2010
Stanley Hammer, 79, Dec. 11, 1930 - Nov. 30, 2010
William Harp, Sr., 74, September 5, 1935 - April 22, 2010
Charlotte (Kotas) Hawley, 97, March 3, 1913 - December 12, 2010
Walter Heckenlaible, 78, April 4, 1931 - February 23, 2010
Burdette Heiman, 83, September 27, 1926 - July 3, 2010
Marcella (Wuertzer) Heitzman, 83, July 17, 1927 - September 27, 2010
Reinhold Hieb, 86, July 15, 1923 - February 28, 2010
Ruth Hilgenberg, 95, Died May 1, 2010
Javern Hofer, 76, June 30, 1934 - December 27, 2010
Norman Hoff, 91, February 7, 1918 - December 27, 2009
Ella (Koster) Hohn, 97, November 24, 1912 - October 29, 2010
Gerald Hohn, 61, December 6, 1948 - Died 2010
Urban Hohn, 84, September 2, 1925 - January 13, 2010
Florence (King) Honke, 97, June 7, 1913 - November 8, 2010

J
Mildred (Watson) Johnson, 94,
June 27, 1916 - October 11, 2010

K
Arley (Leischner) Karras, 77,
June 1, 1932 - March 18, 2010
Louise (Greene) Koehn, 87, March 16, 1923 - December 17, 2010
John Konrad, 58, February 25, 1952 - November 13, 2010
Dannie Kurtz, 59, July 25, 1951 - November 19, 2010

L
Ruth (Auch) Lang, 88,
October 28, 1921 - May 9, 2010
Wilma (Knittel) Liebl, 82, May 30, 1928 - Died 2010

M
Victor Markley, 90,
September 26, 1919 - March 10, 2010
Eugene Mehlhaff, 91, February 8, 1918 - January 12, 2010
Allegra (Mogck) Meins, 85, August 12, 1924 - June 20, 2010
Lester Michaelson, 86, September 6, 1923 - April 18, 2010
Maxine (Curtis) Mills, 90
Clarence Mogck, 91,
December 20, 1918 - August 29, 2010
Oliver Mogck, 81, June 10, 1928 - May 28, 2010
Eileen (Geidel) Moke, 88, October 30, 1921 - August 23, 2010
Otto Moke, 93, December 30, 1916 - February 7, 2010
Josephine (Smith) Montefering, 95, December 17, 1914 - January 6, 2010
Kenny Morehouse, 85, October 2, 1924 - March 5, 2010
Margean Mueller, 81, February 14, 1929 - October 4, 2010
Joseph Murtha, 94, May 12, 1915 - January 10, 2010

N
Allen Nolz, 65,
May 11, 1945 - July 17, 2010
Eleanor (Schmidt) Nolz, 94, October 1, 1916 - December 16, 2010

O
Raymond Oberembt, 79,
October 9, 1931 - October 20, 2010

P
Charlotte (Mitchell) Pape, 70,
December 6, 1939 - December 15, 2009
Glenda (Hille) Pekas, 71, June 13, 1938 - March 4, 2010
Vernita (Winter) Permann, 87, April 21, 1923 - August 26, 2010
Josephine (Buchholz) Pietz, 95, May 19, 1915 - July 8, 2010

R
William Redd, 72,
February 16, 1938 - November 22, 2010
Tony Renner, 91, September 22, 1918 - August 9, 2010
Betty Rieck, 84, Died May 31, 2010

S
Anthony Sandhoff, 97,
August 25, 1912 - June 25, 2010
Barbara (Klundt) Schnabel, 67,
June 23, 1942 - January 2, 2010
Elizabeth (Walter) Schnabel, 90, March 5, 1920 - March 19, 2010
Harvey Schnabel, 77, June 29, 1932 - June 19, 2010
Carol (Hoff) Schneider, 72, September 24, 1937 - July 8, 2010
Duwayne Schneider, 78, August 16, 1931 - March 27, 2010
Delores (Wudel) Schultz, 77, January 12, 1932 - January 9, 2010
Connie (Schrank) Somerville, 60, February 8, 1950 - October 2, 1010
Marie (Schumacher) Sperlich, 90, June 5, 1920 - November 6, 2010
LuElla (Maag) Sprecher, 88, June 6, 1922 - August 4, 2010
Alphonse Steiner, 90, October 10, 1919 - August 20, 2010
Charles Stiefel, 46, August 29, 1963 - February 21, 2010
Aurelia (Rembold) Stueven, 95, June 3, 1915 - August 10, 2010

T
Lester Tesky, 70,
Jan. 31, 1940 - April 1, 2010
Bradley Thuringer, 30, December 29, 1979 - November 5, 2010
Patricia (Friskey) Thuringer, 63, October 13, 1946 - January 5, 2010
Matilda (Huber) Tornow, 88, April 30, 1921 - March 15, 2010

U
Harold Uttecht, 75,
November 1, 1934 - April 21, 2010

W
Erma (Boegler) Walker, 108,
January 31, 1902 - November 24, 2010
MayDean (Friederich) Walz, 76, April 12, 1934 - Deember 4, 2010
James Weber, 86, January 24, 1924 - April 27, 2010
Raymond Weber, 96, July 8, 1914 - September 20, 2010
Harvey Weisser, 74, January 31, 1936 - October 7, 2010
Wynetta (Tiede) Weisser, 95, July 8, 1915 - October 5, 2010
Edna (Schnabel) Wenzel, 91, March 6, 1919 - September 24, 2010
Leona (Schweinforth) Weisser, 93, January 14, 1917 - July 7, 2010
Vilas Wermers, 78, Died 2010
Mabel (Scott) Wiechmann, 92, April 6, 1918 - September 8, 2010
Kenneth Wolf, 66, September 3, 1943 - January 22, 2010
Walter Wollman, 82, July 23, 1927 - March 14, 2010
Agnes (Breitkreutz) Wudel, 86, May 24, 1924 - July 25, 2010
Annetta (Friederich) Wuertzer, 86, November 21, 1923 - September 17, 2010

Z
Clara (Altenburg) Ziebart, 85,
November 27, 1924 - April 8, 2010
Kenneth Zoerb, 85, February 12, 1925 - March 9, 2010

Eugene Weber, 90
March 4, 1921 - January 22, 2012
Funeral Mass for Eugene Weber was held Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Parkston.
Burial was in the church cemetery with Koehn Bros. Funeral Home, Parkston, in charge of arrangements.
Eugene “Gene” Frank Weber was born March 4, 1921, to Fred L. and Catherine (Bowar) Weber on the family farm near Dimock. He attended SS Peter and Paul Parochial School in Dimock, Ethan High School and graduated from Parkston High School in 1939. After his schooling, he helped on the family farm before traveling to the Quad Cities where he worked in the arsenal.
He was united in marriage to Lorraine Jung Sept. 26, 1944, in Dimock. Together they farmed in the Dimock and Parkston area until moving into Parkston in 1979.
In 1967, Gene and Luvern started Weber Equipment in Dimock, and in 1987, he and sons started Weber Implement in Chamberlain. He was a 4th degree member of the Knights of Columbus, PCA Board of Directors and Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
He died Sunday, Jan. 22, at Firesteel Healthcare Center in Mitchell. He attained the age of 90 years.
He is survived by his eight children, Joan Robinson, Sioux Falls; Ronald (Sharon) Weber, Sioux Falls; Greg (Linda) Weber, Parkston; David (Corinne) Weber, Parkston; Joel (Denise) Weber, Parkston, Patricia (Roger) Hinker, Forestburg; Jane (Eldon) Baier, Dimock; and Steve Weber, Mitchell; 19 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brother, Luvern (Virginia) Weber, Dimock; two sisters, Bernice Walton, Parkston, and Mary Weepie, Mitchell; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Lorraine; son-in-law, Art Robinson; two brothers, Arnold and Elmer; sister, Alvina Kummer; and three brothers-in-law, Robert Weepie, Albert Walton and Victor Kummer.

Virginia (Benshoff) Speiring, 81
January 26, 1930 - November 17, 2011
A private graveside service for Virginia “Ginger” Dawn Spiering will be held at a later date at St. Paul’s Cemetery in Albee.
She was born in Revillo Jan. 26, 1930, to William and Flora Benshoff.
She married Daryl Spiering on June 6, 1948.
Her teaching career began at a country school in Grant County and continued through Tripp, Merrill, Ore., and ended with 20 years in Buffalo.
She died Nov. 17, 2011, at Rita’s Home Care in Milbank. She attained the age of 81 years.
She is survived by her husband, Daryl; sons, Geoff (Kassie) Spiering, Buffalo, and David (Diane) Spiering, Des Moines, Iowa; daughters, Karyl McBride, Westminster, Colo., and Jill Rojas, Sugar Creek, Mo.; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.




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