Obituaries
Irene Reyelts
Jul 18, 2009
Funeral services for Irene M. Reyelts, age 72, of rural Wilmot, SD, will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank. Irene died on Saturday, July 18, at her farm home. The Reverend Timothy Daene will officiate. The organist will be Carol Ydstie. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank...
Christina Tannehill
Jul 5, 2009
Christina H. Tannehill, age 85, of Milbank, and formerly of Corona, SD, died on Sunday, July 5, 2009, at St. Williams Care Center in Milbank. It was her wish that she be cremated and that her cremated remains be scattered at Skyview Memorial Lawn in Vallejo, CA. There will be no visitation. There will be a Memorial Mass at 10:00...
Ernest Carpenter
Jun 17, 2009
Memorial services for Ernest J. Carpenter, age 88, of rural Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, 2009, at the Valley Baptist Church in Milbank. The Reverend Dennis Webber will officiate. Ernie died on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at his farm home. The organist will be Loretha Webber. The vocalists will be Sherry DeBoer and Mark Boerger....
Max Gruenwald
Jun 17, 2009
Funeral services for longtime Milbank attorney, Max Gruenwald, age 77, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at the First Congregational Church in Milbank. The Reverend Colleen Natalie-Lees will officiate. Max died on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at the Avera-McKennan Select Specialty Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. The pianist will be Linda Stengel and Jack Stengel will...
Alvin Schwarze
Jun 17, 2009
Funeral services for Alvin R. "Shorty" Schwarze, age 88, of Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 22, 2009, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend Keith Bicknase will officiate. Alvin died on Wednesday, June 17th, at the Golden Living Center in Milbank. Family members are asked to meet in the church fellowship hall by 10:00...
Stanley Heath
Jun 11, 2009
Funeral services for Stanley V. Heath, age 92, of Milbank, and formerly of Sisseton, SD, will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, 2009, at the Central United Methodist Church in Milbank. The Reverend Mark Phillips will officiate. Stan died on Thursday, June 11, 2009, at the Golden Living Center in Milbank. Family members are asked to meet in...
Betty Smith
Jun 9, 2009
Betty Smith, age 65, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2009 surrounded by her family at her home in Gillette, Wyoming from cancer. Betty Jean Smith was born on February 13, 1944 the daughter of Delmer and Lauretta (Robertson) Mielitz in Ortonville, Minnesota. She was the oldest of twelve children. She attended country school and graduated from Ortonville High School in...
David Tietjen
Jun 7, 2009
Memorial services for David M. Tietjen, age 63, of Sioux Falls, and formerly of rural Corona, SD, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 15, 2009, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend Kim Kanitz will officiate. The organist will be Roger Goosen. David died of natural causes on Sunday, June 7, 2009, in Pottsboro, Texas. Family...
Robert Hills
Jun 3, 2009
Robert Lewis Hills was born on May 26, 1929, to Ore and Hazel (Doschadis) Hills in Beardsley, MN. He was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist faith in Beardsley. Duck attended Barry Country School until the eighth grade. Duck enlisted into the United States Army and was serving during the Korean Conflict although he never served in the war. On...
Harvey Pansch
Jun 3, 2009
Harvey Paul Pansch was born on August 16, 1920 to Gustav and Ida (Rau) Pansch in Akron Township. Harvey was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He attended Country school until the 8th grade, graduating from Correll High School in 1938. After graduation, Harvey attended the Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis for welding and machine mechanics. On September 23, 1942,...
Irene Greteman
Jun 2, 2009
Irene Bertha Mueller was born the fifth daughter of ten children to George and Bertha (Slater) Mueller on May 25, 1916 in Lodgepole, South Dakota. Irene was baptized at St. Mary Catholic Church in Lemmon, SD on June 13, 1916 by Father John Frei and confirmed at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hettinger, ND. Irene grew up in Hettinger, North...
Jay Folkens
May 29, 2009
Jay Jacob Folkens was born on May 17, 1912 to Siert and Grace (Vogel) Folkens of Malta Township in Clinton MN. He was baptized and confirmed into the Christian Faith. He attended District #10 school. On November 6, 1941, Jay married Doris Knoll at Trinity Lutheran Church in Johnson, MN. They were blessed with two children, Darryl and Jeanette. Jay...
Donald Vangsness
May 29, 2009
Donald Lee Vangsness Jr., the son of Donald and Lucille (Kruger) Vangsness, was born May 2, 1952 in Graceville, Minnesota. He was baptized at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville, and later he was confirmed at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ortonville, Minnesota. Don grew up in Ortonville, Minnesota and attended and graduated from Ortonville High School in 1970. He...
Ralph Strand
May 28, 2009
Ralph Strand, the son of Hans and Aagot (Pettersborg) Strand, was born November 1, 1917 in Litchville, North Dakota and baptized there. After Aagot's death in the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, Hans married Mabel Olson. In 1926 the family moved to Madison, Minnesota. As a youth, Ralph did farm labor, milking cows, plowing with a one bottom sulky plow and later...
Clarice Mott
May 27, 2009
Clarice Mildred Selgeby was born on November 24, 1924 to Joseph and Julette (Erickcon) Selgeby in Grant County, South Dakota. Clarice was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Revillo, SD. Clarice was united in marriage to Leonard Hagedorn on July 31, 1941, and from this union they were blessed with five children: Sharon, Roger, Susan, Shirley, and Darla....
Alice Stueve
May 23, 2009
Alice Agnes Thomas was born on February 4, 1937 in Breckenridge, MN, to Helmith and Elizabeth (Brockhaus) Thomas. Alice was baptized and confirmed in Rosholt, SD. She attended Cottonwood Country School and then moved into Graceville, MN where she continued her education at St. Mary’s School. Alice was united in marriage to Elden Stueve on September 14, 1954, at Holy...
Otto Graumann
May 18, 2009
Otto George Graumann, the son of Herman and Louise (Weber) Graumann, was born on April 13, 1922, in Beardsley, MN in the family home. Otto was baptized on May 21, 1922 at the family home by Pastor George Penske and was confirmed August 1, 1937, by Pastor August Englehardt at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Beardsley, MN. He was a lifetime...
Marjorie Erickson
May 17, 2009
Funeral services for Mrs. Marjorie D. Erickson, age 84, of Milbank, SD, and formerly of Stockholm, SD, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 22, 2009, at the Elim Evangelical Covenant Church in Stockholm, SD. The Reverend Mark Chapman will officiate. Family members are asked to meet in the church basement by 10:00 a.m. Friday to attend services. The...
Myrtle Bohline
May 17, 2009
Mrs. Myrtle M. Bohline died on Sunday, May 17, 2009, at the Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health. It was her wish that she be cremated. There will be no visitation and no services. Myrtle was born on December 5, 1926, in Milbank, SD, to William and Goldie (Miller) Conner. She attended school in Milbank. Myrtle was united in marriage to James...
Ruth Mueller
May 14, 2009
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Mueller, age 77, of Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Alban Township, Grant County, South Dakota. Ruth died on Thursday, May 14th, at the Golden Living Center in Milbank. The Reverend Kim Kanitz will officiate. The organist will be Nancy Meyer. Family members are...
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