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Obituaries
Ted Liesinger
Dec 29, 2021
Ted Liesinger, 90, of Bridgewater, died Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at the Diamond Care Center. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 5th at 10:30 am at Zion Lutheran Church of Bridgewater. Visitation will be form 5-7 pm on Tuesday, Jan. 4th at the Walter's Funeral Chapel in Bridgewater. A full obituary to be posted soon.
Theodore Lee Liesinger was...
Scot Jacobson
Dec 27, 2021
Scot Jacobson went to meet his Heavenly Father on December 27, 2021, at the age of 62 at Freeman Regional Health Services. Celebration of Life service will be Friday, December 31st at 11:00am at Salem Free Lutheran Church, 28586 440th Ave, Freeman, SD. Continue to celebrate and share memories with us at a luncheon in the Parish basement. Visitation will...
Tammy R. Benjamin
Dec 20, 2021
Tammy Benjamin, 51, of Freeman passed away on Dec. 20th at Avera McKennan in Sioux Falls. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 28th at 10:30 am at the Salem Zion Mennonite Church of rural Freeman. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm on Monday, Dec. 27th at the church. The service can be viewed on the following link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmQjy-dEhqw
Tammy Benjamin,...
Tammy R. Benjamin
Dec 20, 2021
Tammy Benjamin, 51, of Freeman passed away on Dec. 20th at Avera McKennan in Sioux Falls. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 28th at 10:30 am at the Salem Zion Mennonite Church of rural Freeman. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm on Monday, Dec. 27th at the church. A complete obituary will be posted soon.
Preston Hofmann
Dec 16, 2021
Preston C Hofmann, 53 years old from Yankton passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton of complications from COVID-19. Funeral Services will be held on Monday Dec. 27th at 11 am at Bethany Mennonite Church in Freeman. Visitation will be from 2-5pm on Sunday, Dec. 26th at the church with a time of sharing...
Harley Schultz
Dec 14, 2021
Harley Schultz, 96, of Sioux Falls passed away on Dec. 14th at the Luther Manor in Sioux Falls. Funeral Services will be held at 11 am at Faith Temple Church of Sioux Falls (2121 W. 33rd St.) on Monday, Dec. 20th. Visitation will begin at 10 am on Monday at the church, prior to the Funeral Service. Arrangements by Walter's...
Esther Potter
Dec 8, 2021
Esther Potter, 89, of Bridgewater passed away on Wed, Dec 8 at the Diamond Care Center in Bridgewater, SD. Funeral Services will be at the Neu Hutterthal Mennonite Church, rural Bridgewater on Sat, Dec 18 at 10:30 am. Visitation will be at the church on Fri, Dec 17 at 5-7 pm followed by prayer service & time of sharing at...
Clinton Matson
Dec 3, 2021
Clinton Matson, 76, of Marion passed away on Dec. 3rd at his home in Marion. A public visitation and viewing will be from 5-7pm on Wednesday Dec. 8th at the Walter Funeral Chapel in Marion. Private family services and burial will be held at a later date. The funeral will be livestreamed at https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2339448758?pwd=c3pxY1lJR...
Clinton William Matson, 76, of Marion died...
Ruth Koerner
Dec 2, 2021
Ruth L. (Graber) Koerner, 101, died on December 2, 2021 at Oakview Terrace in Freeman, SD. She was born to Ben and Minnie (Wilde) Graber on October 31, 1920 in Freeman, SD. Ruth attended St. Paul Lutheran Day School and Freeman High School, graduating as the salutatorian in 1938.She married Aaron (Sam) Koerner on April 7, 1941 in Parker, SD....
Theodore (Ted) Joseph Hofer
Nov 19, 2021
Theodore (Ted) Joseph Hofer, 95, was taken into the loving arms of Jesus on Nov. 10, 2021 at the Tieszen Memorial Home in Marion, S.D. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19 at First Baptist Church, 630 1st Ave, Emery, S.D. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov. 20 at 10:30 a.m. at...
Charlotte Ann Bennett Eilts
Nov 11, 2021
Charlotte Ann Bennett Eilts, age 78 of Bridgewater, SD, went home to our Lord and Savior on November 11, 2021. Charlotte was born on November 3rd, 1943 to Ross and Fran Bennett in Spencer, SD. Charlotte graduated from Spencer High School and Dakota Wesleyan College with a teaching degree. In 1966, she married her high school sweetheart Larry Eilts on...
Duane Schrage
Nov 10, 2021
Duane Schrag, 89, of Freeman, S.D., passed away on Nov. 10 at the Salem Mennonite Home. A memorial service will be held on Dec. 4 at 10:30 a.m. at the Salem-Zion Mennonite (North) Church of rural Freeman.
Duane C. Schrag, 89, passed away on Nov. 10, 2021, at the Salem Mennonite Home in Freeman, S.D. He was born March 30,...
Gene Stucky
Nov 9, 2021
Gene Stucky was born in McPherson, Kansas on April 28, 1935. He was the fifth child of the late John and Lydia Stucky. He spent his first 9 years in McPherson where he learned to speak English in school. He spoke German at home. He moved with his family to a farm near Freeman, SD in 1944. He attended and...
Ruth Darlene Hofer Boehm
Nov 1, 2021
Ruth Darlene Hofer Boehm, daughter of Rev. Jacob B. and Barbara Wipf Hofer, passed away on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, in Bridgewater, S.D.
Ruth was born on July 21, 1935, on a farm in Hutchinson County, west of Dolton, S.D. In 1940, Ruth’s family moved to Dolton. Ruth was baptized at the age of 13 by her father, Rev. Jacob...
Lemoyne "Lefty" Ries
Oct 9, 2021
A memorial service for Lemoyne "Lefty" Ries will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27 at the Salem Mennonite (South) Church of rural Freeman, with a time of lunch and fellowship to follow in the church fellowship hall. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. at the church prior to the memorial service.
Lemoyne (Lefty) Ries passed away at his...
Patsy Handel Eberle
Oct 6, 2021
Death Notice: Patsy Handel Eberle, 75, of Centerville, S.D., passed away Oct. 6 at the Centerville Nursing Home. A funeral service will be Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 1 p.m. at Walter Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 11 a.m.
Patsy Faye Handel-Eberle was born January 17, 1946 in Freeman to Gideon and Verlinda (Aman) Handel. She passed away on October 6,...
Joyce Adrian
Oct 5, 2021
Joyce Adrian, 81, of Freeman, S.D., passed away on Oct. 5 at the Freeman hospital. A funeral service will be held Monday, Oct. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Walter Funeral Home in Freeman, with burial to follow at the Schartner Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home.
Joyce Waltner Adrian was born on...
Grace Barbara Hofer Duerksen
Oct 1, 2021
Grace Barbara Hofer Duerksen went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 1, 2021 at the age of 99. Grace was born August 18, 1922 to Reverend Jacob and Barbara (Wipf), three and a half miles west of Dolton on her grandparents’ farm.
Grace received her elementary education at Freeman Grade School and Hofmann District #55 northwest of Freeman....
Darlas Don Lehmann
Sep 30, 2021
Darlas Don Lehmann, the son of Walter and Linda Kaufman Lehmann, was born Sept. 12, 1931 and died Sept. 30, 2021. He departed this earth to be with his Lord and Savior at the age of 90 at home in Freeman, S.D.
He attended District 32 and Hurley High School. He was baptized May 25, 1947, at Salem Mennonite Church where...
Leland Wiedmeier
Sep 25, 2021
Leland Wiedmeier, 86, of Menno, S.D., passed away on Sept. 25, 2021 at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. Visitation was scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at Salem Reformed Church, Menno, with family present at 6 p.m. and a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. on...
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