Obituaries
Lydia Hofer
Jan 22, 2023
Lydia Hofer, 79, of Minneota, MN and formerly of Freeman passed away on January 22nd at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 27th at 10:30 am at the Hutterthal Mennonite Church of rural Freeman. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm on Thursday at the church. The service can be livestreamed at: https://youtu.be/aEF2K0EjNQk
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Gary Fedderson
Jan 21, 2023
Gary Fedderson 71, of Bridgewater formerly of Murdo, passed away at his residence in Bridgewater on Saturday January 21, 2023.
A private committal service will be held at the Murdo City Cemetery.
Gerald Wollmann
Jan 16, 2023
Gerald Wollmann, 84, of Bridgewater passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 16th at his residence. Funeral Services will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, January 21st at Zion Bible Church of Bridgewater. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 2 pm at the church on Saturday prior to the Funeral Service. Memorials will be directed to Gideons International.
Gerald Michael Wollmann...
Calvin R Hofer
Jan 15, 2023
Calvin R Hofer 83, passed away unexpectedly at his farm in rural Marion. A Memorial Service will be held at 11 am on Tuesday, March 28th at the Hutterthal Mennonite church of rural Freeman.
Link to livestream Calvin's Memorial Service:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lonuUFdUU8
Calvin Ray Hofer was born to his parents John A. and Marie (Pullman) Hofer on November 1, 1939....
Evelyn Hageman
Jan 4, 2023
Evelyn Hageman, 91, of Freeman passed away on January 4th at Oakview Terrace in Freeman. Funeral Services will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, January 14th at the Walter's Funeral Home in Freeman with burial to follow at Rosehill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12-1 pm on Saturday at the Funeral Home prior to the Funeral Service.
Evelyn...
William Jackvony
Dec 22, 2022
William Jackvony, 66, of Menno passed away at the Veterans Hospital in Sioux Falls on Dec. 22nd. No services are currently planned.
Michael Leder
Dec 16, 2022
Michael Leder, 58, of Brookings past away on Dec. 16th at Advance Assisted Living in Brookings. Memorial Services are pending for Spring 2023. Michael is the son of Wadie and the late Willis Leder of Canistota.
Moses Glanzer
Dec 5, 2022
Funeral Services for Moses Glanzer will be held at 10:30 am on Saturday, Dec. 10th, at Hutterthal Mennonite Church of rural Freeman. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm on Friday, Dec. 9th, with a time of sharing at 6:30 pm at the Walter's Funeral Home in Freeman. Memorials will be directed towards Et Cetera Shoppe and Freeman Regional Health Services...
Kathleen Geier
Nov 30, 2022
Kathleen Geier, 70, of Freeman passed away on Nov. 30th at the Freeman Hospital. No services are currently planned.
Marilyn Graber
Nov 22, 2022
Marilyn Graber, 96, of Freeman passed away on Nov. 22nd at Oakview Terrace in Freeman. Memorial Services will be held at 11 am on Monday Nov. 28th at Bethany Church of Freeman. Visitation and viewing will be from 4-6 pm on Sunday at the Walter's Funeral Home in Freeman.
Geraldine Marilyn Graber was born June 23, 1926, on the...
Anette Eisenbeis
Nov 11, 2022
Link to Livestream Anette Eisenbeis Celebration of Life service:
https://youtube.com/channel/UCX8KyFlZChK0Ef-rlBAaS3A
Anette Eisenbeis joined her Lord and Savior in heaven on November 11, 2022, after many years of struggling with Alzheimer’s. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, November 22, at Salem-Zion Mennonite (North) Church of rural Freeman, SD. Visitation with the...
Susanna Grosz
Oct 25, 2022
Susanna was born to Samuel & Anna (Wipf) Kleinsasser on January 13, 1941 in Parkston, SD. In 1945, when she was 4, her family moved from Rockport Colony to Rosedale Colony. She was baptized in 1960 and married Joshua Grosz on November 17, 1963 in Rockport Colony. Together they shared 45 beautiful years together.
While living in Rockport...
Duane Engel
Oct 11, 2022
Duane Engel, 84 of Freeman, passed away Tuesday, October 11, at the Menno-Olivet Care Center in Menno with his wife Marilyn by his side.
Duane was born March 9th, 1938 to Art and Amelia (Nieman) Engel in Menno, SD. On October 9th, 1959 he married Marilyn Pfeiffer at Heilbronn Lutheran Church in rural Freeman. To this union they had one...
Terry Lundblade
Oct 5, 2022
Terry Lundblade, 83, of Freeman passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 5th at his residence from natural causes. There are no services planned at this time.
Terrance (Terry) Arthur Lundblade was born on May 21, 1939 in Rockford, IL. He owned many businesses over the years from car lots, antique stores, and restauraunts with his wife and love of his life,...
Elaine Vogel
Oct 3, 2022
Memorial Services for Elaine Vogel will be held on Monday, Oct. 10th at 11 am at the Walter's Funeral Home in Freeman. Visitation will begin at 10 am on Monday at the Funeral Home prior to the Memorial Service.
Elaine Vogel passed away peacefully at the age of 79 years on Monday October 3rd at Firesteel Healthcare Center, Mitchell South...
Shirley Pollman
Sep 30, 2022
Shirley Pollman, 86, of Bridgewater passed away on September 30th at the Diamond Care Center in Bridgewater. A memorial service will be held on Friday, Oct. 7th at 11 am at the Salem MB church of rural Bridgewater. Visitation and viewing will be from 5-7 pm on Thursday, Oct. 6th at the church.
Shirley Jane (Hofer) Pollman was born on...
Helen Nielson
Sep 27, 2022
Funeral services for Helen Nielson will be Sunday, October 2 at 2pm at the First Church of God in Marion with visitation beginning at 12:30pm, Sunday at the church.
On September 27,2022 Helen Nielson of Marion, SD ended her earthly journey.
Helen was born March 8, 1926 to John and Arie (Wieman) Borgers in Turner County. She was later...
Donna Presuhn
Sep 19, 2022
Donna Presuhn, 87, of Bridgewater passed away on Sept. 19th at the Diamond Care Center in Bridgewater. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, Sept. 26th at 10:30 am a the Zion Lutheran Church of Bridgewater. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm on Sunday, Sept. 25th at the church with a prayer service at 7 pm.
Donna Marie Presuhn was...
Vernelle Ewert
Sep 16, 2022
Vernelle Ewert, 88 of Marion, passed away Friday, September 16 at the Tieszen Memorial Home in Marion.
A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, October 8th at 2pm at the Bethesda Mennonite Church of rural Marion with visitation beginning at 1pm.
Vernelle Ewert, born on January 13, 1934 went home to be with her Lord and Saviour Jesus...
Edna Ellwein
Aug 27, 2022
Edna was born in Bridgewater, SD to William Ray and Caroline Josephine (Graber) Echelberger. She grew up with her sister Lois. They shared their love of poetry from their dad by writing adventures and birthday messages in verse. Their love of music was often heard on the radio on WNAX as they sang duets. Edna sang soprano and Lois sang...
