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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...
Hilda Jane Kaufman
Sep 14, 2021
Hilda Jane Kaufman was born on September 5, 1926, to Henry Jac and Ida Kaufman Waltner. Her education was at Rose Valley District 98 and graduated from Freeman Academy in 1944.
On May 25, 1948, she married Kenneth Kaufman. They farmed in the east freeman area for 25 years before moving to Sioux Falls. While in Sioux Falls she worked at...
Eldon Berg
Sep 1, 2021
Eldon Berg was welcomed to his heavenly home by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sept. 1, 2021, at the age of 84. He was a resident of Tieszen Memorial Home, Marion, S.D., when he passed.
Eldon H Berg was born on Aug. 17, 1937 to Henry C. and Mary Engbrecht Berg. He grew up on the family farm....
Arlen Clare Miller
Aug 30, 2021
Arlen Clare Miller was born Feb. 26, 1940 to Clarence J. Miller and Goldie G. Gering and grew up on the family farm. He was joined later by brother Steve and sister Jessie. As a teenager, Arlen became convicted of his sin and accepted Christ as his personal Savior and experienced God’s forgiveness. He was baptized by J. Herb Fretz...
Allen Schrag
Aug 18, 2021
Allen Schrag was born on Sept. 20, 1924 to Rev. John and Katie (Miller) Schrag and raised on the family farm south of Marion, S.D. He was the eighth of nine children.
He was baptized June 1, 1941 at Salem-Zion Mennonite Church where he remained a faithful member. Dad served as a Sunday school teacher and trustee. When COVID-19 started he...
Christopher Kerkhove
Jul 25, 2021
Christopher Kerkhove, 55, of Bridgewater, South Dakota, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2021 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Christopher Kerkhove son of Edward and Mary Lou (Hibbs) Kerkhove, was born August 8, 1965, in Norfolk, Virginia. He was raised by his grandparents Ernest and Hazel Kerkhove on a farm south of Salem until 1978 when they moved to Montrose. He...
Ada Agnes Walters Koerner
Jul 6, 2021
Ada Agnes Walters Koerner was born on June 16, 1922 to Zach and Mary (Marie) Walters near Blunt, S.D. Ada attended country school in Sully County until the family moved to Stickney, S.D. Ada graduated from Stickney High School in 1943.
In 1944, the family moved to Bridgewater, S.D. Ada worked at the Red & White grocery store until she married....
Lorraine Ardell Tusha
Jun 29, 2021
Lorraine Ardell (Gross) Tusha, daughter of John S. and Amalia (Hofer) Gross, was born on December 18, 1941 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Lorraine died on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls.
Lorraine was baptized Dec. 7, 1958 at Bethany Mennonite Church in Freeman, S.D. She was a member of Bethany Mennonite Church until she became a...
Rita Ann Graber
Jun 29, 2021
Rita Ann (Graber) Graber was born Feb. 14, 1931, in East Freeman, S.D., to Carl J. and Lena (Preheim) Graber, joining two older brothers, Cleon and O’Ray. They shared fond memories of growing up on the farm and attending grade school at North Star District 66. On May 26, 1946, Rita was baptized by Rev. J.J. Regier at Salem-Zion Mennonite...
Mary Wollman Hofer
Jun 19, 2021
Mary Wollman Hofer was born July 12, 1920, the eldest of six children born to Andrew R. and Barbara (Glanzer) Wollman in Bridgewater, South Dakota. Mary passed away on June 19, 2021, while under Hospice Care at the home of Gary and Gloria Stahl in Torrington, Wyoming.
Mary is known to most folks as Missionary Mary Wollman, Our Sister/Sister-in-law, Mary, Aunt...
John Frederick Gregory Vondra
May 9, 1925
John Frederick Gregory Vondra passed away on Nov. 9, 2021 at Diamond Care Center in Bridgewater, S.D.
Jack was born in Spencer , Nebraska to Carl and Gertrude Ernst Vondra on May 9, 1925. He graduated from Wood High School in 1943. He served in the Navy from 1944 to 1946. After his discharge from the Navy he attended South Dakota...
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