Obituaries

Age 80 Spencer, SD July 15, 2024 Carol Steinmetz, 80, of Spencer, SD, passed away on July 15, 2024. Memorial mass was held on Saturday, July 20 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Salem. Carol Ann Bartling was born on July 5, 1944, to Alvin and Ethel (Mehlbrech)...

Age 93 Howard, SD July 2, 2024 Mavis Mae Christensen, 93, of Howard passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at Good Samaritan Society in Howard. Funeral services were held on Saturday, July 6, 2024 at St. John Lutheran Church in Howard with burial at St. John Lutheran...

Age 82 Alexandria, SD July 18, 2024 David Tuttle, 82, of Alexandria, SD, died Thursday, July 18, 2024, at his home surrounded by his wife and six children. Funeral services were Monday, July 22, at RiverTree Church in Mitchell. A private family burial was at Tuttle...

Age 76 Canistota, SD July 18, 2024 Richard Becker, 76, of Canistota, passed away on July 18th, at his home under hospice care. Funeral Services were on Wednesday, July 24th, at Bethesda Church of rural Marion. Richard Gene Becker was born on November 19, 1947 to Alvin...

Age 76 Montrose, SD July 21, 2024 Darrel Wicks, 76, of Montrose passed away on July 21, 2024 at the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services are pending for later in August and will be included in a full obituary in next week’s paper.

Age 64Salem, SD July 21, 2024 Russell Mette, 64, of Salem, SD, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2024, at Madison Regional Health. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 26th at Rustand-Weiland Funeral Chapel with Pastor Diane Stangohr of Beach United Methodist...

Age 87 Salisbury, NC July 12, 2024 Betty Jane Pringle Sunding, 87, of Salisbury, NC passed away Friday, July 12, 2024, at her residence. Betty was born July 13, 1936, in Bridgewater, South Dakota to the late Benjamin and Susan Pringle. She worked as a registered...

Age 82 Omaha, NE July 5, 2024 Kenneth Michael Kass was born on October 7, 1941, to Michael and Hilda (Jarding) Kass at St. Joseph Hospital in Mitchell, South Dakota. He graduated from Salem St. Mary’s High School, Class of 1959. He attended the University of South...

Age 75 North Sioux City, SD July 3, 2024 Paul S. Michels, 75, North Sioux City, SD passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 3, 2024 surrounded by his sister Mary Jo and his brother Steve following a four-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will...

Age 78 Sioux Falls, SD June 25, 2024 Cheryl Wheeler, Sioux Falls, SD, passed away June 25, 2024, at Sanford Ava’s House. She was 78. Cheryl Jeanne Wheeler was born at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, on August 14, 1945, to Leonard “Red” and Evelyn (Christensen)...