Obituaries

Age 81 Albany, MN October 1, 2023 Robert F. “Bob” Havard, age 81 of Albany, MN went to join our Lord on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial was held on Monday, October 9 at Seven Dolors...

Age 88Highlands Ranch, COSeptember 23, 2023Donnette (‘Donne’) Ann Gizewski Pearson passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Wind Crest Senior Living Facility on September 23, 2023, shortly after her 88th birthday.Donne was born in Salem, South Dakota, to Fred...

Age 96Mitchell, SDOctober 9, 2023LaVern Yost, 96, of Mitchell and formerly of Salem, passed away on Monday, October 9, 2023 at Edgewood Memory Care in Mitchell. Funeral mass will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 14, 2023 with visitation one hour prior to the...

Age 76 Formerly of Alexandria September 6, 2023 Leonard Aulner, formerly of Alexandria, SD, passed away peacefully under hospice care in Houston, TX, on September 6, 2023. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial was on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at St. Mary of Mercy...

Age 42 Formerly of Alexandria, SD September 18, 2023 Chad Bell, 42, formerly of Alexandria, SD, passed away Monday, September 18, 2023, due to an automobile accident while on a mountain biking adventure in Wyoming. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date....

Age 94 Sioux Falls, SD September 22, 2023 Joyce E. (Hatch) Weber, age 94, passed away on Friday, September 22, 2023 at Sanford Hospice Foundation Cottage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, October 2, 2023 at Miller...

Age 92 Madison, SD September 23, 2023 Elaine Barrick, age 92, of Madison, SD, passed away Saturday, September 23, 2023 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Howard. Funeral services were on Wednesday, September 27 at Salem Lutheran at Center with Pastor Dean Feistner...

Age 96 Sioux Falls, SD September 21, 2023 Julius Schultz, Sioux Falls, SD and formerly of rural Bridgewater and Spencer, SD areas, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023, at Sanford Ava’s House. He was 96. Julius A. Schultz was born November 6, 1926 in Bridgewater,...

Age 67 Sioux Falls, SD September 19, 2023 Judith (Judy) Ann Puthoff, 67, of Sioux Falls, SD, passed away on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Avera McKennan Hospital surrounded with the love of her Mom, eleven siblings and their families. A celebration of life was held...

Age 83 Dimock, SD September 19, 2023 Anna Hofer, 83, Dimock, SD, formerly Alexandria, SD, died Tuesday, September 19, in her home. A funeral Mass was held Tuesday, September 26, at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Dimock. Burial was in St. Mary’s Catholic...