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Norman Ray Merrill
Aug 2, 2019
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Ernest Schmidt
Jul 22, 2019
Ernest Schmidt, 85, of Vermillion, SD passed away Monday, July 22 at the Sanford Vermillion Care Center. Ernest was born September 4, 1933 in Menominee, NE to Albert and Josephine (Leader) Schmidt. He attended school in Menominee and served in the Navy in the 50’s and was very proud of his service. Ernest married Doris Stepanek and after their marriage,...
Dorothy Landell
Jul 20, 2019
Dorothy “Dodie” Landell, 66, was called home on Saturday July 20, 2019 after a long battle with cancer. Dorothy was born on July 16, 1953 to James and Florence (Young) Prusha in Vermillion, SD. She grew up in Vermillion and attended Vermillion Public School. She married Wilber Brown on March 1st, 1971 to which they had 3 children. Dorothy later...
Maynard R. Christiansen
Jul 12, 2019
MAYNARD RICHARD CHRISTIANSEN, 98, passed away on Friday, July 12, 2019 at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg, SD. Maynard was born in Irene, SD on January 10, 1921 to Herbert and Beryl Christiansen. He attended Irene’s school through the eighth grade when his family moved to a farm in Hawarden, IA. He vividly related the horrors of the 1930s...
Clifford Deverell
Jul 5, 2019
Clifford Otto Deverell, 70, of Vermillion, died on Friday, July 5, 2019, after a short battle with cancer. Cliff was born in Rockford, Iowa, on November 15, 1948 to Ralph and Ruth (Ziebell) Deverell. After graduating from Rockford High School in 1966, he studied retail management. In 1969, he served a tour of duty in Vietnam constructing microwave towers for...
Robyn Jones (Hunter)
Jul 5, 2019
Robyn Lea Rae (Hunter) Jones passed away peacefully on July 5, 2019 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota surrounded by family. Robyn was born to Ivan and Dorothy (Brown) Hunter on April 10, 1950. She grew up in Vermillion and received her education in the Vermillion school district. After graduating high school, she attended school for nursing...
Olin Sivertson
Jul 5, 2019
Olin joined his brothers and sisters in the Sivertson family on September 3, 1928. Like the others, he grew up and went to school in the rural Volin area. He was confirmed in the Zion Lutheran Church in 1943. In September of 1945, young Olin, like his brothers before him, joined the Army and served in Aberdeen, Maryland, and Alaska....
Bernell C. "Ole" Peterson
Jul 3, 2019
Bernell C. “Ole” Peterson, 89, returned to his heavenly home on July 3rd, 2019 after a valiant battle with cancer. His devotion to his family and his firm belief in God supported him in his struggle and ultimately gave him peace. Ole was born on the family farm to the late Herbert R. and Inga Peterson on November 17th, 1929....
Melanie Marie Bryde (Hondel)
Jun 29, 2019
Melanie Bryde, 71, of Vermillion, passed away in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2019 at Avera Majestic Bluffs Hospice House in Yankton, SD. Melanie Hondel Bryde was born on July 5, 1947 in West Allis, WI. She married John F Bryde on August 2, 1968. They relocated to Vermillion that year and moved into what has been the...
Burton Lee "Burt" Orr
Jun 28, 2019
Burton Lee Orr, age 71 of rural Volin, SD longtime owner of Orr Feed and Farm Supply in Wakonda, SD, passed away peacefully with his family by his side, Friday, June 28, 2019, at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Viborg, SD. He was the son of Burdette F. and Marion (Hemmingson) Orr. He grew up in the Wakonda community on the...
Harlan Lee Crissey
Jun 27, 2019
Harlan Lee Crissey, son of Cletus and Hannah (Soenksen) Crissey, was born on June 2nd, 1938 in Storm Lake, Iowa. He attended Hayes Elementary and High school before enlisting in the U.S. Army from 1959-1963. On December 7th, 1958, Harlan married Sharon Teter in Audubon, Iowa. To this union, five children were born: Kathryn, Nancy, Robert, Gerald, and David. Harlan...
Lorraine C. Brunick (Mockler)
Jun 20, 2019
Lorraine C. Brunick, 84, of Sioux Falls, SD formerly of Vermillion, SD passed away Thursday, June 20 at the Ava’s House in Sioux Falls. Lorraine Mockler was born August 11, 1934 in Vermillion to Louis and Lucille (Muhlenkort) Mockler. She married Duane Brunick on June 11, 1953 at St. Agnes Church in Vermillion. She helped Duane in the Brunick Body...
Sigirid "Sig" Nissen (Boline)
Jun 19, 2019
Sigrid Nissen, 97, of Vermillion, SD, passed away Wednesday, June 19 at the Sanford Vermillion Care Center. Sigrid Boline was born March 2, 1922 in the Dalesburg Community, the daughter of Ed and Emma (Nelson) Boline. She was married to Harold Nissen December 8, 1946 and they farmed until they moved to Denver, CO in 1957. Sigrid returned to Vermillion...
Roger Hale
Jun 10, 2019
Roger Archibald Erwin Hale, 74, passed away June 6, 2019 at the home he proudly designed and built next to the Vermillion Golf Course in 2009. In the Archie and Alvena Hale family, girls were born in a hospital and boys were birthed at home. Roger (as the youngest son and fifth of six children) was born as foretold at...
Marvin A. "Marv" Girard
Jun 5, 2019
Marvin A. Girard, son of Francis & Evelyn (Lambert) Girard, was born December 16, 1951 in Vermillion, SD and passed away at his home on June 5th, 2019 at the age of 67. Marvin grew up in Westreville, SD where his parents ran a country store for several years. He attended Westreville Country School until the 8th grade and then...
Lowell D. Tanderup
May 24, 2019
Lowell D. Tanderup, 82, of Vermillion, SD formerly of Obert, NE, passed away May 23, 2019 at his residence. Lowell was born September 20, 1936 on the family farm one mile north of Obert, NE, farming there until he was 62. He graduated from Obert High School and married Maxine Hamilton on November 5, 1960 and they moved to Wynot,...
James H. Dwyer III
May 7, 2019
James Henry Dwyer III, after a courageous three-year battle with cancer, passed away in his sleep at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD in the early morning hours on May 7, 2019. James was born in Vermillion on June 12, 1954 to James H. Dwyer II and Ardiss Hall Dwyer of Wakonda. He had many childhood adventures with his...
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