Obits
Fern Edith Lowe died on July 14, 2025. She was 101 years 1 month and 1 day old. Fern was June 13, 1924 to Willie and Blanche Seim. She was born in a log cabin on the banks of the Grand River near Shadehill, South Dakota. Fern had 3 sisters- Clara, Susie and Nellie and 5 brothers – Wilford,...
Ralph “Thunder” Maynard passed away unexpectedly on July 14, 2025, in his sleep in Thoreau, NM. He is survived by his beloved wife Kathy, who he had been married to for 58 years; his youngest daughter Kelsi Maynard from Thoreau, NM; and his oldest daughter Sharmyn Munoz, son-in-law NM State Senator...
Kay King, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and faithful servant of Christ, went home to be with the Lord on July 23rd, 2025 with her loving husband by her side.
Kay was born on April 16, 1942 to Charles (Bud) and Mae Keffeler. She was the third of four children, joining her big sister Darleen...
Nicholas Patrick Van Dam, 37, of Murdo, S.D., passed away tragically on Saturday, July 26, 2025, doing what he loved-serving as a firefighter-while responding to a local grass fire.
Born on November 3, 1987, in Pierre, S.D., Nick was the beloved son of Terry and Gayle (Thompson) Van Dam. He...
Michael Lesmeister, age 74, of Parade, South Dakota, died on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at his daughter's home in Fort Pierre at the age of 74Michael Eugene Lesmeister, the 1st, passed away as he rested peacefully surrounded by his wife and family on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 2:57 p.m., at his...
Charles “Chuck” Frawley of Somerset, Wisconsin, decided he’d done enough for one lifetime on July 18, 2025, after a battle with Cortical Basal Degenerative Disease. Born to Ed and Joyce Frawley in Stillwater, Minnesota on March 20,1949, and one of six siblings, Chuck carried the weight of his...
Jan Endes, age 70, of White River, South Dakota, died on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at the Kadoka Nursing Home.Jan Rae (Woods) Endes of White River, South Dakota passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at the Kadoka Nursing Home. Jan was a 20-year breast cancer survivor. In the last two years of her...
Wayne Ellis Overland was born on September 4, 1935, to Ruth and Freeman (Dewey) Overland in Faith, South Dakota. He grew up with seven siblings in the iconic stone house on Pine Creek, where his early years were filled with trapping, hunting, fishing, and a healthy dose of mischief. He and his...
Arnold E. Delbridge, M.D., a distinguished orthopedic surgeon and respected member of the Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Waverly, and Marshalltown, IA, medical communities, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at the age of 82.
Born and raised on the shortgrass prairies near Howes, South Dakota, Arnold’s...
Ronald J. Kopren was born on July 15, 1946 in Lemmon, SD to parents Carvel and Julia Kopren of Bison, SD. He died peacefully at home in Rapid City On July 15, 2025 after living with, and battling metastatic prostate cancer for over 13 years.
Ron grew up in the town of Bison, SD where he worked from...
