Patricia "Pat" Winker, age 78, of Howard, died Friday, May 20, 2022, at her residence. Arrangements are pending.

Jerry H. Hodges, age 77, of Howard, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2022, surrounded by his family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at St. Agatha Catholic Church in Howard. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Howard. Visitation will be 5:30-7 PM at the church on Tuesday, with a recitation of the rosary at 5. Jerry was raised on a farm South of DeSmet, until he graduated from Carthage High School in 1962.  From here he...

Bonnadell "Bonnie" (Klepel) Hemmer, age 84, of Howard, formerly of Madison, passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, surrounded by her family, at the Good Samaritan Society in Howard. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, April 23, 2022, at St. John Lutheran Church in Howard. Burial will follow at the St. John Lutheran Cemetery in Howard. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. Bonnie was born on September 19, 1937, in...

Drexel "Pete" Miller, age 87, of Carthage, died Sunday, April 3, 2022, at his residence. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Pete was born on December 22, 1934, to Howard and Pearl (Maxson) Miller. Following graduation, Pete worked at various jobs, the longest as a groundskeeper at the Lebanon School District in Oregon. He is survived by his children, Teresa Arnett, David Miller, Rod Miller, Tina Miller, Becky Nelson and Lydia Vaden. He is also survived by his sisters...

Margaret Joan Mary Austreim, age 96, of Howard, died Saturday, March 19, 2022, at her residence. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Friday, March 25, 2022, at Beach United Methodist Church in Howard. Inurnment will follow at Belleview Lutheran Cemetery, rural Howard. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Thursday, at the Willoughby Funeral Home in Howard. Margaret Joan Mary Hooper was born in Southampton, England on May 18, 1925, to Kathleen (Jefford) and Leonard Hooper....

Carolyn Lee (Anderson) Genzlinger, age 80, of Madison, passed away peacefully on March 17, 2022, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Memorial services will be 2:00 PM, April 19, 2022, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Madison. Inurnment will follow at St. John Lutheran Cemetery in Howard. Carolyn was born December 18, 1941, to Norman and Lulu (Zimmermann) Anderson in Howard. Carolyn married Winston Genzlinger on September 15, 1961. They had 3 sons, Adam, Eric and...

 Kathryn Francis Kommes, age 88, passed away on February 17, 2022, at the Avera Brady Care Center in Mitchell. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at the St. Agatha Catholic Church in Howard. Interment will follow at the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Howard. Visitation with family present will be Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at the church from 5pm to 7pm, with a scripture service to be said at 6:30pm. Kathryn...

Steven R. Brown, age 79, of Howard, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the Madison Regional Health System. A memorial visitation will be 9-11 AM, Saturday, February 12, 2022, at the Willoughby Funeral Home. Steve was born on February 18, 1942, to Fred and Darline (Perry) Brown, in Bridgewater. He was the 7th child out of 8. When Steve was five, the family moved to a farm in Salem. He attended country school before attending Salem High School. On March 24, 1972, he married Linda Kruse...

Merleen Duxbury, age 95, of Howard, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, February 5, 2022, at the Holy Three Kings Catholic Church in Epiphany. Inurnment will be held at a later date at the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services on Saturday. Merleen Eich was born July 8, 1926, to George and Catherine (Gassman) Eich. She attended elementary school in Epiphany and high school at Burbank Consolidated School near...

Gary R. Tripp, age 77, of Howard, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 10, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society in Howard. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, January 15, 2022, at the Beach United Methodist Church in Howard. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery in Howard. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Friday, January 14, 2022, at Willoughby Funeral Home. Gary was born June 1, 1944, in Mitchell, to Dorothy (Hagge) and Robert Tripp. Some of his childhood was spent in...