Doctor Lyle Paul Christopherson (“Doc”, the “World Renowned Psychiatrist”) passed away on Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 at Avera McKennan Hospital after a battle with cancer. He was 63 years old.     There will be a Celebration of Life at his farm at 3 PM, Saturday, July 20, 2019, with family and friends. Lyle was born in 1955, to loving parents Mary “Vi” and Orten Christopherson “Doc”, in Madison South...

Beverley C. Olson, age 74, of Howard, died Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Society in Howard. Per Beverley's request, no services will be held.

Nancy A. Calmus, age 65, of Howard, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls after a lengthy illness with her family by her side. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at St. Agatha Catholic Church in Howard. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Howard. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Tuesday, with a prayer service at 7 PM at the church. Nancy Aura Fox was born July 29, 1953, in DeSmet, SD, to Charles...

Louis Hein, age 87, of Fedora, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2019, at his home. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at Forestburg Lutheran Church. Burial with Military Honors will follow at Butler Cemetery rural Letcher. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Tuesday, at Willoughby Funeral Home in Howard. Louis Leonard Hein was born May 19, 1932, to Edwin and Genevieve (Kast) Hein on a farm near Artesian. He farmed in the area until entering the Army during the Korean War in...

Richard Dean Erickson, 82, passed away on Monday, June 3, 2019, at Howard Good Samaritan Society. Memorial service will be 2:00pm, on Thursday, June 6th, at Bethany Lutheran Church, Howard, with inurnment at Belleview Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Richard Dean Erickson was born June 3, 1937 to Joseph and Nina (Bohms). Dick went to country school for eight years, before graduating from Howard High in 1955.  He was made a child of...

Thomas Robert Pardy “TR” (86) passed away May 23, 2019 peacefully in his sleep at Whispering Winds Assisted Living Center with his wife Connie Lou by his side.  Memorial services with Military rites will be 10:30 AM, Friday, May 31, 2019, at St. Agatha Catholic Church, Howard with burial in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Madison. A visitation will be one hour prior to the services.   Tom was born August 1, 1932 to James and Inez Pardy in Madison, SD at the Madison...

Marlene (Froehlich) Dahlgard, age 72, of Aurora, CO, received her Crown of Life from the Lord on Saturday, May 11, 2019, while at home. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, May 23, 2019, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Canova. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Marlene was born on September 29, 1946, to Ray and Rosie Froehlich in Madison, SD. She was born again into her Christian fath by Holy Baptism on October 13, 1946. Marlene was confirmed in her faith on April 10, 1960....

Alfred D. Eller, age 82, of Fedora, died Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at the Avera Brady Home in Mitchell. Memorial services will be 10:30 AM, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at Endeavor Presbyterian Church in Fedora. Inurnment will follow at the Fedora Cemetery. Alfred Dennis Eller was born August 11, 1936, in Carthage, to Alfred “Joe” and Dorothy (Tracewell) Eller. He graduated from Fedora in 1954 and attended Dakota Wesleyan before joining the US Air Force in 1955. Alfred was honorably...

Leo Feldhaus, age 94, of Howard, died Thursday, May 2, 2019, at his home surrounded by his wife, Leona, and family members. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Monday, May 6, 2019, at St. Agatha Catholic Church in Howard. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be 2-4 PM Sunday at the church, with a rosary at 3:45, followed by a scripture wake service. Leo was born on May 11, 1924 to Theodore and Magdalena (Neises) Feldhaus. He was the 10th of 11...

Marion Pauline Paulette Lambert passed away on Monday, April 15, 2019 at the age of 86. Marion was born in Geneva, Illinois on October 30, 1932.  The youngest daughter of Ernest and Josephine (Roti) Paulette, Italian Americans who immigrated from Italy to America in the late 1880s, Marion joined three brothers and a sister. Services with prayer and family present to greet friends will begin 5:30pm Monday, April 22, 2019, with a Memorial service to be said 7pm all at the Endeavor...