Deanna Lynne Rasmussen, 64, passed peacefully at Edgewood Vista in Mitchell, SD, on July 1, 2022. Memorial Services will be held at a later date.

Karen Hammond, age 68, of Volga, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.

Michelle Stuefen, 63, of Elkton, SD, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at the Brookings Hospital.

Cora Van Dyke, 94, of Elkton, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at the Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls.

Terryl Wayne Huyck, 72, of Volga, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls.

Brian T. Gilligan, 61, of Tucson, AZ, unexpectedly passed away in his home on Friday, June 24, 2022. Private family services were held June 28, in Tucson, AZ.

Mary Ann Elizabeth Pick, 78, died July 2, 2022. 

David Maurice Spolum was born on April 3, 1944, to “Doc” Spolum and Lillian Schmeling in Watertown. He died July 3, 2022.

Strike up the band! The family of Clarke Christiansen (1934-2020) invites friends to help celebrate his life on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at 2 p.m., at Grace Church, Episcopal, 16th and McClellan Drive, Huron.

Royce J. Emerick, age 91, of Brookings, passed away at home on June 30, 2022. 

Gerald “Jerry” deBlonk, 80, of Brookings and formerly of Volga, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.

Lorraine Ethel Eklund passed away on June 24, 2022, in New Perspective Senior Living, in St. Paul, MN.

Marilyn (Lyn) Ruth (Jones) Pedersen, a lifelong caregiver and long-time resident of Brookings who had moved to Minneapolis in recent years, died on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at the age of 86.

Orville Gab, 87, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.

Emil L. Misar, 85, of Brookings, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls.

A memorial service for Dorothy Kleinjan Schiek will be held on Friday, July 1 at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity Cemetery in Volga, SD.

Gurine Ardell Ailts, 69, of Sioux Falls died Friday, June 17, 2022, at Ava’s House, Sioux Falls.

Robert "Bob" Kallesen, 83 of Brookings, SD died Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the United Living Community in Brookings, SD.

Jean Marie Tolzin, 81, of Brookings, SD passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at the Brookings hospital, in Brookings, SD.

Sharon Lee Ueland, age 78, of Brookings, SD, passed away Monday, June 13, 2022, at the Brookings hospital.