Obits
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...
Theodore Francis Tornow (Sonny), of Murdo passed away peacefully on July 7, 2025, at the Kadoka Nursing Home after achieving 90 years. Sonny was born May 25, 1935, in Murdo, S.D. to Theodore Walter and Viola Genevieve (Johnson) Tornow. Sonny graduated from Murdo High School in 1954, then attended...
William "Bill" Van Ourkerk, age 91, of Wadena, Minnesota, formerly of Philip, South Dakota, died on Sunday, July 13, 2025 at the Valley Care and Rehab in Barnesville, Minnesota.William "Bill" Floyd Van Ourkerk, 91, passed away peacefully on July 13, 2025 at Valley Care and Rehab in Barnesville, MN...
Bonnie was born February 25, 1943 at Cooper, SD to Emery and Dorothy (Harvey) Sternad. She attended 8 years of country school at Lama and 4 years of high school in Faith, SD. She married in 1953 and has two children by that marriage. In 1980, she married Roscoe Clark and they resided at their...
