Category Archives: Obituaries

Alice Joyce Ashmore, 89, of Elk Point, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Prairie Estates Care Center in Elk Point. Joyce Christopherson was born Sept. 5, 1923 in Vermillion, to Walter and Alice (Brown) Christopherson. She attended school in Vermillion graduating from Vermillion High School in 1941. She … Read Article →

Carol W. Hanson, 81, of Vermillion, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013, at her residence. Carol Witt was born May 27, 1931, in Sioux Falls, to Harry and Willmina (Jones) Witt. She graduated from Webster High School and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. … Read Article →

Lois D. Welch, 79, of Vermillion, and formerly of Lockhart, TX passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Sanford Vermillion Medical Center. Lois was born Jan. 5, 1934, in Akron, IA, to Elmer and Florence (Wiese) Mook. She attended school in Akron, IA. She married Leonard Welch on Aug. 29, … Read Article →

Frank Melvin (Bud) Marshall, 87, passed away on May 8, 2013, in Sanford Hospice Care in Vermillion, SD. Bud was born on Aug. 2, 1925, in Astoria OR, to Frank and Leona Artress Melvin Marshall. The family lived in Oregon and Washington before settling in 1933 in Walla Walla, WA, … Read Article →

Betty Lou Powers Betty Lou was born in Fremont, NE, to an Oklahoma homesteader (Elmer S. Bills) and a Milwaukee brewer’s daughter (Minnie Fickel), and then raised in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago by her father, grandmother and Aunt Kate after her mother died when she was just 3 months … Read Article →

Lillian Blanche Amundson, 102, of Vermillion, passed away on May 7, 2013, at Sanford Vermillion Care Center in Vermillion. A visitation was held from 6 to 7 p.m., with a rosary at 7 p.m., on Sunday, May 12, 2013, at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Vermillion. A funeral mass was … Read Article →

Lucille Vivien Simpson, 72, of Vermillion, a homemaker and member of the Vermillion Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, died Sunday, May 12, 2013 at her daughter’s home with family at her side. Lucille Simpson was born Oct. 18, 1940 in Chicago, IL. She grew up in Albuquerque, NM, and resided … Read Article →

Blaine Ira Maddox, age 46, of Gayville, died Saturday, May 11, 2013, at his home in Gayville. Funeral services were 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home in Yankton, with Rev. Dani Jo Ninke officiating. Burial was in the Gayville Cemetery in Gayville. … Read Article →

Margaret Ann McMunigal Fuchs passed away April 16, 2013 in St. Louis, MO, following heart surgery. Margaret Fuchs was born Feb. 1, 1925, at Wakonda, the fifth of nine children born to John and Mary McMunigal. She spent her life teaching. She met Fred Fuchs of St. Louis while both … Read Article →

Reidella Madonna Engman, of Vermillion, died Friday, May 3, 2013, at Prairie Estates Care Center in Elk Point. Funeral mass will be held on Saturday, May 11, at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Vermillion at 11 a.m. with the family being present the hour prior. Reidella was born to Lawrence … Read Article →