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Susan ShellaSusan K. Shella, 47, passed

away Saturday, September 3,2011 at the Dougherty HospiceHouse after acourageous battlewith cancer.

Visitation willbegin at 12:00 p.m.Tuesday, Septem-ber 6 with the fam-ily present to greetfriends from 5:00to 7:00 p.m. atGeorge Boom Fu-neral Home inSioux Falls. A prayer service willbegin at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Funeral service will be held at10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Septem-ber 7, at Our Savior’s LutheranChurch with burial to follow atHills of Rest Memorial Park.

Susan was born to Lois andHall Shella May 20, 1964. She at-tended Jasper Elementary andgraduated in 1984. She attendedand graduated from Dakota StateCollege in 1988. She began work-ing for the State of South Dakotain 1990 in Economic Services andwas recently recognized for her20 years of service.

It was Susan's kind and gener-ous heart that all came to loveand will be greatly missed. Shedid not know a stranger and herlife philosophy of peace, love,and harmony was reflected inher personal relationships withfriends and family, her tenderlove for animals, especially herown, and her boundless love ofnature. She lived life to thefullest.

Susan is survived by her part-ner, Lisa Lyngstad, whom shemet 15 years ago on August 31stbuilding a long and loving rela-tionship. She leaves behind theirdevoted pets, Theo, Sonny andFinley. She is also survived byher parents, Hall and Lois Shella;her sisters, Leigh Shella, andCindy Shella-Tranby and her hus-band, Jim; her nieces andnephews, Jessica Gipp, JoshuaGipp, Joseph Gipp, Haley Tranby;great niece, Arabella Gipp; andthe Lyngstad family.

She is preceded in death byher maternal grandparents, Ottoand Dora Krapf, paternal grand-

parents, Ed and Imo Shella andher infant sister, Jane Shella.

It was Susan's wish that herfuneral be a celebration of herlife. She asked that those attend-ing the funeral wear casual attireto represent the way she livedher life of peace and love.

In lieu of flowers, it wasSusan's request that memorialsbe directed to The AmericanCancer Society, Dougherty Hos-pice House and the Humane Soci-ety of Sioux Falls.

A complete obituary and on-line registry is available atwww.georgeboom.com.

Yankton Press & DakotanSeptember 6, 2011

James ‘Bud’ KrovozaABERDEEN — Memorial serv-

ices for James “Bud” Krovoza, 78,of Aberdeen will be 11:00 a.m.Monday, Septem-ber 5, 2011, atBethlehemLutheran Churchin Aberdeen. TheRev. Mary AnneNelson-Loefke willofficiate. Burialwill be in the El-lendale, N.D. CityCemetery.

Bud died Au-gust 31, 2011, at his home.

James “Bud” Krovoza, son ofJames Joseph and Mathilda(Nedved) Krovoza, was bornMarch 3, 1933, in Yankton, SD. Heattended Sacred Heart School inYankton and then Yankton publicschools, where he graduatedwith the Class of ‘52. Budproudly played football for theYankton Bucks. He was known tomany across the state for hisspeed and unconventional way ofcarrying the ball. He was an All-American.

He was united in marriage toLaVanna Gerling on August 1,1958. They lived in Yankton be-fore moving to Ellendale, ND in1959. He worked for Carl Mack asan apprentice plumber until 1967when he became a MasterPlumber and opened his ownbusiness in Ellendale. He took agreat amount of pride in his workand thoroughly enjoyed what he

did. In 1987, Bud and LaVannamoved to Park Rapids, MN whereBud worked as a Master Plumberat Park Rapids Plumbing andHeating. In 1994, they moved toAberdeen and Bud semi-retiredand worked at several mainte-nance jobs.

Bud loved being with his fam-ily, especially his grandkids. Heenjoyed projects around thehouse and working outdoors. Healso loved listening to polkamusic. He was a member of theMoose Lodge.

Bud is survived by his wife,LaVanna, one son, Curtis (Terri)Krovoza of Jamestown, ND, threedaughters, Carrie (Richard)Scepaniak and Cathryn (Justin)Ellenson, both of Aberdeen andClaudine (Sheldon) Cruse ofGillette, WY, four sisters, MarieKillian, Helen Thompson, NormaWashburn and Velma Klein, all ofYankton, SD, ten grandchildrenand three great-grandchildren.

His parents, one brother, onesister and one great-grandsonpreceded him in death.

Memorial cards can be sent tothe family in care of NormaWashburn, 506 Spruce, Yankton,SD 57078.

Yankton Press & DakotanSeptember 6, 2011

Leila Ras MARION — Leila L. Ras, 79, of

Marion died Saturday, Sept. 3,2011, at her home.

Funeral services are at 1:30p.m. Thursday at Bethesda Men-nonite Church, rural Marion,with burial in the Tieszen Ceme-tery.

Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Wednes-day, with the family present from7-8 p.m., at Walter Funeral Home,Marion.

Melroy ‘Mel’ WaldnerMelroy J. “Mel” Waldner, 69, of

Yankton died Saturday, Sept. 3,2011, at Avera Sister James CareCenter Hospice.

Memorial services are at 11a.m. Friday at United Church of

Christ (Congregational), Yankton,with the Rev. Joe Schulte and theRev. Paul Opsahl officiating. Bur-ial of the cremated remains willbe in the Yankton Cemetery,Yankton.

Visitations are 4-8 p.m. Thurs-day at Opsahl-Kostel FuneralHome & Crematory, Yankton,with a Scripture service at 7 p.m.Visitations will resume one hourprior to the service at thechurch.

Rosalyn ‘Rose’Souhrada

Rosalyn M. “Rose” Souhrada,79, of Yankton died Sunday, Sept.4, 2011, at the Dougherty Hos-pice House, Sioux Falls.

Funeral services are at 2 p.m.Thursday at Trinity LutheranChurch, Yankton, with the Rev.Dave Lund officiating. Burial will bein the Yankton Cemetery, Yankton.

Visitations begins at 5 p.m.Wednesday at Opsahl-Kostel Fu-neral Home & Crematory, Yank-ton, with a Scripture service at 7p.m. Visitations will resume onehour prior to the service at thechurch.

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Deloris DiefenderferDeloris I. Diefenderfer, age

88, of Yankton, South Dakotaand formerly of Crofton, Ne-braska, died on Thursday, Sep-tember 1, 2011 at Avera YanktonCare Center in Yankton.

Memorial services are 7:00p.m. on Wednesday, September7, 2011 at the Wintz & Ray Fu-neral Home in Yankton with Rev-erend Justin Wiese officiating.Visitation with the family will beone hour prior to the service atthe Wintz & Ray Funeral Home.

Deloris was born March 16,1923 in Norfolk, Nebraska toLeonard and Salina (Olson)Mather. She grew up in Norfolkwhere she graduated from Nor-folk High School. On June 22,1941, Deloris married RoyDiefenderfer. After their mar-riage, they continued to live inNorfolk raising their two sons.

In 1979, theymoved to Croftonand openedDiefenderferPlumbing andConstruction. De-loris workedthere as the sec-retary until theysold the businessin 1992. Deloris

enjoyed flowers, boating andgoing to their cabin in Santee,Nebraska. She always lovedbabysitting her grandchildrenand great grandchildren. Deloriswas a loving wife and a wonder-ful, caring mother.

Deloris is survived by hertwo sons: Larry (Carol) Diefend-erfer of Eureka, Montana andTerry (Linda) Diefenderfer ofYankton; five grandchildren; 10great grandchildren; one great-great granddaughter; brother-in-

law, John (Shirley) Diefenderferof Thousand Oaks, California;two sisters-in-law: Ellen (Harry)Heckendorf of Thousand Oaksand Mary (Don) Forbes of Vista,California; and many nieces andnephews.

Deloris was preceded indeath by her parents; husband,Roy on March 18, 2011; brother,Leonard Mather Jr.; and a sister,Marcella Sullivan.

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Corps RestrictingBoat Access To

Portions Of RiverAs the Missouri River below

Gavins Point Dam reopens forvessel traffic, there still continuesto be significantly increasedwater flows from Gavins PointDam. These flows are creatingswift river currents and extremelyhazardous conditions in the Mis-souri River directly below GavinsPoint Powerplant and Spillway.

As a result, the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers is restrictingboat access to a portion of theriver. Effective immediately, ves-sels of any kind will be prohibitedfrom a line stretching from theelectronic sign near the boatramp in Nebraska TailwatersRecreation Area to a similar signon the Training Dike RecreationArea and west to the dam.

This restriction is in effectuntil further notice.

KELLY HERTZ/P&DThis temporary signage has been posted on the north shore of the Missouri Riverjust below Gavins Point Dam warning boaters not to approach the turbulent tailwa-ters. A similar warning was issued in June before the dam discharges moved above100,000 cubic feet per second.

PIERRE — Members of the SouthDakota Board of Regents will take to theroad this fall for a series of town meetingsstatewide on public higher education.

The first of what will be 15 to 20 ofthese meetings is scheduled Monday, Sept.19, at Lake Area Technical Institute in Wa-tertown, hosted by District 5 lawmakers.The event begins at 7 p.m. Representativesof the Board of Regents, its staff, and pub-lic university presidents will be on hand tovisit with area residents.

Other town meetings this month will beheld Sept. 21 in Aberdeen and Sept. 22 inWebster. Additional meetings in communi-ties across South Dakota are confirmed forOctober, November and December.

“Our challenge as a public universitysystem is to plan ahead as South Dakotaemerges from the current economic down-turn,” said Jack R. Warner, the regents’ ex-ecutive director and CEO. “Highereducation and workforce development gohand in hand, and our priorities must re-flect that close relationship.”

Warner said the most important thing

public universities can do is to enroll andgraduate more citizens in order to buildSouth Dakota’s economy. Additionally, hesaid it is very important to attract new res-idents to South Dakota, since the state’saging demographic means more youngpeople are needed to serve as a futureworkforce. Another priority is to leverageuniversity-based research and develop-ment that contributes to South Dakota’seconomic growth, and expand graduate-degree programs to produce more highly-skilled workers.

Ideas exchanged at the town meetingsthis fall will help South Dakota’s publicuniversities plan for the future. “Thesetown meetings are an important part ofwhat we do every few years—go into localcommunities across the state, find outwhat is on people’s minds, and exchangeideas,” said Kathryn Johnson, president ofthe Board of Regents. “We have been doingthese town meetings since 2001, wherelocal legislators serve as our hosts. Wewelcome the public’s participation,” shesaid.

Higher Education Focus OfStatewide Town Meetings

PIERRE — Here are some tips from officials to assurequick delivery of state and federal disaster assistance toresidents of South Dakota’s declared counties that suf-fered property losses in the flooding from March 11through July 22.

• The first step to receive federal disaster assistanceis to register with the Federal Emergency ManagementAgency (FEMA). Even if people have already told FEMAor emergency managers about their damage, they nowneed to register with FEMA themselves and get a regis-tration number.

• They can register by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362)toll free. The TDD number for those with speech andhearing impairments is 1-800-462-7585. The toll-free linesare open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. CDT seven days a weekuntil further notice.

• They can also register online at www.disasterassis-

tance.gov, or through a web-enabled mobile device orsmartphone by going to m.fema.gov and following thelink for federal assistance and other recovery help.

• Those affected are encouraged to register if theyhad any disaster-related losses, whether as a renter orhomeowner. They may need help with unexpected ex-penses even if their property was insured.

• A FEMA housing inspector will contact those whoregister for an appointment to inspect their property.The residents then need to make arrangements to meetthe inspector and allow sufficient time to answer ques-tions. Assistance may be delayed if they are not home.

• Residents should make sure their address numberis clearly displayed for inspectors and that FEMA alwayshas a reliable address or phone number to contact them.

• Renters forced from their homes by disaster dam-age may apply for rental assistance to relocate tem-

porarily while repairs are made. Reimbursement may beavailable for hotel bills if their home was uninhabitabledue to damage.

• Residents should document losses by saving re-ceipts from bills they have paid to repair their propertyor replace essential possessions. They should take pho-tographs and videotape if possible.

• They can check the status of their application forassistance or make changes to it by contacting FEMA atthe number or Web sites above.

Programs available to eligible applicants may in-clude:

• Disaster Housing Assistance, administered byFEMA, for individuals and families whose homes weredestroyed or made unlivable as a result of the flooding.The program provides funding for temporary accommo-dations, or financial assistance for minimal home repairs

to make a property livable. • Low-interest loans from the U.S. Small Business Ad-

ministration for homeowners, renters or business own-ers for the repair, replacement or rebuilding ofdisaster-damaged property that the FEMA Individual As-sistance grants or insurance do not cover.

• Grants through the Other Needs Assistance pro-gram for those who have serious immediate needs re-sulting from the disaster that cannot be met by othersources.

FEMA disaster assistance covers basic needs onlyand will not normally compensate those affected fortheir entire loss. For those who have insurance, the gov-ernment may help pay for basic needs not coveredunder the insurance policy. Residents should contacttheir insurance agent first, then if they have unmetneeds they should call FEMA to apply.

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