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Agnes WilliamsDELMONT — Agnes

Williams, 101, died Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Avera St. Benedict Hospital in Parkston.

Funeral service will be Saturday, August 22 at 10:30 a.m. at Emmaus Lutheran Church in Tripp.

Visitation will be Friday, August 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. prayer service at Emmaus Lutheran Church in Tripp.

Arrangements by Koehn Bros. Funeral Home in Parkston.

Agnes Elizabeth Williams was born September 8, 1913 to Andreas and Elizabeth (Schlenker) Schaal in Tripp, SD. She was baptized into the Christian faith on September 14, 1913 and confirmed on July 8, 1928 at First American Lutheran Church in Tripp. She attend-ed country school at Union School District No. 77 north of Tripp. She was united in marriage to Lawrence Walter Williams on September 27, 1933 in Tripp. They moved to a farm near Delmont, SD and Agnes worked at the Delmont Inn for 29 years and also babysat for many years. Agnes was a member of Zion Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday school and belonged to the Zion Lutheran Christian Society. She enjoyed embroidering, cooking, planting flowers and doing yard work. She

also enjoyed spending time with her family and always looked forward to her children and grandchildren visiting. Before becom-ing a resident of the Good Sarmaritan Center in Tripp, she volunteered and played bingo with the residents. Agnes went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Avera St. Benedict Hospital in Parkston at the age of 101.

Grateful for having shared her life are her four children: Marlyne Fink of Mitchell, SD; Dennis (Sandra) Williams of Yankton, SD; Ardith Lantz of Lake Andes, SD and Lynn (Keith) Stoeb-ner of Tripp; grandchildren: John (Tracy) Fink; Richard Fink; Karen Fink; Merrill (Lori) Fink; Kevin (Marya) Williams; Kurtis (Shannan) Williams; Krischel (Sean) Crawley; Kameron (Dianna) Williams; Kyle Stoebner; and Rev. Rory (Mary Ann) Gregorio and family; great-grandchildren: Aaron (Nicole) Fink; Jessica (Scott) Grosch; Andrew (Darci) Fink; Allison (Jared) Jones; Serena Fink; Kelsey Fink; Derrick and Ryan Williams; Joseph, Jacob and Joshua Williams; Brooks and Autumn Crawley; and Kolton and Bryson Wil-liams; great-great-grandchi-dren: John, Ethan and Austin Fink; William, Reese, Iann and Merissa Grosch; and Carson and Samuel Jones; and a sister, Pauline Walz of Freeman, SD.

She was preceded in death by her parents; hus-band, Lawrence on Septem-ber 20, 1980; 3 brothers: Rudolph, Otto and Gerhardt Schaal; 4 sisters: Gertrude

Ruble, Helen Eastman, Rose Larscheid and Katharina Schaal in infancy and an infant son.

Yankton Press & DakotanAugust 20, 2015

Alice LarsonAlice Eline (Sivertson)

Larson daughter of Bert and Eline (Vevang) Sivertson, was born June 17, 1923 and went to her eternal home August 18, 2015 at the age of 92.

Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 22 at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Irene. Burial will follow in the Hillcrest Cem-etery at Irene.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, August 21 at the Hansen Funeral Home in Irene.

She grew up in the Volin, South Dakota, area and she attended Bruget School rural Mission Hill through the 8th grade.

Alice worked for numer-ous families in the Irene area, helping them cook, clean and take care of their families. Also, she worked for Gurneys and Raven Industries in Irene, South Dakota.

On October 4, 1941 she married the love of her life

Louis Larson and as God’s will they were able to spend over 70 loving years together before his passing in 2012. Together they farmed in the Irene area and in 1967 they purchased their 1st farm. She enjoy helping her husband Louis farm, helping milk cows, feeding the pigs and chickens. After retiring from the farm in 1990 they moved to Yankton and in 2014 Alice became a resident of Yankton Care Center.

She enjoyed Sunday morning Church services, baking for her family, taking care of her morning glories and bachelor buttons, cross stitching and spending pre-cious time with her family.

Survivors include; Four children Karen (Larry) Haberman of Yankton, Allen Larson of Wakonda, Lois Eli of Yankton and Linda (Dave) Bak of Irene. Ten grandchil-dren, 16 great grandchil-dren and three great great grandchildren. Two brothers Harold (Sharyn) Sivertson of Omaha, NE and Olin Sivert-son of Wakonda.

Preceding her in death, her loving husband Louis, her parents Bert and Eline Sivertson, three brothers Arnold, Kenneth and Leslie, three sisters Elsie, Sylvia and Bernice and one great grand-daughter, Madison Folck.

For obituary and online condolences, visit hansenfu-neralhome.com.

Yankton Press & DakotanAugust 20, 2015

Lloyd HesseLloyd H. Hesse, 83, of

Seward, Nebreaska, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at the Ridgewood Rehab and Care Center in Seward.

Funeral services will be on Monday, Aug. 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Coleridge, Nebras-ka, with the Rev. Deb Valen-tine officiating. Burial will be at the Laurel Cemetery.

Visitation will be on Sunday from 3-6 p.m. with a prayer service at 5 p.m. at the Wintz Funeral Home in Coleridge. Visitation will con-tinue on Monday at church one hour prior to services.

Glen RadelGlen G. Radel, 89, passed

away early Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at the Good Samari-tan Center, Tyndall.

Funeral services will be Saturday Aug. 22, at 1:30 p.m. at the Riverview Re-formed Church with the Rev. Rod Veldhuizen officiating. Burial will follow the service in the Garden of Memories

Cemetery, Yankton. Visitations will be Friday,

Aug. 21, from 5-7 p.m. at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the church.

Online condolences can be sent at www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com.

Warren ChristensenWarren Christensen, 88,

died Aug. 13, 2015, in Utah. Services will be on Satur-

day at 11 a.m. at the Viborg Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Turkey Valley Baptist Cemetery, rural Irene.

Eugene OsbornEugene “Gene” Edward

Osborn, 86, Yankton, SD was called to his Heavenly Home on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Avera Sister James Care Center.

Visitation will be Thursday, August 20 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7 p.m. with Rev. Steven A. Weispfenning officiating. Visitation will continue one hour before services at the church.

Funeral services will be Friday, August 21 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church with the Rev. David E. Gunderson officiating. Burial will follow at the Yank-ton Cemetery with military honors by the Ernest-Bow-yer VFW Post #791, Yankton, American Legion Riders Post

#249 of Bloomfield, NE, and the SD Army National Guard, Sioux Falls, SD.

Gene was born April 27, 1929 to Warren E. and Ella (nee Krause) Osborn in Yankton, SD. At age 17, Gene lied about his age so he could enlist in the Army and serve his country. He served during the clean-up of World War II and then, in 1951, he was called back to fight in the Korean conflict. Gene was a long-time member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #791 in Yankton, where he served for many years in the honor guard.

Gene married the love of his life, Hedwig “Hattie” Wollmann on September 10, 1948. They were happily married for almost 57 years before Hattie was called to her heavenly home. To this union two children were born, Paulette Jean in 1950 and Ernest Warren in 1961.

He was baptized into the Christian faith on July 1, 1929, and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith on October 22, 1950. Gene was a long-time member of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Yankton, where he served as an Elder and Head Usher.

Gene was a salesman most of his life, starting out as a carrier for the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan. He worked in the meat depart-ment of Council Oaks until 1955, when he went to work

for Cimpl Packing Company of Yankton until retirement in 1991. He also worked for a few years in retirement in the meat department of the local HyVee store.

Gene was a very loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. His joy was spending time with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He not only taught his children hunt and fish, he and Hattie also taught all of their grand-children to fish as well. Some of his fondest memories were his fishing trips with his grandchildren.

Gene was always willing to do anything he could to help family, friends and neighbors in their time of need. During the Rapid City flood of 1972, Gene solicited food donations from around

Yankton and accompanied by his wife Hattie, delivered those donations personally to those families affected by the flood.

He is survived by his daughter, Paulette (Gary) Gross of Yankton; son, Ernest (Deborah) Osborn of San Diego, CA; five grand-children, Bobbie Gross of Hugo, MN, Pauline Sumption of Rapid City, SD, Jeremy (Amber) Gross of White Bear Lake, MN, Kristopher (San-dra) Osborn of San Diego, CA, Jonathan Osborn of San Diego, CA; six great grand-children, Tanner, Zachary, Taite and Makeda Sumption, Olivia Gross and Nathan Gross; brothers, Frank (Mary Ann) and Larry (Kathryn) Osborn both of Yankton, SD; sister, Dolores (John “Jack”) Lefler of Rapid City; and

many nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death

by his parents; beloved wife, Hattie (nee Wollmann), brothers, Art and Warren Jr., and sisters, Anna, Elsie and Sharon.

Gene’s family wishes for all memorials to be directed to: St. John’s Lutheran Preschool, 1009 Jackson, Yankton, SD 57078.

Yankton Press & DakotanAugust 20, 2015

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OBITUARIES

Emma BrownEmma Aileen Prickett

Brown went to meet her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Saturday, August 15, 2015, the birthday of her “be-loved” son-in-law’s mother, Verla Simmonds.

A celebration of life will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 22 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Yankton, with Rev. Steve Weispfen-nig officiating. Burial will be in the Rosehill Cemetery, Scotland, SD at approxi-mately 3:45 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Visitations will begin at 4:00 p.m. Friday, August 21 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Yankton, with a Scripture service at 7:30 p.m. Visita-tions will resume one hour prior to the service at the church.

On-line condo-lences can be sent at www.opsahl-kostelfu-neralhome.com.

Pall-bearers are: Wendell Simmonds, Scott Prickett, Randy Johnson, Terry Siman-tel, Gale Conrad and Duane Dean.

Emma Aileen Prickett Brown, age 93, was born May 6, 1922 on a farm near Olivet, SD, the daughter of Grover and Emma (Zanter) Prickett. She was received into the Kingdom of God’s grace though the Sacrament of Holy Baptism as an infant at St Peter’s Lutheran Church in Clayton, SD. At the age of

thirteen, Emma renewed her baptismal vows also in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.

Emma grew up in the Milltown-Parkston, South Dakota area. She attended elementary school at District #78 and graduated from Parkston High School in 1939. The years following, she worked in Denver, CO, Portland, OR and Newark, NJ. She married Alfred D. Brown on September 19, 1946 and moved on a farm near Scotland, SD where they resided for 45 years. The union was blessed with a daughter and son.

Alfred passed away in 1990 and in 1991, Emma moved to Yankton, SD where she helped elderly people so they could stay in their own homes.

Emma was active in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and

later in St. John’s Lutheran Church in Yankton. She loved to sing in the choir and was an accomplished so-loist. She really enjoyed her years singing with a group named the “Balladeers”. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary in Scotland, SD and the “Civic Club”. Her next love was traveling, having been in all 50 states and also making many trips to Europe, United Kingdom and Scandinavia.

In thanksgiving for her life is her daughter, Suzanne (Wendell) Simmonds of Sioux City, IA; grandson, Keevan (Tanya) Simmonds; great-grandsons, Tommy, Ty, Blake and Beckham Simmonds of Marian, IA; granddaughter, Jessica (Mason) Lavaway; great-granddaughter, Morgan; great-grandsons, Orrin and

Jesson Lavaway of Akron, IA; one sister, Lila Thorp of Sioux City, IA; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Prickett of Yank-ton, SD, Marian Prickett of Mitchell, SD; best friend, Vi Ranney; caregiver who was like her second daughter, Carla Maibaum of Yankton, SD and senior companion, Nona Bitsos of Yankton, SD.

Those going ahead to greet her were her husband, Alfred Brown; her son, Mi-chael K. Brown; four sisters: Vera Prickett, Eva Michaels-en, Helen Zomer and Wilma Stainbrook and five brothers: Andrew, Virgil, Leland, Ver-non and Joe Prickett (who gave his life in WW2).

Please take time on Friday to visit Emma’s family and help celebrate her life. She would love a reunion of her, Alfred’s, Mike’s and Suzi’s friends. We will be

serving homemade pies in Emma’s honor. Feel free to stop in the chapel for special music and reflection. Drop in any time and stay as long as you like. Emma would expect everyone to have a good time.

Anyone who is reading this is genuinely encouraged to come to Emma’s funeral on Saturday to hear a special sermon on “Heaven.” It does not matter if you know her and her family. We would love to have you.

Yankton Press & DakotanAugust 20, 2015

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Frank Potts Jr.Mass of Christian Burial

for Frank Potts Jr. will be on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Crofton with the Rev. Michael Schmitz officiating. Burial will be at St. Rose of Lima Cemetery in Crofton.

Visitation will be on Fri-day, at church, from 4-8:00 p.m. with a vigil service at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will con-tinue on Saturday at church one hour prior to services. Arrangements are under the

direction of the Wintz Funeral Home in Crofton.

Frank Joseph Potts Jr. was proudly welcomed into this world on Decem-ber 8, 1962 in Yankton, SD to Gerald H. and Beverly J. (Yule) Potts. He was greeted into heaven on August 18, 2015 with a loving bear hug and a deck of cards by his

son Shawn.Having spent his youth

on the family farm, Frank loved the outdoors. When he wasn’t working the land beside his father he could be found fishing and hunt-ing with family & friends. Frank graduated from Crofton High School in 1981 and attended Northeast Community College - but the farm was where he knew he belonged. Frank married Jill Schiedel on January 21, 1984. To this un-ion two beautiful blessings were welcomed, Matthew

and Shawn. Frank’s life was enriched by his sons. Whether it was coaching basketball or sharing his love of hunting & cards, his sons’ brought joy and end-less love to his life.

The death of his son Shawn due to a car accident at the age of 17 wore heavy on his heart but farming with Matthew brought a wonderful brightness to his world.

Frank is survived by his son, Matthew Potts of Crofton; mother & stepfa-ther Beverly & Tom Hanson

of Yankton, SD; four sisters and spouses Vicki and Charles Kleinschmit of Col-eridge, Deb and David Kube of Crofton, Teri and Aaron Biermann of Wisner, Lisa Fields of Elk Creek; many nieces and nephews; his “surrogate” daughter Cas-sandra Lammers of Fordyce; and his fiancé Angela Perine of Milwaukee, WI.

He was preceded in death by his father Gerald Potts, and son Shawn.

Yankton Press & DakotanAugust 20, 2015

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