Bonnie (Preheim) Betts passed away on Nov. 7 at the Good Samaritan Home in Sioux Falls. A visitation and viewing will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at Walter's Funeral Home in Freeman, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.. My Story I was born on April 16, 1932, to Julius and Alma (Gering...

Ardis Jantzen, 97, of Freeman, S.D., passed away Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 at the Freeman Regional Nursing Home. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. at the Salem-Zion (North) Mennonite Church of rural Freeman. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Darlene Schaeffer, 88, of Yankton, S.D., passed away Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at the Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton. Visitations were scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 4 at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home in Yankton and one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. The funera...

Karen Wollman, formerly of Menno, passed away at Harrison Bay Assisted Living in Mound, Minn., Thursday, Oct. 31, at the age of 87 years. A visitation is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m., at Walter Funeral Home, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. A funeral will take place Saturday, Nov 16...

Derald Walter, 90, of Freeman, S.D., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 at the Freeman Regional Nursing Home. A funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Mennonite Church in Freeman.  A visitation will be held on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church. Derald Joseph...

Faye Lorraine (Wipf) Goertz, the second oldest of seven daughters of Paul Z. and Velissa (McCann) Wipf, was born September 30, 1930 on the family homestead. Faye grew up on the family farm and attended country school Independant District 86. She was baptized in faith on May 16, 1948 at Bethany Menno...

Wade Earl VenOsdel was born in Freeman, S.D. on Aug. 22, 1957, to Dean VenOsdel and Mildred (Hafner) VenOsdel. He was the fourth of six children and had so much fun playing with them on the family farm. Farm life was good: hauling bales, working in the fields, picking rocks for the neighbors, pickin...

Raymond Reuben Maas, a resident of Castro Valley (CV), Calif., since 1963, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Oct. 4, 2024.  He was 90 years old. Ray was born on a farm in Menno, S.D. during the Great Depression.  In 1956 he graduated from the University of South Dakota wi...

Michael Raymond Sprong, 61, of Yankton, S.D., passed away on Oct. 16, 2024 after a brief hospitalization. He was born on Feb. 10, 1963 to Irene Wood Sprong and Raymond Sprong in Franklin Park, Ill., and thus began a life of great adventure. Michael spent most of his youth in Elkhart, Inc. So, at the...

LeRoy J. Schaeffer, age 90, of Sioux Falls, S.D., and previously from Menno, S.D., died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024 at his home in Sioux Falls surrounded by his family. A funeral service is scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 17 at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls. Visitation ...