Dakota High School Minnesota Alumni Obituaries

Larry Lynch age 81 with his son Michael by his side passed away on Christmas Day 12252026 at Edgewood Vista Senior Living in Flandreau SD after a brief battle with cancer. To honor Larrys wishes there will be no public services. Larry was born December 11 1944 in Brookings SD to Clarence and Harriet...

Janice (Jan) Samuelson, 92, of Ames, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 12th, 2025, at Northcrest Heartwood House in Ames.Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 29th, 2025, in the Grand Room at Northcrest Community, 2300 Northcrest Parkway, Ames, IA 50010. Inurnment will ...

Josephine "Jo" Eisenbraun 88 of Sioux Falls passed away peacefully on February 5 2026 at Tea Retirement Living under the compassionate care of St. Croix Hospice surrounded by the love of her family. Jo was born in Luverne Minnesota to Charles and Inez Ward. She grew up in the Hills Minnesota area an...

A Mass of Christian Burial for Steven D. Roseen of Roseau MN will be held on Saturday December 13 2025 at 1100AM with a visitation held one hour prior to the service at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Roseau MN. Visitation will be held on Friday December 12 2025 from 57PM at Sacred Heart Catholic Ch...

Nancy Irene (Noble) Bamlet, age 80, of Nevis, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, in Park Rapids, Minnesota. A celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 6, 2026, at the Eastside Church of Park Rapids, with a time of gathering an hour prior. Cease Family F...

Yulah Jean Sisler Brink a beloved mother grandmother greatgrandmother sister and aunt passed away peacefully on December 30 2025. She was 91 years old. Born on September 22 1934 to Hazel and Walter Brink in Redfield South Dakota Yulah spent her formative years on the family dairy farm in Cohasset Mi...

Jay August Wellner 92 passed away peacefully on December 13 2025 at home in Hillsboro Oregon surrounded by his loving family. Jay was born on March 29 1933 in Albert Lea Minnesota the first of two children to August and Arlyle Roundy Wellner. On June 18th 1933 he was baptized in Menno South Dakota g...

Zetta Zac Alice Zabel age 76 of Plainview Minnesota passed away peacefully on January 5 2026 at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Saint Marys Campus with her children present by her side. She was a tireless servant of God with a deep spirit. Zetta was born on November 12 1949 in Rochester Minnesota to...

Visitation will begin at 200 pm followed by a prayer service at 330 on Sunday January 25 2026 at Miller Funeral Home Westside Location 6200 W. 41st St. Sioux Falls SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1030 am on Monday January 26 2026 at St. Michael Catholic Church 1600 S. Marion Rd. Sioux F...

Joan M. ONeill 81 formerly of Seargent Bluff IA died Thursday January 15 2026 in Eudora KS. Joan was born April 28 1944 in Sioux City IA the daughter of Milton John and Joyce Maureen Ellsworth Clary. She was a 1962 graduate of Seargent BluffLuton High School and a 1966 graduate of South Dakota Stat...

Gerald “Jerry” Lester Avenson, 82, of Bemidji, Minnesota, entered peacefully into eternal life surrounded by loved ones at the Bemidji Veterans Home on January 5, 2026.Jerry was born August 25, 1943, in Park Rapids, MN to Sidney and Bertha (Dahl) Avenson. He was raised on the family farm, where he l...

Dennis Ray DeGroot81 passed away at SanfordUSD Medical Center in Sioux Falls SD on Wednesday January 72026. Services will be held at 1000 a.m. on Friday January 16 2025 at Heritage Funeral Home. Interment at St. Michaels Cemetery will immediately follow the luncheon. Dennis DeGroot was born on Janua...

68 passed away on January 12 2026 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls. His Funeral Service will be 1000 AM Saturday January 17 2026 at George Boom Funeral Home OnSite Crematory Sioux Falls. Visitation will be from 500700 pm with Memory Sharing beginning at 630 pm Friday January 16 2026 at George Boo...

Loretta Lipke age 88 of Hutchinson Minnesota passed away on Wednesday February 11 2026 at Ecumen Lakeview Commons in Maplewood Minnesota. Funeral Service will be Friday February 20 2026 1100 A.M. at DobratzHantge Funeral Chapel in Hutchinson with interment in Oakland Cemetery. Loretta Lavonne Lipke ...

Ethel Safranski age 90 of Argyle Minnesota passed away peacefully on Sunday morning January 11 2026 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks North Dakota surrounded by the love of her family. Ethel Louella Safranski with her twin sister Eva was born on June 23 1935 in Crookston Minnesota to Henry and Albina...

Warren J. Brown age 32 of Pine Point MN died Wednesday December 24 2025 in Moorhead MN. Warren Justin Brown the son of Donovan Brown and Pamela Ellis was born December 2 1993 in Detroit Lakes MN. He grew up in the Pine Point area and attended school at Circle of Life Academy in White Earth MN. After...

Harlen Dean Peck age 89 of Austin Minnesota passed away peacefully on Wednesday January 14 2026 surrounded by his loving family. Harlen was born September 15 1936 in Flint Michigan to Floyd and Lela Mae Peck. He attended Brainerd High School before transferring to Maplewood Academy in Hutchinson Min...

Dorothy Eide 100 passed away peacefully on Sunday January 11 2026 while surrounded by attentive and loving care at Dougherty Hospice. Funeral services will be held at Heritage Funeral Home on Sunday January 18 2026 at 130 p.m. Following the service the family warmly invites all who attend to remain ...

Darlene Luverne Keizer was born on April 21 1935 in Prinsburg Minnesota a small farming community a little more than 100 miles west of Minneapolis where she spent her first seven years. She was the only daughter and eldest child of Marvin Devries and Naomi Vanden Hoek Devries. Later after the family...

After conferring with God following my death I am deeply grateful and humbled to be relocated by His grace and love to heaven on January 18 2026 at the age of 89. My celebration of life is scheduled for March 7th 2026 at 1 pm. There will be a visitation with family an hour prior to that at 12 noon a...