Obituaries

Linda Kluthe

Linda Kluthe

Oct 23, 2025

Linda Kluthe, 74, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2025 at Good Samaritan Society Scotland. Full obituary will be posted soon.

Leon (Butch) Heine

Leon (Butch) Heine

Oct 17, 2025

Leon “Butch” Heine was born at Yankton, SD January 8th, 1947, to Alphonse and Clara Heine (Rolfes). He grew up near St. Helena Nebraska and spent years working at the family farm and then trucking. Butch worked hard, played hard, loved hard, and died hard. Butch had a heart of gold, and appropriate or not, he always had something to...

Dale Dietsch

Dale Dietsch

Oct 24, 2025

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Leo James Cwach

Leo James Cwach

Oct 22, 2025

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Mary Ellen Fischer

Mary Ellen Fischer

Oct 20, 2025

Mary Ellen (Flynn) Fischer was born July 20, 1946, in Yankton, SD to Donald and Esther (Saugstad) Flynn of Irene, SD. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Wakonda, SD. Mary Ellen graduated from Irene High School in 1964 and went on to attend Nettleton Business College in Sioux Falls.

In the summer of 1965 Mary Ellen...

Betty Sandau

Betty Sandau

Oct 19, 2025

Betty Ann Sandau, 92, died Sunday, October 19, 2025, at Menno-Olivet Care Center. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. prayer service, Tuesday, October 21 at Goglin Funeral Home in Tripp, SD. Funeral service begins 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 22 at Friedens Reformed. Interment will be at Grace Hill Cemetery, Tripp.

Betty Ann (Pelton)...

Roger Ray Stock

Roger Ray Stock

Oct 17, 2025

Roger Ray Stock, age 60, of Yankton, South Dakota, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 17, 2025, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton.

Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, October 23 at Goglin Funeral Home in Yankton. Visitation begins at 12:30 p.m.

Roger was born on February 22, 1965, in Wagner, South Dakota, to Alvin and Grace (Mudder)...

Katherine Elizabeth Deming

Katherine Elizabeth Deming

Oct 3, 2025

Katherine Deming, age 69, passed away Friday, October 3, 2025 at Good Samaritan Society in Scotland. No services are planned. 

Katherine "Kathy" Elizabeth Deming (Frederick) was born on November 8th, 1955 in Galesburg, Illinois to Duane Frederick and Dorcas Frederick (Kerr). Kathy enjoyed few things in life more than spending her time with babies, especially her grandchildren. She lived in Arizona...

Carol Neugebauer

Carol Neugebauer

Sep 30, 2025

Carol Neugebauer, 85 passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at her home in Tripp. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 9 at Emmaus Lutheran Church in Tripp. A private family burial was held October 3, 2025 at Grace Hill Cemetery in Tripp.

Carol (Hoff) Neugebauer was born in Tripp, SD on October 29, 1939 to Roonie and...

Deborah Bernadette Spotted Wood

Deborah Bernadette Spotted Wood

Sep 29, 2025

Deborah Bernadette Spotted Wood, age 67, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones in her home on Monday, September 29th, 2025 after a long battle with cancer.

Deborah, the daughter of Evelyn Wright, was born October 7th, 1957 in Wagner, SD. She graduated from Yankton Public High School in 1976 and is a North East Community College, Norfolk, NE, graduate...

Eric Michael Tycz

Eric Michael Tycz

Sep 25, 2025

Eric Michael Tycz, 58, of Tyndall, South Dakota, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 25, 2025, just 14 days shy of his 59th birthday. Born October 9, 1966 in Tyndall, to Robert and Hilda (Winckler) Tycz, Eric made his life there and remained deeply rooted in the community he so dearly loved until the day of his passing.

Eric graduated from...

Dwain Dale Swenson

Dwain Dale Swenson

Sep 20, 2025

Dwain Dale Swenson, age 78, passed away peacefully, Saturday, September 20, 2025 at Oakview Terrace in Freeman, with family by his side, after a long battle with dementia.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 4, 2025 at Goglin Funeral Home in Yankton. Inurnment will be at the Yankton City Cemetery.

Dwain was born January 10, 1947 to...

James Edward Kunzweiler

James Edward Kunzweiler

Sep 20, 2025

James (Jim) Kunzweiler, age 84, of Yankton, South Dakota, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Avera Majestic Bluffs Hospice House.

A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Yankton. Visitation will take place on Friday, September 26, from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00...

Donna Muhmel

Donna Muhmel

Sep 19, 2025

Donna Valle Muhmel, 92, died Friday, September 19, 2025 at the Community Pride Care Center in Battle Creek, Nebraska. Donna’s funeral will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 24 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Scotland, SD. Interment will be at Rosehill Cemetery.

Donna was born September 15, 1933 to Lowell and Laura (Haase) Hess in Scotland, SD. She attended Schatz rural school...

Laverne Sykora

Laverne Sykora

Sep 14, 2025

Laverne F. Sykora, 97, died Sunday, September 14, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Society Tyndall, SD. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family.

Visitation will be Sunday, September 21, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with at 7 p.m. wake service at St Leo Catholic Church in Tyndall S.D.

Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 22, 2025 at St Leo...

Marlene Mae Stepka

Marlene Mae Stepka

Sep 13, 2025

Marlene Mae Stepka died on September 13, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Care Center, Tyndall, SD at the age of 84 years.

Visitation will be held 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., with a 7:30 p.m., rosary and wake service, Thursday, September 18, at St. Leo Catholic Church in Tyndall.

Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 19 at St. Leo. Interment...

James 'Jim' Myron Holy

James 'Jim' Myron Holy

Sep 9, 2025

James 'Jim' Myron Holy, born in Tyndall, SD May 13, 1937, to Joseph and Elsie (Bartikowsky) Holy, passed away September 9th, 2025 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, surrounded by his loving and devoted family.

Visitation begins at 9:00 a.m., followed by a 10:30 a.m. funeral service, Monday, September 15, 2025 at Goglin Funeral Home in Yankton. Inurnment, with military rites,...

Michael Henry Coyle

Michael Henry Coyle

Sep 6, 2025

Michael Henry Coyle, 70, of Springfield, South Dakota passed away at his home unexpectedly on September 6th, 2025.

Visitation with family present will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 11th, 2025 at Goglin Funeral Home in Tyndall, SD.

A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 12, 2025 at United Church of Christ in...

Geraldine Agnes Gobel

Geraldine Agnes Gobel

Aug 29, 2025

Geraldine Agnes Gobel, daughter of William and Agnes (Schumacher) Kremer was born in Constance, NE on April 4, 1934 and died on August 29, 2025 at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 91.

A memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 13 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Crofton, NE. Rosary will...

Jaime Uribe Villafaña

Jaime Uribe Villafaña

Aug 26, 2025

Jaime Uribe Villafaña, 61, of Yankton, SD, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, from heart complications.

A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, August 29, 2025, at Goglin Funeral Home in Yankton, SD.

Jaime was born on February 17, 1964, in Michoacán, Mexico, to Audelia and Manuel Villafaña. For the past 26 years,...