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Alice Johnson Alice I. Johnson, 96, Peli- can Rapids, MN, formerly of Freeman, SD, passed from this mortal existence into eternal peace on December 23, 2013 at the Pelican Valley Health Care Center in Peli- can Rapids. Known and loved throughout her extended family as Grandma J, Alice was born on August 7, 1917 in Denhoff, ND to the late Emmanuel and Dorothy (Edinger) Engel. She gradu- ated from Denhoff High School. Alice then married Merlin Johnson July 27, 1941 in Goodrich, ND and moved with him to Freeman, SD where they lived on the fam- ily farm until his death in 1963. She then moved to Yankton, SD where she began a 20-year career as a house mother at Yankton College, developing many en- during relationships with the students she mentored there. On September 2010, Alice entered into the Peli- can Valley Health Center. Alice was a committed Lutheran and endlessly in- dustrious. When not actively involved in any number of cleaning, cooking and craft projects, she was likely en- gaged in a combination of embroidery, reading, sewing, jigsaw puzzles, crosswords and music. She is survived by two daughters, Carol (Doug) Lay, Suamico, WI; and Judi Hoadley, Pelican Rapids, MN; and by her daughter-in-law, Sharon Johnson, Shawnee, OK. She is further survived by her grandchildren, Scott (Lisa) Johnson, Galeton, CO; Brian Lay, DePere, WI; Craig Johnson, Casper, WY; Matthew Johnson, Tecum- seh, OK; Carrie McCoy, Tecumseh, OK; Elizabeth Hoadley, Pelican Rapids, MN; Jason Hoadley (fiancé Anissa), Deer Park, TX; and Jesse (Emily) Hoadley, Peli- can Rapids, MN. Several gen- erations of grandchildren, nieces and nephews also survive. Alice was preceded in death by her husband Mer- lin; her son Orrin; son-in-law Clyde Hoadley; grandson-in- law Chad McCoy; and broth- ers Walter, Ervin and Reuben. Private services and in- ternment will be conducted at the Bang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Freeman, SD at a later date. Funeral Home: Larson Fu- neral Home, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota Online Guestbook: www.larsonfuneralpelican- rapids.com/. Yankton Press & Dakotan December 30, 2013 Marie Runnels Private family visitation and wake services for Marie Runnels, 67, of rural Santee, Neb., were held Friday, Dec 27, 2013. Brockhaus Funeral Home of Creighton, Neb., was in charge of arrangements. Marie died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, at Faith Re- gional Health Services in Norfolk, Neb. Jayton Henry Jayton A. Henry, age 1 month and 12-days-old son of Davida Henry and Jaron Red Owl, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at the Sanford’s Children Hospital, Sioux Falls. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the Oyate Oyanke Community Center, Santee, Neb., with the Rev. Patricia White Horse-Carda officiating. Bur- ial will be in the Episcopal Cemetery, Santee. Visitations began Sunday and will continue until serv- ice time on Tuesday, with a Scripture service at 7 p.m. tonight (Monday) at the Community Centre, Santee. The Opsahl-Kostel Fu- neral Home and Crematory is assisting with service de- tails. Barbara Larson Barbara Ann Larson, 80, of Vermillion died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls. Services are pending with the Kober Funeral Home of Vermillion. Todd Selwyn Todd Selwyn, 48, of Wag- ner died Dec. 26, 2013, at St. Frances Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. Funeral services are at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at the American Legion Hall in Wagner. Burial is in the Holy Fellowship Episco- pal Cemetery, rural Green- wood. Wake services begin today (Monday) at the Le- gion Hall. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home, Wagner, is in charge of arrangements. Monday, 12.30.13 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net NEWSROOM: [email protected] PRESS DAKOTAN PAGE 3 the region OBITUARIES Robert W. Record who passed away on January 2, 2013 Hazel Menning who passed away on January 4, 2013 Josephine Kast who passed away on January 4, 2013 Judith Knodel who passed away on January 5, 2013 Alvin Weber who passed away on January 5, 2013 Our care and concern does not end with the funeral service. This week we remember with family and friends the anniversary of the deaths of: This remembrance is brought to you free of charge. If you have a loved one you would like remembered, contact us at Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory. 665-9679 • 1-800-495-9679 www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com Guiding and serving families with compassion and trust. Funeral Home & Crematory, Yankton Memorial Resource Center, Tyndall Memorial Chapels, Tyndall, Tabor & Menno Honoring Their Memory Our Thoughts And Prayers Are With Them T HOUGHTS For Your Family W INTZ & R AY Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Inc. Directors: Steve, Jerry, Jim & Paul Wintz ^^hD/E'Z^WKE^//>/dz t t ^ t d / d > t t d t/Ed Zz &hEZ> ,KD t z W 2216 Broadway, Yankton • 605-665-4383 Includes Soup & Salad Bar W Z & D New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve WD Heating & Cooling 920 Broadway • 665-9461 •Dry Nose? •Scratchy Throat? •Static Electriity? Humidifiers available at... Is Your Home This Dry? Doreen Pechan Doreen J. Pechan, age 86, of Yankton, passed away early Sunday, December 29, 2013 at the Avera Yankton Care Center, Yankton, SD. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Decem- ber 31, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Yankton, with Rev. David Wildermuth officiating. Burial will be in the Yankton Cemetery. Visitations will be one hour prior to the service at the church. The Opsahl-Kostel Fu- neral Home & Crematory, Yankton, is assisting with service details. Doreen’s pallbearers will be her grandchildren. Doreen was born in Mitchell, SD on June 14, 1927 to David and Genevieve (Murphy) Ny- mark. She lived in Mitchell until her Grand- mother died at which time she moved to Yankton, SD. Due to her folks living at the State Hos- pital, they were not allowed to have children living with them so she lived with Harry and Agnes Sparby. During her years in high school, she worked at the state hospital in the dining area as hostess. During the summer months, she would work in the office doing in- ventory work at HSC. She graduated from Yankton High School and then met and married Lawrence Pechan on June 15, 1946. She continued to work at HSC until the first of her three children was born. In 1971, she began working at Gurney’s Seed and Nursery where she worked for the next 38 years before retir- ing. After her official retire- ment, she continued at Gurney’s working in cus- tomer service and as night watchman. Doreen was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Yankton, where she was a member of several circles and served as past Sunday School Superintend- ent. Her hobbies included knitting, crocheting, playing bingo, reading, and watch- ing old-time movies. Doreen was preceded in death by her husband, par- ents, and one daughter Deb- bie. She is survived by two daughters; Susan Pechan and Jeanette Pechan, both of Yankton, SD; Grandchil- dren: Jess and Sarah Tramp of Mission Hill, SD, Clay and Rachel Stoddard of Yank- ton, SD, and Rebecca Tramp of Yankton, SD; Great Grandchildren; Riley, Kay- dence, Kenzy, Reese, Remi, Jacob, Gabrielle, and Joce- lyn. Yankton Press & Dakotan December 30, 2013 Pechan Online condolences at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com Norman Ochsner Funeral services for Norman Ochsner of rural Scotland will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, De- cember 30 at the United Church of Christ in Scot- land with Rev. Ron Shifley officiating. Organist is Shirley Orth. Interment will follow in Rosehill Ceme- tery, Scotland. Casketbear- ers are Mark Ochsner, John Ochsner, Ardell Ochsner, Robert Ochsner, Robert Ulmer, and Marty Munkvold. There will be one hour of visitation prior to the services at the church. Online condolences may be sent at www.goglinfh.com. Norman Ochsner was born on Sunday, April 13, 1930 on the family farm north of Scotland in Hutchinson County. He was one of four boys born to Fred W. and Martha (Reis- ter) Ochsner. He was bap- tized and confirmed at the Bethany Reformed Church in Scotland and attended grade school at the Mann District School #33 through the 8th grade. Norman was born, grew up and lived his entire life on the farm that he loved. He spent his life doing what he loved best — farming the land and raising Hereford cattle. It is there that he died sud- denly on Thursday, Decem- ber 26, 2013, having achieved the age of 83 years, 8 months and 13 days. Norman is survived by three brothers: Myron Ochsner of Scotland, Eldon and wife Marlene (Schnei- der) Ochsner of Scotland, and Ken Ochsner of Kay- lor; four nephews: Mark Ochsner of Kaylor, John (Kim) Ochsner of Hartford, Robert Ochsner of Eden Prairie, Minnesota and Ardell (Betsy) Ochsner of Dubuque, Iowa; three nieces: Laura Ochsner of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Bev (Robert) Ulmer of Tabor and Cheryl (Marty) Munkvold of Tea; and eleven grand-nieces and grand-nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Martha Ochsner, and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Ochsner. Yankton Press & Dakotan December 30, 2013 Rosie Asche A memorial service for Rosie Asche, 86, of Sioux Falls and formerly of Scot- land will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Scot- land with Rev. Jonathan Vehar officiating. Inurn- ment will take place at a later date in Rosehill Ceme- tery, Scotland. There will be visitation with family present on Fri- day evening from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Goglin Funeral Home in Scotland, and will resume one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Rosie died on Friday, December 27, 2013 at the Southridge Health Care Center in Sioux Falls. Online condolences may be sent at www.goglinfh.com/. Johnson A Lincoln Revolution On Friday, Dec. 13, the Lincoln Elementary gym was trans- formed into a Revolutionary War Wax Museum by the fifth grade students in Mrs. Jensen’s social studies class. The students became “wax mannequins” in scenes such as the Boston Tea Party and Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence, along with 10 other scenes. This was a great way for the students to share with their parents and the rest of the Lin- coln Student Body what they have learned about our country gaining independence from Great Britain. History came to life that day at Lincoln Elemen- tary, or rather came to wax, for a learning experience hopefully they will not forget soon. (Sub- mitted photo) Sobriety Checkpoints Planned In January PIERRE — The South Dakota Highway Patrol has sobriety checkpoints scheduled in January in the following counties: Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Clay, Codington, Davison, Day, Jackson, Minnehaha, Moody, Roberts, Spink and Stanley. Scorpion Submarine Anniversary Is Jan. 5 What does the city of Yankton have in common with a sub- marine that was lost at sea during World War II? Jan. 5, 2014, will mark the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the submarine, USS Scorpion, SS-278. The last reported contact with the Scorpion was Jan. 5, 1944; it was never heard from again and was declared lost at sea 60 days later by the U. S. Navy. The Scorpion and all of the 77-man crew were never heard from again. Scorpion was one of 50 sub- marines lost before or during World War II. During that war, the submarine service lost more than 3300 officers and enlisted men. The South Dakota Submarine Memorial is located in Yankton at the north end of the Meridian Bridge. The memorial was erected through the efforts of the World War II submarine veter- ans in the Yankton area, it was dedicated in 2002. A formal memorial service will be conducted at the memorial site on May 17, 2014, as part of the Armed Forces Day activities. The memorial service will honor all submarines and sailors lost at sea.
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Alice JohnsonAlice I. Johnson, 96, Peli-
can Rapids, MN, formerly ofFreeman, SD, passed fromthis mortalexistence intoeternal peaceon December23, 2013 at thePelican ValleyHealth CareCenter in Peli-can Rapids.
Knownand lovedthroughout her extendedfamily as Grandma J, Alicewas born on August 7, 1917in Denhoff, ND to the lateEmmanuel and Dorothy(Edinger) Engel. She gradu-ated from Denhoff HighSchool. Alice then marriedMerlin Johnson July 27, 1941in Goodrich, ND and movedwith him to Freeman, SDwhere they lived on the fam-ily farm until his death in1963. She then moved toYankton, SD where shebegan a 20-year career as ahouse mother at YanktonCollege, developing many en-during relationships with thestudents she mentoredthere. On September 2010,Alice entered into the Peli-can Valley Health Center.
Alice was a committedLutheran and endlessly in-dustrious. When not activelyinvolved in any number ofcleaning, cooking and craftprojects, she was likely en-gaged in a combination ofembroidery, reading, sewing,jigsaw puzzles, crosswordsand music.
She is survived by twodaughters, Carol (Doug) Lay,Suamico, WI; and JudiHoadley, Pelican Rapids, MN;and by her daughter-in-law,Sharon Johnson, Shawnee,
OK. She is further survivedby her grandchildren, Scott(Lisa) Johnson, Galeton, CO;Brian Lay, DePere, WI; CraigJohnson, Casper, WY;Matthew Johnson, Tecum-seh, OK; Carrie McCoy,Tecumseh, OK; ElizabethHoadley, Pelican Rapids, MN;Jason Hoadley (fiancéAnissa), Deer Park, TX; andJesse (Emily) Hoadley, Peli-can Rapids, MN. Several gen-erations of grandchildren,nieces and nephews alsosurvive.
Alice was preceded indeath by her husband Mer-lin; her son Orrin; son-in-lawClyde Hoadley; grandson-in-law Chad McCoy; and broth-ers Walter, Ervin andReuben.
Private services and in-ternment will be conductedat the Bang Lutheran ChurchCemetery, Freeman, SD at alater date.
Funeral Home: Larson Fu-neral Home, Pelican Rapids,Minnesota
Online Guestbook:www.larsonfuneralpelican-rapids.com/.
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December 30, 2013
Marie Runnels Private family visitation
and wake services for MarieRunnels, 67, of rural Santee,Neb., were held Friday, Dec27, 2013.
Brockhaus Funeral Homeof Creighton, Neb., was incharge of arrangements.
Marie died Thursday,Dec. 26, 2013, at Faith Re-gional Health Services inNorfolk, Neb.
Jayton HenryJayton A. Henry, age 1
month and 12-days-old sonof Davida Henry and JaronRed Owl, died Saturday, Dec.28, 2013, at the Sanford’sChildren Hospital, SiouxFalls.
Funeral services are at 2p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at theOyate Oyanke CommunityCenter, Santee, Neb., withthe Rev. Patricia WhiteHorse-Carda officiating. Bur-ial will be in the EpiscopalCemetery, Santee.
Visitations began Sundayand will continue until serv-
ice time on Tuesday, with aScripture service at 7 p.m.tonight (Monday) at theCommunity Centre, Santee.
The Opsahl-Kostel Fu-neral Home and Crematoryis assisting with service de-tails.
Barbara LarsonBarbara Ann Larson, 80,
of Vermillion died Saturday,Dec. 28, 2013, at Avera
McKennan Hospital, SiouxFalls.
Services are pending withthe Kober Funeral Home ofVermillion.
Todd Selwyn Todd Selwyn, 48, of Wag-
ner died Dec. 26, 2013, at St.Frances Hospital in Tulsa,Okla.
Funeral services are at10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31,
2013, at the American LegionHall in Wagner. Burial is inthe Holy Fellowship Episco-pal Cemetery, rural Green-wood.
Wake services begintoday (Monday) at the Le-gion Hall.
Crosby-Jaeger FuneralHome, Wagner, is in chargeof arrangements.
Monday, 12.30.13ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net
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O B I T UA R I E S
Robert W. Record who passed away on January 2, 2013
Hazel Menning who passed away on January 4, 2013
Josephine Kast who passed away on January 4, 2013
Judith Knodel who passed away on January 5, 2013
Alvin Weber who passed away on January 5, 2013
Our care and concern does not end with the funeral service. This week we remember with family and friends the anniversary of the deaths of:
This remembrance is brought to you free of charge. If you have a loved one you would like remembered,
contact us at Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory.
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Funeral Home & Crematory, Yankton Memorial Resource Center, Tyndall
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Doreen PechanDoreen J. Pechan, age
86, of Yankton, passed awayearly Sunday, December 29,2013 at the Avera YanktonCare Center, Yankton, SD.
Funeral services will be10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Decem-ber 31, 2013 at TrinityLutheran Church, Yankton,with Rev. David Wildermuthofficiating. Burial will be inthe Yankton Cemetery.
Visitations will be onehour prior to the service atthe church.
The Opsahl-Kostel Fu-neral Home & Crematory,Yankton, is assisting withservice details.
Doreen’s pallbearers willbe her grandchildren.
Doreen was born inMitchell, SD on June 14,
1927 to DavidandGenevieve(Murphy) Ny-mark. Shelived inMitchell untilher Grand-mother diedat which timeshe moved to
Yankton, SD. Due to herfolks living at the State Hos-pital, they were not allowedto have children living withthem so she lived withHarry and Agnes Sparby.During her years in highschool, she worked at thestate hospital in the diningarea as hostess. During thesummer months, she wouldwork in the office doing in-ventory work at HSC. Shegraduated from Yankton
High School and then metand married LawrencePechan on June 15, 1946.She continued to work atHSC until the first of herthree children was born. In1971, she began working atGurney’s Seed and Nurserywhere she worked for thenext 38 years before retir-ing. After her official retire-ment, she continued atGurney’s working in cus-tomer service and as nightwatchman. Doreen was amember of Trinity LutheranChurch, Yankton, where shewas a member of severalcircles and served as pastSunday School Superintend-ent. Her hobbies includedknitting, crocheting, playingbingo, reading, and watch-ing old-time movies.
Doreen was preceded in
death by her husband, par-ents, and one daughter Deb-bie. She is survived by twodaughters; Susan Pechanand Jeanette Pechan, bothof Yankton, SD; Grandchil-dren: Jess and Sarah Trampof Mission Hill, SD, Clay andRachel Stoddard of Yank-ton, SD, and Rebecca Trampof Yankton, SD; GreatGrandchildren; Riley, Kay-dence, Kenzy, Reese, Remi,Jacob, Gabrielle, and Joce-lyn.
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December 30, 2013
Pechan
Online condolences at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com
Norman Ochsner Funeral services for
Norman Ochsner of ruralScotland will be held at1:30 p.m. on Monday, De-cember 30 at the UnitedChurch of Christ in Scot-land with Rev. Ron Shifleyofficiating. Organist isShirley Orth. Interment willfollow in Rosehill Ceme-tery, Scotland. Casketbear-ers are Mark Ochsner, JohnOchsner, Ardell Ochsner,Robert Ochsner, RobertUlmer, and MartyMunkvold.
There will be one hourof visitation prior to theservices at the church.
Online condolencesmay be sent atwww.goglinfh.com.
Norman Ochsner wasborn on Sunday, April 13,1930 on the family farmnorth of Scotland inHutchinson County. He wasone of four boys born toFred W. and Martha (Reis-ter) Ochsner. He was bap-tized and confirmed at theBethany Reformed Churchin Scotland and attendedgrade school at the MannDistrict School #33 throughthe 8th grade. Norman wasborn, grew up and lived hisentire life on the farm thathe loved. He spent his lifedoing what he loved best— farming the land andraising Hereford cattle. It isthere that he died sud-
denly on Thursday, Decem-ber 26, 2013, havingachieved the age of 83years, 8 months and 13days.
Norman is survived bythree brothers: MyronOchsner of Scotland, Eldonand wife Marlene (Schnei-der) Ochsner of Scotland,and Ken Ochsner of Kay-lor; four nephews: MarkOchsner of Kaylor, John(Kim) Ochsner of Hartford,Robert Ochsner of EdenPrairie, Minnesota andArdell (Betsy) Ochsner ofDubuque, Iowa; threenieces: Laura Ochsner ofEden Prairie, Minnesota,Bev (Robert) Ulmer ofTabor and Cheryl (Marty)Munkvold of Tea; andeleven grand-nieces andgrand-nephews.
He was preceded indeath by his parents, Fredand Martha Ochsner, and asister-in-law, DorothyOchsner.Yankton Press & Dakotan
December 30, 2013
Rosie AscheA memorial service for
Rosie Asche, 86, of SiouxFalls and formerly of Scot-land will be held at 10:30a.m. on Saturday, January4, 2014 at the ZionLutheran Church in Scot-land with Rev. JonathanVehar officiating. Inurn-ment will take place at alater date in Rosehill Ceme-tery, Scotland.
There will be visitationwith family present on Fri-day evening from 5:00 p.m.until 7:00 p.m. at the GoglinFuneral Home in Scotland,and will resume one hour
prior to the service at thechurch on Saturday.
Rosie died on Friday,December 27, 2013 at theSouthridge Health CareCenter in Sioux Falls.
Online condolencesmay be sent atwww.goglinfh.com/.
Johnson
A LincolnRevolution
On Friday, Dec. 13, the LincolnElementary gym was trans-formed into a RevolutionaryWar Wax Museum by the fifthgrade students in Mrs.Jensen’s social studies class.The students became “waxmannequins” in scenes suchas the Boston Tea Party andThomas Jefferson writing theDeclaration of Independence,along with 10 other scenes.This was a great way for thestudents to share with theirparents and the rest of the Lin-coln Student Body what theyhave learned about our countrygaining independence fromGreat Britain. History came tolife that day at Lincoln Elemen-tary, or rather came to wax, fora learning experience hopefullythey will not forget soon. (Sub-mitted photo)
Sobriety Checkpoints Planned In JanuaryPIERRE — The South Dakota Highway Patrol has sobriety
checkpoints scheduled in January in the following counties:Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Clay, Codington, Davison, Day,Jackson, Minnehaha, Moody, Roberts, Spink and Stanley.
Scorpion Submarine Anniversary Is Jan. 5What does the city of Yankton have in common with a sub-
marine that was lost at sea during World War II?Jan. 5, 2014, will mark the 70th anniversary of the sinking of
the submarine, USS Scorpion, SS-278.The last reported contact with the Scorpion was Jan. 5, 1944;
it was never heard from again and was declared lost at sea 60days later by the U. S. Navy. The Scorpion and all of the 77-mancrew were never heard from again. Scorpion was one of 50 sub-marines lost before or during World War II. During that war, thesubmarine service lost more than 3300 officers and enlistedmen.
The South Dakota Submarine Memorial is located in Yanktonat the north end of the Meridian Bridge. The memorial waserected through the efforts of the World War II submarine veter-ans in the Yankton area, it was dedicated in 2002.
A formal memorial service will be conducted at the memorialsite on May 17, 2014, as part of the Armed Forces Day activities.The memorial service will honor all submarines and sailors lostat sea.
