Lavern Wagner, 99, of Menno, S.D., passed away Monday, Oct. 13 at the Freeman Regional Nursing Home. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Salem Reformed Church of Menno. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m., Saturday at the church prior to the service. Burial will be i...

Marlene Mandler, 91, of Marion, S.D., passed away Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Corsica Nursing Home. A funeral service will be Friday, Oct. 17 at 11 a.m. at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Marion. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Friday morning before the service at the church. Burial will be at t...

Marilyn Wipf, age 88, of Freeman, S.D., passed away peacefully at the Freeman Nursing Home on Sept. 30, 2025. Services were held Saturday, Oct. 4, at Neu Hutterthaler Mennonite Church of rural Bridgewater, S.D. Marilyn Rae (DeBoer) Wipf was born on Dec. 9, 1936, to Raymond and Evelyn (Sherman) DeBoe...

Bonita Tieszen, 88, of Freeman, S.D., passed away on Sept. 24 at Oakview Terrace in Freeman. A celebration of life service will be held at a later date. Bonita Marilee Miller was born Aug. 25, 1937, the third child after older brother Don and sister Veronica, to Marion and Leona Miller. Home was rur...

Hulda Streyle, age 102, of Menno, S.D., passed away Wednesday Sept. 24, 2025 at Freeman Regional Nursing Home in Freeman, S.D. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29, 2025 at the Zion Reformed Church in Menno with Rev. Travis Grassmid officiating. Visitations will be Sunday, S...

LaVonne Heckel Kleinsasser Schrag, 90, died on Sept. 20, 2025, at Freeman Regional Nursing Home in Freeman, S.D. A celebration of life service will be held at the Salem-Zion Mennonite Church on Oct. 4 at 2 p.m., with a visitation at 1 pm, and a time of fellowship afterward.

Phyllis Reimer, 99, of Freeman, S.D., passed away Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Freeman Regional Nursing Home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. at the Salem Mennonite (South) Church of rural Freeman. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Arlene Walz, 90, of Freeman, S.D., passed away Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 at the Oakview Terrace Nursing Home in Freeman. Arlene’s funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 25 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Menno with Rev. Brian Mosemann officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the se...

Viella Anne (Streyle) Knodel, 104, of Freeman, S.D., passed away Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025 at Freeman Regional Nursing Home. A funeral service was held Monday, Sept. 22 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Menno, S.D., with Rev Brian Mosemann officiating. Interment was at the Menno City Cemetery. Viella, daugh...

Murray Ries, 71, of rural Parker, S.D., passed away Sunday, Sept. 14 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. A visitation for Murray and his brother Karl, who passed away two weeks prior to Murray, will be Friday, Sept. 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Walter Funeral Home in Freeman. Murray Wayne ...