Obituaries
Recent Obituaries from Clark, South Dakota
Francis Coats
Sep 4, 2020
Francis Dale Coats, age 96, of Huron, formerly of Doland, died on Friday, September 04, 2020, in the Avantara Care Center of Huron.
Funeral Services will be held at 2PM on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, in the Doland Methodist Church of Doland with Reverend Harold Loewen officiating. Visitation will be one hour preceding funeral services. Masks or...
William "Bill" Emil Reiner
Aug 28, 2020
William "Bill" Reiner, age 63, of Watertown, died Friday, August 28, 2020, at his home in Watertown.
William "Bill" E Reiner was born in Shelby, Montana, to Art and Holly (Hurlbert) Reiner. He was baptized at the St Luke's American Lutheran Church on June 11, 1958.
He started Kindergarten in Shelby, MT then moved to...
Olga Mae Jones
Aug 26, 2020
Olga Mae Jones, age 95, of Chillicothe, MO, formerly of Watertown, the widow of Huey Jones, died on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, at the StoneBridge Senior Living Center.
Visitation Services will be held from 10AM-11AM on Tuesday, September 8 th , 2020, in the Furness Funeral Home Chapel at Clark. Funeral Services will follow at 11AM with...
James "Leif" E Erickson
Aug 25, 2020
James 'Leif' E. Erickson, age 83, of Watertown, the husband of Barb (Bjerke) Erickson, died on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, in a Sioux Falls Hospital.
Graveside memorial services will be held Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 2:00 pm at Calvary Lutheran Cemetery at Bradley, SD. Minister Marion Grimes will officiate. Services will be held outside, please...
Helen Warkenthien
Aug 20, 2020
Helen Warkenthien, 87, a long-time resident of Willow Lake, died Thursday, August 20, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in De Smet, SD.
Public Visitation will be held in the Furness Funeral Home Chapel from 4PM to 6PM on Sunday, August 30, 2020. Masks or face coverings are REQUIRED in the building .
...Ricky Lee Peterson
Aug 16, 2020
Ricky Lee Peterson, age 66, of Watertown, died of an apparent heart attack on Sunday, August 16, 2020, in Prairie Lakes Hospital.
Private family services will be held at a later date. Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery near Hayti, SD.
Ricky was born January 18, 1954 in Watertown, SD to Otis and Nellie...
Elwood Peterson
Aug 14, 2020
Elwood Peterson, age 91, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Willow Lake, the widower of Shirley (Carstensen) Peterson, died early morning on Friday, August 14, 2020, in Sioux Falls.
Public Visitation Services will be held from 12PM - 2PM on Thursday, August 20, 2020, in the Furness Funeral Home at Clark. Funeral Services will be held at 2PM...
Loren Fuller
Aug 3, 2020
Loren Fuller, age 74, the husband of Mary Fuller, died early morning on Monday, August 3, 2020, in Le Mars, IA.
Public visitation will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2020, from noon to 2 PM at Furness Funeral Home of Clark, SD. Masks or face coverings are required. Public graveside services will be held...
Joyce Bonfoey
Jul 29, 2020
Joyce Elizabeth (Klock) Bonfoey, 82, of North Pole, Alaska, left this world to be with Jesus on July 29, 2020.
Private family burial will take place in the Garden City Cemetery in the coming weeks.
She was born on Aug. 20, 1937, to Arnold Lysander Klock and Vivian Marie (Williams) Klock in Battle Creek, Michigan....
Freda Kranz
Jul 25, 2020
Freda Kranz, age 92, the wife of Herbert Kranz, of Canby, MN, formerly of Clark, died in a Canby Hospital on Saturday, July 25, 2020.
Funeral Services will be held at 1PM at St. Michael's Catholic Church at Clark on Thursday, July 30, 2020, with strict CDC social distancing measures in place. Masks or face coverings...
Barbara Cotton
Jul 25, 2020
Barbara Cotton, age 68, of Clark, died in a Sioux Falls Hospital on Saturday, July 25, 2020.
Graveside Services will be held at 2:30PM on Wednesday, August 5th, 2020, in the Calvary Lutheran Cemetery at Bradley, SD. STRICT CDA GUIDELINES WILL BE ENFORCED. MASKS ARE RECOMMENDED .
She was born Barbara Muehleisen on...
Wayne Martin Torper
Jul 21, 2020
Wayne M. Torper, age 87, Watertown, formerly of the Vienna/Willow Lake area, died in the Prairie Lakes Hospital at Watertown on Tuesday night, July 21, 2020.
Memorial Graveside Services will be held in the Good Hope Lutheran Cemetery north of Willow Lake at 2PM on Saturday, September 5, 2020, with Reverend Bryan...
Mary Ann (Johannsen) Hritz
Jul 10, 2020
Mary Ann Hritz, age 78, of Watertown passed away peacefully in Prairie Lakes Hospital on Friday, July 10, 2020.
Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 2PM in the St. Martins Lutheran Church at Watertown with The Reverend Paul Janke officiating. Burial will be in the Helgen Lutheran Cemetery at Florence. Visitation will...
Verdon Kretzschmar
Jul 9, 2020
Verdon "Burt" Kretzschmar, age 69, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020, at home in Custer after a nine month battle with cancer.
A PRIVATE FAMILY visitation will be held on Friday, July 17, 2020, at the Furness Funeral Home Chapel in Clark with strict CDC social distancing measures in place beginning at noon. ...
Robert "Pepper" Neal
Jul 9, 2020
Bob "Pepper" Neal, age 89, Watertown, SD, died Thursday, July 9, 2020, at his home with family by his side.
Private family services will be held at 11AM on Saturday, July 18, 2020, at Furness Funeral Home Chapel in Clark with strict CDC social distancing measures in place. Masks or face coverings...
Nancy Berendes
Jul 6, 2020
Nancy Berendes, age 47, Doland, died on Monday, July 6, 2020, at Prairie Lakes from injuries received in a traffic accident in Clark County on the evening of the 5th.
A family directed Memorial service with time of sharing will be held at noon on Friday, July 17 th in the Doland Fire Hall at Doland, South...
Dennis Allen Flatten
Jul 2, 2020
Dennis A. Flatten, age 73, Clark, died peacefully with family surrounding him on Thursday, July 2, 2020, after a brief illness of cancer.
D ue to the COVID 19 pandemic and being that the funeral is outside, in lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated.
Public visitation will be held on...
Ardys L Rick
Jun 25, 2020
Ardys L. Rick, age 93, Webster, formerly of Bradley, died in the Bethesda Home at Webster on Thursday, June 25, 2020. She was the wife of Maurice Rick.
PUBLIC visitation with strict CDC guidelines being followed will be held on Thursday, July 2, 2020 from 3-5PM at the Furness Funeral Home Chapel at Clark. Masks...
Lowell Wilmer Pederson
Jun 23, 2020
Lowell Pederson, age 91, Clark, died in the Avantara Clark City care center early Tuesday morning, June 23, 2020.
Visitation will be held on Saturday from noon until 3PM at the Furness Funeral Home Chapel in Clark with STRICT CDA GUIDELINES enforced. MASKS ARE RECOMMENDED please.
PRIVATE family services...
Lavon Blinsmon
May 31, 2020
Lavon Ann Blinsmon, age 88, died Sunday, May 31 st , 2020, at the Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls, SD.
Visitation and funeral Mass will be private and will be held at St. Michael's Catholic Church at Clark, SD, with The Reverend Daniel Smith celebrating on Wednesday, June 3 rd , 2020. Burial will follow in...
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