Diana Knipfer

Diana Knipfer, 72 of rural Wessington Springs, passed away February 22, 2023. A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, May 28 at 2 p.m. at the Jerauld County 4-H Ag Building.

Shirley Wolter

Shirley Wolter, 85, of Woonsocket, SD passed away Thursday, May 11, 2023 at Westkota Manor Avera in Wessington Springs. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Wessington Springs. Visitation was from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Lloyd H. Marken

Lloyd H. Marken, 87, of Wessington Springs and formerly of Reliance, SD passed away May 2 at the Weskota Manor Avera Nursing Home in Wessington Springs. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday May 8, 2023 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Wessington Springs.

Richard Walker

Richard Harley Walker, 83, of Douglas, Wyoming, and Yuma, Arizona, passed from his Earthly life on November 18, 2022 in Modesto, California, after a brief illness. Richard was born June 30, 1939, in Mitchell, South Dakota, firstborn of William Harley and Ferne (Horsley) Walker.

Gary Caffee

Gary Caffee, husband, father, and grandfather, age 67, of Mitchell, SD, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, April 29, 2023, at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell with the love of his life, Marian, by his side. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m.

Gary Caffee

Gary Caffee, 67, of Mitchell, SD, died Saturday, April 29, 2023, at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 5, at Northridge Baptist Church in Mitchell. Burial will be at Restlawn Memorial Gardens in Huron. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 7 p.m.

Marlene Joan Mock

Marlene Joan Mock, 84, left this world April 26, 2023, at Dougherty Hospice House, Sioux Falls, after a long battle with Lewy Body dementia. Mass of Christian Burial will be May 5 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Thomas More Parish in Brookings, SD. Interment will be at 2 p.m.

Steven Jackson

Steven Frank Jackson, 69, of Lane South Dakota passed away peacefully April 19, 2023. A memorial Mass was held on Monday, April 24, 2023 at St. Wilfrid Catholic Church in Woonsocket, SD; burial was in St. Wilfrid Catholic Cemetery.

DEATH NOTICE

Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz, 78, died peacefully at his home in Springdale, Arkansas, on April 3, 2023. A memorial service will be held in Springdale on April 25, with a celebration of life in Wessington Springs during the summer, date to be announced. Obituary at heritageofnwa.com.

Estrellita Cardona Hernandez

Estrellita Celeste Cardona Hernandez, age 14 of Alpena, SD, passed away after a courageous battle with Leukemia, on Friday, April 14, 2023, at the Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. A mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:30 p.m.