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Sr. Scholastica Lemmer
Sister Scholastica Lemmer, 84, a Sister of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, died Sunday, January 1, 2006 at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital.
The funeral for Sister Scholastica will be Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., in Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Presentation Convent, Aberdeen, SD. A Scriptural Rosary Service will be held January 3, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in Blessed Sacrament Chapel.
Adella Marie Lemmer was born August 21, 1921, to Gertrude Marie (Witte) and Karl F Lemmer, in Madison, SD. She attended St. Thomas Elementary School and Letcher Public and St. Thomas High School. She attended Notre Dame Junior College, Mitchell, SD, Northern State College in Aberdeen and received a BSMT from Creighton University, Omaha, NE. Sister did graduate studies and received her Masters degree at Ohio State University in 1973. Sister Scholastica entered Presentation Convent on August 12, 1940 and made her profession of vows on August 11, 1945.
Sister Scholastica ministered as a medical technologist in McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, St. Luke’s Hospital in Aberdeen and Holy Rosary Hospital, Miles City, MT from 1943 until 1966.
From 1970-1980, she lived in Aberdeen working at the convent and teaching Biology at Presentation College. Sister Scholastica worked as Staff Technologist in Central Arizona Medical Center and El Rio Neighborhood Health Center in Tuscon, AR from 1982-1995. She retired to Presentation Convent in 1995 where she has resided until she became ill. Sister enjoyed crocheting, reading, and traveling.
Sister Scholastica is preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, and two brothers. She is survived by the Presentation Sisters, and one brother Karl, and many nieces and nephews.
Members of the Aberdeen Knights of Columbus Council served as active casket bearers.
CAROL FALLON
Mass of Christian burial for Carol Fallon, 64, Aberdeen is 10 am, Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Father James Zimmer celebrant. Burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Carol died Friday, December 30, 2005 at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital.
Visitation: 1-7 pm, Monday at Spitzer Funeral Home, 320 6th Ave. SE. Wake service at 7 pm.
Carol Lee Bonn was born on August 6, 1941 to Joseph & Nina (Mereness) Bonn at Webster, SD. She graduated from Groton High School in 1959. She then attended Presentation College. Carol married Terry Belden on August 8, 1959. She married Wilbert Fallon on September 10, 1994. Carol was employed at St. Luke’s Hospital followed by 3M Corporation until retiring in 2004. Upon retirement, she enjoyed working with the children at Little Friends Daycare.
Carol enjoyed the holidays, attending grandchildren’s events, cooking for family, traveling, and summer garage sales. She is remembered as a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who loved her family very much. Her love, faith, and unselfish ways will be deeply missed.
Carol was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a former member of First United Methodist Church where she previously taught Sunday School. She was also a member of the Singles Club and a long time Girl Scout Leader.
Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Wilbert Fallon, Aberdeen, SD; one son, Cal (Lori) Belden; two daughters, Tina Belden, Warner, SD, Teryl Jensen, Aberdeen, SD; three brothers, Ron (Deanna) Bonn, Aberdeen, SD, Marvin (Lois) Bonn, Jerry (Bev) Bonn, Verden, SD; six sisters, Margery (Maurice) Huber, Conde, SD, Lois (Bill) Nerland, Aberdeen, SD, Audrey Christianson, Warner, SD, JoAnn (Duane) Haar, Roscoe, SD, Joyce (Roy) Smith, Aberdeen, SD, Mary (Roy) Geffre, Aberdeen, SD; seven grandchildren, Derek, Dustin, Brittany, Amber, Brandi, Sadie, Landon; sister-in-law, Willowdean Stephens; brother-in-laws, Robert Stephens, Emery Sippel, Dayle Craig, several nieces, nephews and close friends.
Carol is preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Marlys Sippel, Blanche Craig; three brothers, Donnie Bonn, Richard Bonn, and Eugene Bonn.
VIVIAN L. MELCHER
Services for Vivian L. Melcher, 63, Aberdeen is 2:00 pm, Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at Spitzer Funeral Home, 320 6th Ave. SE with Pastor Marcia Sylvester officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Vivian died Friday, December 30, at her home surrounded by her family.
Visitation: 1-7 pm, Monday at Spitzer Funeral Home, 320 6th Ave SE.
Vivian Leota Hanson was born on February 26, 1942 at Gettysburg, SD to Haakon and Emma (Diegel) Hanson. Her family moved to the Aberdeen area in 1945. She married Russell Melcher April 11, 1962. Vivian worked in the café business most of her life, including having her own café, The Eagle’s Nest. She also worked at Sammy’s and Kmart.
Vivian was a member of Zion Lutheran Church. She loved playing Bingo, where she made numerous good friends. Vivian’s most precious gift in life was her love and devotion to her family.
Grateful for having shared Vivian’s life are her former husband, Russell Melcher, Aberdeen; sons, Russell Melcher, Jr., Ft. Wayne, IN, Patrick (Marie) Melcher, Aberdeen; daughters, Brenda Melcher, Aberdeen, Teresa (Jeff) Wilke, Ft. Wayne, IN, Emma (Len) Scherr, Aberdeen; brothers, Jerry (Chris) Hanson, Watertown, Robert (Vivian) Hanson, Chatham, VA, David Hanson, Watertown; sisters, Rosella (Melvin) Cunningham, South Prairie, WA, Shirley Brockel, Graham, WA, Pamela (Wayne) Therkildsen, Rapid City; grandchildren, Sharee, Stephanie, Keirsta, Zachary, Pamela, Brittany, Tess, Matthew, Nicholas, Steven, Samanatha & Adam; great grandchildren, Joshua, Dallas and Dyllon; and very good family friends, Karon Thomas and Dann Heesch.
Vivian is preceded in death by her parents, Haakon and Emma Hanson; stepfather, Inky Trelstad; son, Jeffery Melcher; and sister, Evangeline Bliss.
Casketbearers will be Russell Melcher, Patrick Melcher, Steve Scherr, Jerry Hanson, David Hanson, and Dann Heesch. Honorary Casketbearers will be all of Vivian’s grandchildren and Robert Hanson.
LYDIA LAMMLE
The service for Lydia Lammle, 90, Aberdeen will be 11:00am Saturday, January 12, 2008 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church with Pastor Roger Noer officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Lydia died Tuesday, January 8 at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital.
Visitation will be from 1-7pm Friday at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St. Aberdeen.
MIRIAM PHYLLIS LAUER
The service for Miriam Lauer, 83, will be 10:30 am, Monday, January 7, 2008 at Faith United Methodist Church with Pastor Eric J. Gerber IV officiating. Burial will be 1:30 pm Monday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Miriam died Thursday, January 3 at Golden Living Center in Groton.
Visitation will be from 1-5 pm Sunday with family present from 2-4pm at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St.
Miriam Phyllis Walth was born February 17, 1924 in Hosmer, SD, to George and Margaret (Guthmiller) Walth. She grew up and attended the Happy Hilltop Rural School in the Hosmer area. She married Edward H. Lauer on April 4, 1944 in Enterprise, Alabama. They made their home at Camp Rucker, Alabama and later Fort Bragg, North Carolina until Mr. Lauer was honorably discharged from the service. They returned to the Hosmer, SD area. The family lived in Claremont and in 1951 moved back to Aberdeen.
As a young adult Miriam was employed as a nanny and housekeeper in the Hosmer and Aberdeen area. Miriam’s places of employment in Aberdeen included Martin’s Ready To Wear, Olwen Angell, Pred’s, McDonalds, Control Data, RBE, and Kessler’s.
Miriam loved working with the children in the Faith United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school at the kindergarten and preschool levels for twenty years, and served as a den mother for the Cub Scouts. Miriam was a seamstress and made the children’s choir robes for the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She enjoyed being the deli lady at Kessler’s in the last years of her employment.
Miriam is survived by her daughter, June (Ron) Bryan of Storm Lake, IA; two sons Marvin (Sandra) Lauer of Redwood Falls, MN and Monroe (Margo) Lauer of Cheyenne, WY; two brothers Paul (Patti) Walth of Aberdeen, SD and Delbert (Barbara) Walth of Phoenix, AZ; two sisters Adeline (Milbert) Mohr of Aberdeen, SD and Leona (Edwin) Miller of Bartlett, TN; two sisters-in-law Esther Walth of New Ulm, MN and Betty Walth of Aberdeen, SD; and seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Edward Lauer; her parents; and three brothers Robert Walth, Calvin Walth, and Otto Walth.
The family prefers memorials be given to Faith United Methodist Church of Aberdeen.
RICHARD C. WILSON
The memorial service for Richard C. Wilson, 86, Aberdeen, will be 3:00 pm, Monday, January 7, 2008 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church with Pastors Jais Tinglund and John Farden officiating. Private inurnment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Richard died Friday, January 4, at Manorcare Health Service.
Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St. is in charge of arrangements.
Richard C. Wilson was born on July 31, 1921 at Lidgerwood, ND to Harris and Lucille (Kruse) Wilson. He graduated from high school and enlisted in the Army in 1939, where he served in the South Pacific in WWII. He married Alice Albrecht at Aberdeen, SD, where they continued to make their home for many years. He was employed by the Aberdeen City Fire Dept, and was Chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau before retiring after thirty years. He also worked at Office Equipment in Aberdeen. Upon retirement, they traveled to Arizona and eventually settled in the Black Hills at Deadwood, SD. Richard returned to Aberdeen in 2005 after his wife, Alice, passed away.
Grateful for having shared Richard’s life are his son, Ronald (Cassie) Wilson; three grandchildren, Gregory (Michelle) Wilson, Joelle (Dale) Thone, Aberdeen; Mark Wilson, Fargo, ND; six great-grandchildren, Josh Wilson, Ashley, Nathan, Tyler, and Megan Thone all of Aberdeen, Makayla Wilson, Fargo, ND; and his half sister, Betty Ferguson, Culver, OR.
He is preceded in death by his mother, Lucille Ferguson, wife, Alice, and half brother, Donald Ferguson.
MILTON “MILT” WENDLING
The funeral service for Milton “Milt” Wendling, 87, of Aberdeen, will be 10:00 am Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., with Pastor D.T. Rawerts officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Milton died Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital, Aberdeen.
Visitation is 1-7 pm Friday, January 4, at the funeral home, with family present from 5-7 pm.
Milton Howard Wendling was born at rural Hazel, SD on September 17, 1920 to George “Jack” and Hannah (Aaberg) Wendling. He attended rural school near Hazel, SD. He attended Hazel High School and graduated with the class of 1939. He then moved to Detroit, MI and worked at L.B. Price Mercantile Company. In 1941 he returned to South Dakota and farmed with his family.
Milton married Juliet Schlepp on October 1, 1944 at Java, SD. They made their home and farmed near Hazel, SD, until 1960 when they moved to Ipswich, SD. There he worked as a mechanic for Leighton Jones. In 1962, they moved to Aberdeen and Milton worked for various employers. He retired from Dakota-Midland Hospital in 1988, after ten years of service, transporting medical equipment and supplies. Juliet died on May 9, 2006.
Milton was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Aberdeen. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. Milton was known for his excellent marksmanship. He had a great love for the dogs that he had over the years. He loved boating and time spent in the great outdoors, but his greatest joy came from time spent with his family.
Grateful for having shared Milton’s life are his three children, Michael (Ruby) Wendling, of Breckenridge, CO; Jacqueline “Jacky” (Dave) Harr, of Sioux Falls, SD; Elizabeth (Perry) Cox, of Kearney, NE; his brother Dale (Mary Ann) Wendling, of Lake Norden, SD; his sister, Twyla (George) Gjerde, of Hazel, SD; and four grandchildren: Chris Harr, Eric Harr, Jennie Scherr and Tyler Scherr.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Hannah; wife, Juliet; and one infant daughter.
MARY E. “BETH” KONO
The service for Mary E. Kono, 85, Cresbard will be 2:00pm, Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Cresbard United Methodist Church with Pastor Julie Nygaard officiating. Burial will be at Cresbard Cemetery. Mary died Monday, December 31 at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital.
Visitation will be from 1-7 pm Friday at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home.
Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Kono was born on Monday, July 3, 1922 to Clarence and Inez (Shaw) Cowhick on their family farm six miles south of Cresbard, South Dakota. Beth attended Cresbard Public School, and graduated from Cresbard High School in 1940. As a high school student she participated in many school musical activities, and was named salutatorian of her senior graduating class. After high school, Beth received her two-year teaching certificate from Northern State Teachers College in 1942, and completed her post-secondary education by obtaining her four-year Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education in 1967.
Beth married Delmer Lea Kono on the Clarence Cowhick family farm on Sunday, June 21, 1942. Shortly after their marriage, Delmer was called into military service in 1942, and he went on to serve in the South Pacific during World War II. Beth made trips to Pittsburg, California and Hot Springs, Arkansas to be with Delmer during his time in the United States Army. In 1943, Beth began a career in education that spanned nearly fifty-one years with the Cresbard School District. She served as a classroom teacher for forty-six years, and as classroom aide after her retirement in 1994. It has been estimated that Beth taught as many as 1,000 students in the Cresbard Public School during her teaching career.
Throughout her years in education, Beth would always enjoy visiting with her former students, with many of them fondly recalling the Little House on the Prairie books that she used to read to her classes each year. The stories of Laura Ingalls Wilder were especially close to Beth because they depicted a young girl and her family growing up on the vast prairie frontier. Beth’s students and family would also comment on the many proverbs and sayings that she would often repeat such as, “Don’t get the cart ahead of the horse”, “Quicker than two shakes of a lamb’s tail”, and “Not since Hector was a pup”.
During her lifetime, Beth accompanied many elementary and secondary students that participated in regional music contests. Her musical talents were very useful for community special occasions such as playing piano and organ for many weddings, funerals, and community musical events in the Cresbard vicinity. She served as the sole organist for the Cresbard United Methodist Church for over twenty-five years.
After Beth retired from education she took the opportunity to travel with her good friend Vera Knie of Tacoma, Washington. They journeyed to Europe in 1994 visiting England and Ireland. Throughout the years Beth would take other road trips with Herbert and Leah Cowhick to visit her nieces Lorene Veatch, Karolyn Perry, and Cindy Schaunaman. She also enjoyed traveling to Washington to visit Vera and Elmer Knie, as well as Ilene and Melvin Harris, and their daughters Sharlyn, Dolores, and Sandra. In recent years she enjoyed many trips with her family to Washington DC, Yellowstone National Park, Monument Valley, The Grand Canyon, and Minneapolis, MN.
Beth loved to read many books in her lifetime, and she continuously promoted the gift of learning, adventure, and discovery to her students and family. Her daughter and sons received their post-secondary degrees and graduate degrees in elementary and secondary education from Northern State College and the University of South Dakota. They owe their lives and professional careers to her never ending belief in learning.
Grateful for having shared Mary’s life are her three children, Nancy (Roland) Nielson, Redfield; David Kono, Aberdeen; Craig Kono, Aberdeen; three granddaughters, Anissa (Raymond) Stange, Stratford; Anita Nielson, Aberdeen; Beth Nielson, Washington, DC.; ten nieces; and four nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Inez Cowhick; her husband, Delmer in 1986; brother, Herbert Cowhick; and three nephews, Matt; Mark; and Steven Holm.
ALVINA A. HIEPLER
Funeral service for Alvina Hiepler, 94, Aberdeen is 11 am, Saturday, January 5, 2008 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Groton with Pastor Craig Grams officiating. Burial will be at 2 pm, Saturday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Alvina died on Monday, December 31, 2007 at Manorcare Health Services.
Visitation: 1-7 pm Friday at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St.
Alvina Augusta Schmaal was born at Madison, MN on May 20, 1913 to Henry and Renata (Steinke) Schmaal. This is where she lived until the age of seven when her family moved to Roscoe, SD where she attended school. On December 7, 1938 she married Herman Hiepler at Roscoe. They made their home on the farm near Winship, SD until 1941 when they moved to a farm near Hecla. In 1954 they retired from farming and moved to Frederick and in 1961 they moved to Columbia where she worked for the school cafeterias in Frederick and Columbia. In 1977 they moved to Groton and Herman died on March 20, 1988. Alvina moved to Aberdeen in 1997.
Alvina was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Groton. She was a past member of Good Cheer Circle, Groton Garden Club, Groton Senior Citizens, and RSVP. She taught Sunday School for many years.
Grateful for having shared Alvina’s life are her daughter, Joann (Raymond) Pomplun, Aberdeen, three grandchildren, Daniel (Cindy) Pomplun, Mary (William) Kees and Alan Pomplun, two great grandchildren, Isabel and Amanda.
Alvina is preceded in death by her husband, Herman, parents, Henry and Renata Schmaal, son, Burnell and three brothers, Arthur Schmaal, Walter Schmaal and Ferdinand Schmaal.
Family prefers memorials to Lutheran World Relief or other relief fund.
