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HARLEY T. BRUNS
The service for Harley T. Bruns, 81, Hecla, will be 2:00pm, Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at the rural Peace Lutheran Church, Hecla with Pastor Chris Prumm officiating. Burial will be at Peace Lutheran Cemetery. Harley died Saturday, November 22, at Manor Care Health Services, Aberdeen.
Visitation will be from 1-7pm, Monday with family present from 5-7pm at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St. Aberdeen.
Harley Bruns was born April 18, 1927 on the family farm in rural Hecla to Theodore & Sophia “Lilly” Bruns. He attended school in Liberty Township, SD. After school, Harley came back to the family farm, where he worked until leaving for the Army. After being honorably discharged, he moved back to the family farm with his brother, Bill. He worked on the farm until his retirement in 1990, and continued living there throughout his life.
Harley enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing cards, and horseshoes. He also loved singing and was a longtime member of the Peace Lutheran Church Choir.
Grateful for having shared Harley’s life are his sister, Elinor Dennert, Columbia; nieces & nephews, Phyllis (Arthur) Yeske, Columbia; Joyce (Joel) Wilson, Houghton; Sharon (Roger) Zastrow, Columbia; Karl (Val) Eichler, Columbia; Keith (Susan) Eichler, Aberdeen; Betty (Steve) Dunker, Groton; Dean Eichler, Groton; several great nieces & nephews; cousins.
He is preceded in death by his parents; sister, Anita Bruns; and brother, Bill Bruns.
ANGEL (DARLING) TRAYLOR
Memorial service for Angel Traylor, 35, Aberdeen, will be 9 am, Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with Bishop David Zellmer and Pastor Jeff Whillock officiating. Angel passed away Thursday, November 20, 2008 at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital.
A time to sign the guest book will be from 1-7 pm, Monday with family present from 5-7 at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St. Aberdeen.
The family prefers memorials.
Angel Charee Darling was born on February 3, 1973 at Aberdeen, SD to Roger and Penny (Kuntz) Darling. This is the area where she grew up and attended school. She graduated from Aberdeen Central High School with the class of 1991. She then attended Northern State University. She became a foster parent and adopted Noel in 1999. On January 1, 2004 she married Matthew Traylor at Aberdeen. They made their home in Aberdeen where she worked for Verifications until the time of her death.
Angel was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She loved scrapbooking and making greeting cards. She especially loved spending time with her family and her children meant the world to her. She was a devoted wife and mother, a loving daughter and sister. Angel always put others before herself, she made everyone feel special, revealing how special she truly was.
Grateful for having shared Angel’s life are her husband, Matthew Traylor, children, Noel Traylor, Corbin Miles Traylor all of Aberdeen, Sierra Traylor, Calebb Traylor, of Mt. Home, ID parents, Roger and Penny Darling, sister, Tiffany (Ryan) Barr all of Aberdeen, brother, Josh (Jamie Nichols) Darling of Caldwell, KS, father & mother-in-law, David and Rebecca Traylor, Claremont, maternal grandmother, Delores Kuntz of California.
Angel is preceded in death by her son Talon, paternal grandparents, Emery and Nellie Darling and maternal grandfather, Roy Kuntz.
IRENE HAAS SCHNEIDER
The service for Irene Haas Schneider, 78, Aberdeen, will be 10:30am, Monday, November 24, 2008 at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St. Aberdeen with Pastor Jon Damaska officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Memorial Park. Irene died Thursday, November 20, at Sanford Medical Center, Sioux Falls.
Visitation will be from 2-7pm, Sunday with family present from 5-7pm at the funeral home.
Irene was born October 24, 1930, in Long Lake to Gottlieb & Christina Sperle.
She married George Haas June 12, 1947, at Ashley, ND. In 1949 they moved to Aberdeen. In 1972, they moved to Milwaukee, WI where they made their home for thirteen years. Irene and George moved to Rapid City in 1985, where George passed away in December of 1986. Irene continued living in Rapid City until 1987, when she returned to Aberdeen. In 1994, she moved to Canada and married Andrew Schneider. He passed away in 2006 and Irene returned to Aberdeen.
Irene enjoyed playing bingo, crocheting, quilting, making afghans, and watching wrestling. She loved plants. Irene also enjoyed collecting frogs and volzwagons.
Grateful for having shared Irene’s life are her children, Timothy (Anita) Haas, Redfield; Jerome (Barb) Haas, Aberdeen; Judy (Jim) Vaughn, Lusby, MD; Connie (Phil) Young, Rapid City; Betty (Melvin) Walz, Aberdeen; Darlene (Spencer) Cooper, Aberdeen; Sue (Richard) Heintzman, Rapid City, SD; grandchildren, Willy Young, Laurie (Todd) Schmidt, Mike (Nicole) Young, Dawn (Scott) Nelson, Lynette (Bart) Banks, Carl (Sharee) Burgess, Jr., Kristine (Eric) Hoffman, Brad Haas, Scott Haas, Danny Cooper, Kymberly (Aaron) Gasser, Joey (Lisa) Heintzman, Holly (Bryan) Mehlhaff, Jessica Haas and Randi Jo Haas, brothers, Otto (Alvina) Sperle, Aberdeen; Adolph (Olivia) Sperle, Aberdeen; Irvin Sperle, Union Gap, WA; sisters, Emma (Jake) Wolf, Yakima, WA; Esther Gienger, Aberdeen; twenty-eight great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren and numerous step great and great- great grandchildren and she was very fond of her granddogs.
Irene was preceded in death by her parents, both husband, George Haas and Andrew Schneider, son, Jeffrey Haas, sisters, Ida Mastel, Lydia Lammle, Emila Gagliardi, brothers, Gottlieb Sperle, Oscar Sperle and Ted Sperle.
LAVERA RALL
LaVera Rall, 85, Aberdeen, died Thursday, November 20, 2008 at Avera Mother Joseph Manor.
Arrangements are pending with Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St. Aberdeen.
CHARLOTTE O. WESTBY
Charlotte O. Westby, 86, Minneapolis MN, died 11/16/08. Miss Westby taught at Augustana Academy in Canton SD, West and Southwest High Schools in Minneapolis. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 on Tuesday 11/25/08 at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Visitation will be one hour before the service and with the family in the fellowship hall, after the service. Burial will be on Saturday, 11/29/08 at 1:00, at the Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery near Aberdeen, South Dakota.
ESTHER DAYTON
The service for Esther Dayton, 87, Aberdeen, will be 3:00pm, Saturday, November 22, 2008 at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St. Aberdeen, with Pastor Wesley Hafner officiating. A private family burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Esther passed away Wednesday, November 19, at Avera St. Luke’s of Aberdeen.
Visitation will be from 5-7pm, Friday at the funeral home.
Esther Louise Dunker was born Oct. 8, 1921 and adopted by Walter and Alice (Schumacher) Dunker of rural Warner. She attended school at Rondell 27-6, Stratford High, and Northern State. She married Ray Dayton on January 1, 1941. They farmed in the Stratford/Warner area for years, moved to Stratford, to semi-retire in 1969. They lived in Stratford until Ray passed away in 1991, and at that time she moved to Aberdeen. Esther enjoyed Bingo, puzzles, crosswords, and visiting with family and friends.
Survivors include one son, Dennis L Dayton of Aberdeen and his friend Jeannine Hoon. Two daughters, Mrs. Dale (Deanna) Ducheneaux of Mitchell and Mrs. Paul (Dawn) Fischbach of Mansfield. She is survived by 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by husband, Ray, one daughter, Mrs DaLene Bierman, her folks and one brother.
RON HOLLINGSWORTH
The service for Ron Hollingsworth, 64, Aberdeen, will be 10:00am, Friday, November 21, 2008 at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St. with Pastor Tom Haggar officiating. Burial at Riverside Cemetery. Ron died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
He is survived by his daughter, LyBeca Shaunaman, sister, LaDonna Hollingsworth, and four grandchildren.
RANDY K. EISENBEISZ
The service for Randy K. Eisenbeisz, 51, Aberdeen will be 2:00pm, Friday, November 21, 2008 at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home with Dr. Harold E. Salem officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Memorial Park. Randy died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital.
Visitation will be from 1-7pm, Thursday, with family present from 5-7pm at the funeral home.
Randy was born December 4, 1956, at Eureka, SD.
Grateful for having shared Randy’s life are his mother, Arlene and stepfather, ElRoy Morlock, Deadwood, SD; brothers, Rodney (Vicki) Morlock, Lodgepole, NE; Ronnie Morlock, foster brother, Jeff (Karmen) Hammond, sisters, Roxane (Mark) Foos; Rhonda (Jay) Partenier; and Rachel (Burt) Abrams, all of Sidney, NE.
He is preceded in death by his grandparents.
CHRIST WIPF
The service for Christ Wipf will be 10:30am, Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at Hutterville School near Stratford. Burial will be at Hutterville Cemetery. Christ died Sunday, November 16, 2008 at his home.
Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
MARY GRAVELLE
The memorial service for Mary Gravelle, 86, of Aberdeen, will be 10:30 am, Thursday, November 20, 2008, at Spitzer Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., Aberdeen. Inurnment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA. Mary died Saturday, November, 15, at ManorCare Health Services, Aberdeen.
A gathering to honor her life will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20 at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, Aberdeen. Inurnment will be in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.
Mary’s life journey was long, winding and filled with adventure. She was born to Theodore and Mary Dzik on March 8, 1922 in Scranton, PA, the sixth of eight children. She revealed her unconventional nature early, playing high school basketball long before Title IX and later joining a local womens’ exhibition team nicknamed the “Yoo Hoo Girls – Basketball’s Famous Female Attraction” that played both men’s and women’s teams.
Upon graduation from high school, she worked for Lakawana Pants Company sewing khaki uniform pants for enlisted World War II soldiers. She received vocational training in the evenings and then worked as an accountant at the Scranton Electric Company while caring for her invalid mother in the family home.
Five years later when her mother died, she loaded up her Buick and hit the road, bound for California. During a stop in Minneapolis to visit a friend, she fell in love with the Land of 10,000 Lakes and secured a job as a customer service representative for Minnesota Power. She then met James, the man who became her husband of 36 years. After marrying, they moved to Milbank and later to Aberdeen where they raised three daughters.
Mary was a traveler of back roads; a baker of pies; a seamstress and knitter; a lover of animals; a Sunday School and summer Bible school teacher; a fearsome bowler and a loving wife and mother. She reveled in being a full-time mom, ferrying her girls to city parks, swimming ponds and anyplace else they could enjoy the seasons. Above all, she loved nothing more than getting her hands into some rich, black dirt. Her tomatoes and strawberry jams filled the canning jars each growing season.
Mary was a member of the Aberdeen Elkettes, the Order of the Eastern Star, First United Methodist Church and several area bowling leagues.
Her salty humor, free spirit, optimism and love of life will be forever remembered and emulated by those she leaves behind.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James; her parents, Theodore and Mary; her brothers, William, Mike, John, Andrew and sister, Helen Dzik.
Grateful to have shared her life are her three daughters: Mary Gravelle (Rich Anderson) of Aberdeen; Julie Gravelle (Arthur McKee) of Polson, Montana; Kathy (Chris) O’ Donnell of Rio Rancho, New Mexico; sister Julie Spinelli of Mountainside, New Jersey; brother Joseph (Emelia) Dzik of Scanton; and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations as memorials to the Aberdeen Area Humane Society at P.O. Box 1013, Aberdeen, SD.
