Obituaries

Carol Mae Tomic, 80, went to her heavenly home Monday, July 22 at Avera St. Benedict Health Center in Parkston. There will be a graveside service at Lakeview Cemetery in Lake Andes at a later time. Carol was born September 6, 1943 to Joseph and Josephine (Pesicka) Tomic in Charles Mix County.

Dwight D. Hempel, 83, went to his heavenly home Monday, July 22, 2024 at Lake Andes Healthcare Center. Funeral service was held Saturday, July 27 at Koehn Bros. Funeral Home in Lake Andes with burial following in Pleasant Lawn Cemetery in Geddes.

Funeral services were held for Dennis Ray Olsen, 74, of Meckling, passed away on Friday, July 12, 2024, at his auto body shop in Meckling. A private family burial will be at a later date, Hansen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

John Haar, 71, of Wagner, died Friday, June 28, 2024 at his home in Wagner. A Celebration of John’s Life will be held August 2 at 10 a.m. at the Wagner National Guard Armory in Wagner. Peters Funeral Home of Wagner is in charge of arrangements.

Christine Marie (Medicine Horn) Selwyn, 79, of Lake Andes died Sunday, June 14, 2024 at the Sanford Health Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services were Thursday, July 18 at the White Swan Community Center in Lake Andes. Burial was in the St. Phillips Episcopal Cemetery.

Richard (Rick) Bastemeyer, 67, of Lawrence, KS died Friday, July 12, 2024. Rick was born in March of 1957 in Wagner, to Melvern (Bee) and Norma Sue (Garberick) Bastemeyer, the sixth of ten children. Rick married Karen Anderson in Lake Andes in 1979.

Gerald Patrick Barnett, 63, went to his heavenly home July 5th, while hiking in the Colorado Rockies with his family. Barnett-Lewis Funeral Home in Sioux Falls was in charge of arrangements.

Dan Lew Nohr was born in Wagner, March 17, 1956. He lived in Littleton, CO from 1969 to 2024. He passed away from illness Friday, July 12, 2024 at Swedish Medical Center. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, July 24, 12 p.m. at the ZCBJ Cemetery, rural Wagner.

Funeral services for Angela Graham, 45, of Sioux Falls were Friday, July 19 at the YST South Gym in Wagner. Burial was in the Cedar Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Lake Andes. Peters Funeral Home of Wagner was in charge of arrangements.

Armantha, 64, of Wagner, died Thursday, July 4, 2024 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services were Wednesday, July 10 at the YST South Gym. Burial was in the Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Greenwood. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.