Obituaries

Janis L. Hasz, 89, of Aberdeen, died Tuesday, June 27, at Prairie Heights HealthCare, Aberdeen. The funeral service was Monday, July 3, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, with Pastor Mike Waldrop officiating. Burial was at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Wessington Springs.

Brain Collins passed away on July 13, 2023 in his home in Lake Andes. Private services were held. Brian Harold Collins entered this world as a never ending relative to Ina Make, the world of animals, fish and plants on September 17, 1944 in Beloit, Kansas.

Edward Delano Kolecka, 90, went to his heavenly home Wednesday, July 12 at Douglas County Memorial Hospital. Mass of Christian burial was Monday, July 17 at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Armour. Arrangements were by Koehn Bros. Funeral Home in Armour.

James (Jim) Henry Weber was born in Wagner, South Dakota on September 3, 1938 to Henry and Rose Weber and passed away peacefully, at home in Lake Forest, CA, Sunday night January 1, 2023 of a cardiac arrest and lung problems. He was on oxygen the last year of his life.

Warren Ronke, 57, of Tyndall passed away on July 12, 2023 at St. Michael’s Hospital in Tyndall. Funeral services were held Monday July 17 at St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Tyndall. Burial was in the Evangelical Cemetery. Peters Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Orville J. Dvoracek, age 80, of Sioux Falls died Sunday, July 9, 2023 at Sanford USD Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services were held Friday, July 14 at George Boom Funeral Home & Onsite Crematory in Sioux Falls. Interment will be in Hills of Rest Cemetery in Sioux Falls following the service.

Gloria Edwards, age 91, of Pickstown, went to her heavenly home on Sunday, July 9, 2023 from Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services were held Friday, July 14 at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls with burial at the Minnehaha Cemetery, Colton.

John died Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Funeral Mass was held Saturday, July 15 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Wagner. Burial was in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, rural Wagner, with military honors.

Francis Doom, 85, of Wagner, passed away at Community Memorial Hospital in Wagner on July 11, 2023. Funeral mass was held Monday, July 17 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Wagner. Burial was in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, rural Wagner.

Zenjo D’Arius Wolfchild, Hta chu sni win (The Cool of the Evening Dew Woman), 25, of Wagner, a member of the Chippewa-Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy, MT and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, passed away due to natural causes on July 1, 2023 in Sioux Falls.