Obituaries

Warren was born September 4, 1938 to Margaret (Peg) and Loy Fisk. He was the youngest of three children. His early childhood was spent in Nebraska City, NE.

Raymond Steven Rezac died on his 90th birthday, Saturday, February 26, 2022, at his home in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. His Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, March 4, at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Scottsbluff.

Cherilyn Kay (Nelson) Mudder, daughter of Clayton and Marie (Pool) Nelson, was born August 29, 1945, on a farm south of Avon. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Saturday evening, February 19 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.

Janet Claire Koupal was born March 31, 1939 at Avon, the daughter of Herman and Frieda (Fauth) Peters. She died Monday, February 21 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton. Funeral Mass was held Friday, February 25 at the Assumption Catholic Church in Dante.

Irma Lucille Smith, 93, of Tonganoxie, KS, passed away peacefully on February 8, at Saint Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. She was born to Dave and Helen Pudwill on March 16, 1928, in Avon, where she spent most of her childhood.

Robert Soulek, 98, died at Avantara Nursing Home in Armour on Monday, February 21, 2022. There will be a private committal in Lakeview Cemetery in Lake Andes. A celebration of life at a later date. Arrangements by Koehn Bros. Funeral Home in Armour.

Marilyn Rothschadl, age 81 of Tyndall, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Center in Tyndall, surrounded by her family. Mass of Christian Burial was held February 28, 2022 at St. Leo Catholic in Tyndall. Burial followed in St. Leo Catholic Cemetery.

Ellen Rose Renz, 26, of Lennox, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on the morning of February 18, 2022, under hospice care, from complications of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Ellen Rose Renz was born December 5, 1995 to Ryan and Joan (Stastny)Renz in Sioux Falls.

S. Mary John Scheuren OSB, 89, died on February 22, 2022. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, February 26, both in Bishop Marty Memorial Chapel in Yankton. Arrangements were under the direction of the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Yankton.

A Celebration of Life for Dr. Wanda Kay Schirtzinger, DH., 78, of Lake Andes will be held at a later date. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner is in charge of arrangements. Dr. Wanda Kay Schirtzinger, D.H.