Obituaries

Funeral services for Larry Pudwill, 85, of Tyndall will be held Wednesday, June 18 at 1:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Avon, with Pastor Bill VanGerpen officiating. Burial is in the Baptist Cemetery, rural Avon. The service will be live-streamed on the First Baptist Church Avon YouTube page.

Cleota Bryan, age 90, of Avon, passed away peacefully on June 10, 2025, surrounded by her family. Funeral services were held Friday, June 13 at St. John Catholic Church in Fort Pierre. Burial was in Scotty Phillips Cemetery at Fort Pierre.

Funeral services for Daniel Stinger, 83, of Wagner were held Friday, June 13 at the Woniya Wankan Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Wagner with Rev. James Marrs, Jr. officiating. Burial was in Holy Name Episcopal Cemetery, rural Dante. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Richard A. Dvorak, 83, of Lake Andes were held Thursday, June 6 at the First Lutheran Church in Lake Andes. Burial was in the Lakeview Cemetery, Lake Andes. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements. Richard A.

Judith “Judy” Wagner – daughter of Walter and Berniece (Bridge) Wiechmann was born on August 31, 1944 in Wagner. She passed away on June 5 at the age of 80. Judy graduated from Wagner High School in 1962. She worked in banking all her life.

Donald Leroy Edwards, age 89, Eagle River, Alaska, passed away on May 31. Services for Donald were held Saturday, June 7 at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Eagle River, AK. Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, AK.

Lyle Mensch, 82, of Avon was born June 7, 1942 on a farmnearFreemantoPhilip and Ada (Janzig) Mensch. He died Saturday, May 24, at St. Michael’s Hospital in Tyndall,underhospicecare, surrounded by his family. Lyle attended Avon High School and graduated in 1960.

Joshua Jacob Arrow, Jr, 24 of Sioux Falls. died Sunday, May 18 in Sioux Falls. Burial was in the Cedar Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Lake Andes. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements. Jake was born on August 17, 2000 in Sioux City, IA to Veronica Barrera and Josh Arrow.

Linda McBride, 72, of Wagner died Saturday, May 24 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Burial was in St. Paul’s Catholic Cemetery. Peters FuneralHomeinWagner is in charge of arrangements. Linda was born to Katherine T. SpiderWood-Honomichl and Arthur D. Honomichl, Sr.

Mikalena Neal, 24, of Lake Andes, died Wednesday, May 14 the result of an automobile accident near Worthing. Burial was in the Native American Church Cemetery, rural Wagner. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.