Obituaries

Funeral Mass for Michael Snyder, 58, of Lake Andes will be held Wednesday, April 16 at 11 a.m. at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Lake Andes. Burial will take place on Thursday at the Esterly Cemetery, rural Florence. Visitation will be at the church on Tuesday from 5-7 p.m.

Funeral services for Waldon Olson, 69, of Pickstown will be held Saturday, April 19 at 10 a.m. at the Andes Central Auxiliary Gym in Lake Andes. Visitation will be Friday from 5 - 7 p.m. at Peters Funeral Home in Wagner. Following the funeral services, Waldon will be cremated.

Funeral services for Edward Redlightning, Jr, 41, of Sioux Falls were held Monday, April 14 at the Marty Community Center in Marty. Burial was in the Red Lightning Cemetery, rural Marty. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements. Edward Alexander Red Lightning, Jr.

KEITH LAMOTTE, JR. Keith LaMotte, Jr., 54, of Wagner, died Sunday, April 6, at the Community Memorial Hospital in Wagner. Funeral services were held Thursday, April 10 at the Marty Community Center in Marty. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Lorraine Jean DeJong, 93, of Springfield, were held Friday, March 28 at the Emmanuel Reformed Church in Springfield with burial in the Emmanuel Reformed Cemetery. Peters Funeral Chapel in Springfield was in charge of arrangements.

Arnold Horner, 89, of Wagner, died Thursday, March 27 at Lake Andes Senior Living. Funeral services will be 2 PM, Friday, April 4 at the United Methodist Church in Wagner. Burial will be in the ZCBJ Cemetery, rural Wagner, with military honors. Visitation will be Thursday, April 3 at the church.

Clara Rose Kafka, 89, of Wagner, died Friday, March 28 at Good Samaritan Society in Tyndall, SD. Funeral mass will be 10:30 AM, Thursday, April 3 at Assumption Catholic Church in Dante. Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Dante.

Colleen Marie Youngbluth of Elberta, Alabama died Thursday January 16, at the Baldwin Medical Center in Foley, Alabama. Colleen was born on December 12, 1940 to John and Velda Welch in Elk Point and grew up in Lake Andes.

Funeral services for Keith LeClaire, 64, of Ravinia were held Friday, March 21 at the White Swan Community Center in Lake Andes. Burial was in the Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery, Greenwood. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.

Vernon Frandsen was born on July 24, 1956 in Wagner, SD to Alyce and Ejner Frandsen. He joined his 4 years older sister Pam as their second child. They were joined 4 years later by another brother Bruce to round out the family with 3 siblings.