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Dorothy P. Carlson
Dorothy P. Carlson, 80, Java, SD, died Monday, September 5, 2005 at Avera St. Luke's Hospital, Aberdeen, SD. Her Funeral Mass was held 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 9, 2005 at St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Bowdle, SD, with Fr. Rader, celebrant. Burial followed at St. Augustine's Catholic Church Cemetery, Bowdle, SD. Organist was Margy Bobby and song leader was Jeanne Bieber. Ushers were Norbert Thomas and Henry Huft. Offertory gift bearers were Dorothy's children. Mass servers were Kaitlyn Sandmeier and Kama Konda. Lector was Travis Konda.
Visitation began at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Miller Funeral Home, Bowdle, SD, with a 5:30 p.m. Wake Service.
Dorothy Pauline Thomas, daughter of Marion (Weisbeck) and Adam Thomas, was born at her parent's farm east of Bowdle, SD, on April 25, 1925. She attended Cottonwood Lake Rural School and Bowdle High School, graduating with the BHS Class of 1943. She attended Northern in Aberdeen, where she earned her teaching certificate.
She taught at the Thurn School SW of Bowdle, SD, and the Linderman School north of Java, SD, in Campbell County. During the summer, she worked at the Peter Goetz farm near Roscoe, SD.
She married Oscar "Swede" Carlson at St. Augustine's Church February 9, 1948. They settled on Swede's farm 2 miles south of Java, where Dorothy lived the remainder of her life.
Over the years she kept busy raising her family, working on the farm, being a teacher's aide in Java for several years, and working in the dietary department at the Selby Good Samaritan Center. She also was president and bookkeeper of the family business, Carlson Custom Blacksmith (CCB, Inc.).
She was a member of St. Augustine's Church and was a former member of the Altar Society. She also was active in the Java High School Band Boosters and 4-H.
She enjoyed word search puzzles, playing cards, crocheting, rug making, and reading. She spent many hours helping Swede in the shop and enjoyed the farm animals. Her family will remember Dorothy as a good mother who was skilled at preparing German food, especially borscht soup.
Dorothy is survived by her husband Oscar "Swede" Carlson of Java, SD; one son, Perry O. Carlson and his wife Bonny of Aberdeen, SD; three daughters, Diane Merrigan and her husband Mickey of Canistota, SD, Dinah M. Konda and her husband Frank of New Effington, SD, and Dinal M. Carlson and her husband Bruce of Garretson, SD; three brothers, August Thomas of Tuscon, AZ, Matt Thomas and John Thomas of Aberdeen, SD; three sister, Sister Bernice Thomas of the Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton, SD, Catherine Fischer of Eureka, SD, and Lucille Hoven of Tuscon, AZ; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, Nathan and Kather-ine Konda of Garretson, SD.
She was preceded in death by her father on January 10, 1960, her mother on May 27, 1972, and two brothers.
These grandchildren will be honorary bearers: Kama Konda of New Effington, SD, Krysta Carlson, Austin Carlson and Jaden Carlson all of Garretson, SD.
These grandchildren will be casketbearers: Zachary Carlson and Kerry Konda of Aberdeen, SD, Bart Merrigan of Canistota, SD, Travis Konda of Kansas City, MO, Daren Konda of Omaha, NE, Loren Konda of Garretson, SD, Alan Konda of New Effington, SD, and Neal Konda of Brookings, SD.
Miller Funeral Home, Bowdle, SD, is in charge of arrangements.
Kenny Block
Funeral service for Kenny Block, 20, of Sisseton, SD was held on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. at the Tribal Com-munity Center in Agency Village, SD, with Rev. Phil Lawrence officiating. Pianists were Kaye Bursheim and Mary Beth Kirk, with the Drum Group Wahpekute. Pallbearers were Cece Block, Josh Fellbaum, Jared Goodsell, James German, Bobby Wolfe, Kinger Johnson, Logan Iverson, Billy Canku, Dave Lewis, Dicky Johnson, Josh Cunningham, Thomas German, Jace Goodsell, Alex Fuentes, Dane Helgeson, Cyrus Hawkins, and Stephan Hayes. Honorary Pallbearers were all of Kenny’s friends and relatives. There were wake services on Monday, May 1, 2006 and Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. at the Tribal Community Center, Agency Village, SD. Interment was at the Mayasan Presbyterian Cemetery, Sisseton, SD. The Cahill Funeral Chapel of Sisseton, SD, was in charge of the arrangements.
Kenny Merlyn Block was born on May 5, 1985 in Sisseton, SD to Jeff and Bonita (Hart) Block. He grew up and attended the Sisseton Public School system, graduating in 2003. Kenny loved hunting, fishing, and puttering around with his truck. His favorite pastimes were watching movies, playing the Play Station 2 and the X-Box 360 games, messing around on the Internet, burning CD’s, and recording movies off the TV.
Kenny loved boxing with his sister Chantel as he called her his favorite nickname “Bug Eyes”. Kenny, Chantel, and Chaunce spent time together throwing a football around playing catch. His little brother Chaunce called it playing Minnesota football.
Kenny’s love of playing baseball began with T-Ball at age five with Sisseton City Rec, and continued throughout his school years, playing centerfield, left field, first base, and pitcher.
After graduation he joined the U.S. Navy but received a Medical Discharge shortly after. Kenny returned to Sisseton and was employed by the Dakota Western Corp.
Kenny was always ready and willing to help with whatever needed doing and tried his hardest to fix anything broken. He had a special place in his heart for his nieces and nephews and always made himself available to help care for them. He also spent a lot of time babying his Albino ferret, “Weezy”, and hanging out with his many friends. Kenny will be missed.
Kenny is survived by his parents, Jeff and Sugar Block of Sisseton, SD; two brothers, Bobby Wolfe and Chaunce Block, and two sisters, Cece and Chantel Block all of Sisseton, SD; his grandparents, Thomas and Marge Block of Sisseton, SD; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Kenny was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Kenneth and Theresa Hart, and his paternal grandmother, Cecelia Williams.
Marlys Eloise Jones
Late of San Bruno, CA, Marlys entered into rest in Burlingame on March 17, 2006.
A retired nurse she was a native of Sisseton, SD, aged 81 years. Beloved wife of the late Forest Jones. She was preceded in death by her parents, Peter O. and Annie L. Paulson. The last of seven siblings she was also preceded in death by her sisters, Mable Jerde, Agnes Grinde and Mildred Oswskey and brothers, Burdette Paulson, Marion Paulson and Otto B. Paulson. She is survived by many nieces and nephews.
Friends were invited to attend Memorial Services 5:00 p.m. Monday, April 3, 2006 at Skylawn San Bruno Funeral Home, 200 West San Bruno Avenue, San Bruno, CA. Private committal was in Green Lawn Cemetery at Colma, CA.
Phillip F. Doyle
The funeral for Philip F. Doyle was held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at Pleasant Valley Lutheran Church of rural Kidder, SD. The Reverends Sara and Terrill Sorensen officiated. Burial was in the church Cemetery, with Military Honors by Reisenweber-Wolf Post #298 of the American Legion of Kidder, SD. Visitation was held 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday, May 1, 2006, at the Price Funeral Chapel of Britton, SD, and one hour preceding the funeral at the church on Tuesday.
Philip died Saturday, April 29, 2006, at the Marshall County Healthcare Center in Britton, SD, at the age of 84.
Philip F. Doyle was born to William “Bill” and Sophia (Nanik) Doyle on January 28, 1922 at Edgeley, ND. He came with his parents as an infant to Veblen, SD where his father was affiliated with the Soo Line Railroad. He spent all his growing up years in Veblen, graduating from Veblen High School in 1940. Philip enjoyed so much as a teenager working at the local gas stations, and shocking grain for Gilford Hill.
After graduation, he was employed by the Producers Marketing Co. in Veblen until he joined the U.S. Navy in the fall of 1942. During World War II he served his country in the Hawaiian Islands, Aleutian Islands and the Philippines.
In 1946, he was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy and returned to Veblen, where he continued his employment with the Producers Marketing Co. In the spring of 1947 he moved to Kidder, SD as the manager of the Producers Marketing Co.
It was there he met Gladys Haverly, and they were married July 1, 1949. Philip and Gladys continued to live in Kidder until 1955, when they moved to Aberdeen, SD so that Gladys could continue her education at Northern. During that time Philip was employed by the R.E. Huffman Business Machine Co.
n 1956, they moved to Billings, MT, where Phillip became affiliated with the Sherwin Williams Co., working as a credit manager. After three years he took a traveling job for the company and moved to Fargo, ND. In 1962 they moved to the Minneapolis, MN, area so Philip could continue his work as District Supervisor for the Sherwin Williams Co., covering several states.
n 1979, they moved to Britton and Philip continued traveling for Sherwin Williams for five more years. He retired in 1984 after 28 years with the company.
Philip was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Britton, SD, and the Reisenweber-Wolf Post #298 of the American Legion of Kidder. He was a generous supporter of many civic organizations and charities in the Britton and Veblen areas. He attended every bake sale that he could, and bought large quantities of goodies to take home and store in the freezer. Then, when his “coffee buddies” would stop by the back door of the house, Philip would be ready with fresh coffee and treats in only three minutes!
Coming from a railroading family, Philip loved to watch the trains come and go at the elevator, during harvest. He also enjoyed traveling with Gladys, after his retirement.
Grateful for having shared his life are his wife of 56 years, Gladys Doyle of Britton, SD; two brothers, Joe (Irene) Doyle of Campbell, MN, and John (Cleo) Doyle of Great Falls, MT; one sister, Lorraine Doyle of Sisseton, SD; a very special friend, Mary Ellen St. Sauver of Britton, SD; and a number of nieces, nephews and their families.
Music for the funeral was provided by Gail O’Brien, organist with Michelle Erickson and Mary Ann Roehr, soloists. Casketbearers were Jerry Pattison, Dennis Ramsey, Jim St. Sauver, Sherman Vold, Billy Doyle and Bill Nordstrom. Honorary casketbearers were members of the Veblen Fire and Rescue Department.
Philip was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters.
Rosella J. Enyart
Rosella J. “Tootie” Enyart, “Wahca Waste Win,” 87, of Prior Lake, MN, died on Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at her home. She was the eldest member of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.
A Prayer Service for Rosella was held on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. at the Tiowakan Spiritual Center, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, conducted by the Reverend Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo. Funeral Services were held on Friday, May 5, 2006 10:00 a.m. at the Karvonen Funeral Home, New York Mills, MN. Burial followed at the Richville Cemetery in Richville, MN.
Visitation was held on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, after 6:00 p.m. at the Tiowakan Spiritual Center at the Mdewakanton Sioux Community with a Traditional American Indian All-Night Wake. Further visitation was held on Thursday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at the Karvonen Funeral Home, New York Mills, MN. Pallbearers were Gayle Rencountre, Curtis Zacharias, Daniel Woody, Donald Wideman, Paul and Lee EnyartRosella was born in Redwood Falls, MN, on March 14, 1919, to Henry and Jessie (Coursolle) Larsen.
She married Donald Enyart on August 14, 1937, in Redwood Falls, MN. She was a homemaker.
Rosella is survived by a son, Clarence Enyart of Shakopee, MN; a daughter, Loretta (David) Zacharias of Prior Lake, MN; and a host of special nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins and countless friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband Donald; son Gordon; daughters Maxine Woody, Sylvia Blue, and Roberta Doughty; and parents Henry and Jessie Larsen.
McNearney Funeral Home of Shakopee, MN, was in charge of arrangements.
