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Donna FalkDonna Falk succumbed to
Alzheimers on May 1 at the DavisHospice Center, Cheyenne, WY. Aprayer service willbe held May 10 at3:30 p.m. at Weider-spahn Radomsky Fu-neral Home inCheyenne, WY. Fu-neral services willbe May 17, 10 a.m.,at St. James CatholicChurch inJamestown, ND. Bur-ial at St. Mary’sCemetery in Courtney, ND.
Donna Marie was born to Donand Ernestine (Madsen) Rogers nearLetcher, SD on December 19, 1934and grew up in the Forestburg/Arte-sian/Letcher area. She earned herteaching certificate at General Bea-dle College in Madison, SD andtaught grade school in Miller andRee Heights, SD. She married CliffordFalk in Yankton on June 17, 1957. Shecompleted her BS at Northern StateCollege in Aberdeen in 1968 andgraduated summa cum laude.
They lived in Lake Andes, Pierre,Parkston, Madison, Sisseton, Water-town, Aberdeen, Yankton and Brook-ings before settling in Piedmont in1972, where Donna taught elemen-tary school for 10 years. Starting in1981 Donna and Cliff followed electri-cal construction projects in NewMexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado,Utah, Ohio, Kentucky, Wisconsin,and Minnesota. They settled inCheyenne in 1997.
Donna is survived by childrenMark Falk, Cheyenne, WY and Joni(David) Kachelhoffer, Newcastle, WY;grandchildren Andrea Falk and LaneFalk, Laramie and their motherDebra Falk, Cheyenne, CharlaKachelhoffer, Wheat Ridge, CO, KyleKachelhoffer, Dickinson, ND, and Jay(Patricia) Kachelhoffer, Oceanside,CA; great grandchildren Annavayand Claydon Kachelhoffer; sister-in-laws Enid Rogers, Seneca, SD, PatBarnett, West Fargo, ND, CarolMichaelson, Fargo, ND, Joyce Bar-nett, Valley City, ND, Eileen (David)Fields, brother-in-law Jim (Roxanne)Falk, Fargo, ND and numerous niecesand nephews.
She was preceded in death by herhusband of 50 years, Clifford, herparents, and brother Verle Rogers.
A memorial has been establishedfor Davis Hospice Center inCheyenne.
Friends may sign the onlineguestbook at wrcfuneral.com.
Yankton Press & Dakotan
May 8, 2013
Bruce KabellaFuneral services for Bruce Ka-
bella, 63, of Paducah, Ky., formerly ofO’Neill, Neb., are pending at Biglin’sMortuary, O’Neill.
He died Monday, May 6, 2013, atthe Lourdes Hospital, Paducah.
Lillian AmundsonLillian Amundson, 102, of Vermil-
lion died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 atSanford Vermillion Care Center.
Funeral arrangements are pend-ing with Kober Funeral Home, Ver-million.
Dolores HaverDolores Haver, 94, of Wakonda,
passed away peacefully Monday,May 6, 2013 at Wakonda HeritageManor.
Funeral Masswill be 10 a.m.,Monday, May 13,2013 at St. Patrick’sCatholic Church inWakonda. Inter-ment of ashes willfollow in UnionCemetery.
Visitation will befrom 5-7 p.m., Sun-day, May 12, at the Father McMa-hon Center in Wakonda.
Dolores was born on the familyfarm near Centerville in 1918. As aninfant Dolores and her mother,Tress, survived the influenza pan-demic which wiped out millions ofpeople worldwide during and afterWorld War I.
The eldest of five children, Do-lores attended Riverside CountrySchool a half mile east of the familyfarm, along with her sisters Lor-raine, Pat and Betty and brotherSeb. In 1932 her parents enrolledher at Mount Marty High School inYankton and her father, Joe, soldhis best team of horses to pay forher tuition. Eventually, the eco-nomic hardships of the Great De-pression required her to returnhome and she graduated from Cen-terville High School in l936.
As the Dirty Thirties gave way tobetter times, Dolores was able to at-tend the University of South Dakotaand, attending year round, shegraduated in l938 with a teachingdegree. She taught in Clay Countyat Colfax School for three years(1938-41), Pleasant Valley for oneyear (1941-42) and at Elmwood onTimber Road near Vermillion forone year (1942-43). She also taughtjunior high school at Climbing Hillin Iowa from l943-44.
While teaching at Colfax, Do-lores attended a dance and metMaurice Haver, who would becomeher future husband. Theircourtship would be interrupted byhis service in the Navy duringWorld War II.
On October 17, l944 in Moville,Iowa, Dolores finally married hersailor when he returned from seaduty. After living in Boston for atime, Maurice was honorably dis-charged from the Navy and theymoved to their farm northeast ofWakonda in l945. Here they farmedwith Maurice’s parents, Harry andElma Haver, and raised four chil-dren. They lived together on thefamily farm for fifty two years untilMaurice’s death in December ofl997.
As a young wife and mother Do-lores found time to be extremely ac-tive in the community. As herchildren grew, she took on the roleof 4-H leader. She was active in Mon-day Club, Library Board, PTA, Gar-den Club, Extension Club andLegion Auxiliary. For many yearsDolores was the American LegionAuxiliary volunteer in charge of pur-chasing and donating hundreds ofChristmas gifts for disabled veter-ans. In l984 she was honored as theSouth Dakota Legionette of the Yearfor her service. In her later years,she greatly enjoyed quilting with theecumenical church quilters.
Dolores was well known in thecommunity for her beautiful flowerswhich she generously shared forSunday masses at St. Patrick’s aswell as for weddings and commu-nity events. For many years Doloresalso faithfully watered the barrels offlowers along main street, Wakonda.
In the days before computersand power point, Dolores was fa-mous for creating slide presenta-tions documenting her manytravels. They often featured gar-dens that she had visited or high-lighted historical sites whichillustrated geography or history les-sons in Gerry Devine’s 5th gradeclass. Together Dolores and Mau-rice toured all fifty states as well asCanada and Europe. In later yearsthey loved to attend the annualWWII shipmate reunions of the USSDestroyer Dallas which were heldacross the country.
Dolores was preceded in deathby her husband, Maurice, her par-ents, Joe and Tress, her sisters, Lor-raine Andersen, Pat Smit and BettyJensen, her brother Seb Wathier, ason-in-law, George Feeney and agranddaughter, Jan Gustad.
Dolores will be remembered forher intense work ethic, her quietsense of responsibility, her con-stant service to family and commu-nity and her unwavering faith inGod. Grateful for having shared herlife are her children, Maurine Haver,New York City, Lea Gustad,Wakonda, Gail Haver (Mike Parks),Ashland, NE., and John (Jill) Haver,Wakonda; grandchildren Martja(Wade) Huebsch of Morgantown,WV., Shannon (Jennifer) Willison,Omaha, NE., Kris (Rachel) Gustad,Victoria, MN.,
Erin (Justin) Christensen, Irene,and Ryan Haver, Wakonda. She isalso survived by seven great grand-children, a sister-in-law, ElaineWathier and many nieces andnephews.
For Obituary and online condo-lences visithansenfuneralhome.com
Yankton Press & Dakotan
May 8, 2013
Lloyd HelsethLloyd Raymond Helseth, 90, of
Vermillion, passed away Tuesday,May 7, 2013 at the Prairie EstatesCare Center in Elk Point.
Lloyd was born March 21, 1923in Elk Point to Lewis and Carrie(Anderson) Helseth. He grew upin the Spink, SD area and spentmost of his life in and around Ver-million. He married MaxceneKendrick on April 1, 1946 in ElkPoint. Lloyd worked for 25 yearsas Drilling Supervisor for theSouth Dakota State GeologicalSurvey, retiring in 1988.
He was preceded in death byhis parents, a son Dennis and hiswife Maxcene.
He is survived by his brotherArnold Helseth of Akron, IA; twosons; David (Rosetta) Helseth ofBrandon, SD, Gregory (Lynn)Helseth of Tucson, AZ and daugh-ter Karla Tawzer of Vermillion,eight grandchildren: Daniel,Aaron, Mark, Angela, Hannah,Olivia, Cora, and Eleanor, and 2great grandchildren: Hunter andAriah.
Visitation will be Thursday,May 9 from 5-7 p.m. with a Prayerservice at 7 p.m. The Funeralservice will be at 1 p.m. Friday,May 10. Both services will be atTrinity Lutheran Church, Vermil-lion. Burial is in the BluffviewCemetery.
Memorial gifts may be directedto the sound system at TrinityLutheran Church.
Visit hansenfuneralhome.com.Yankton Press & Dakotan
May 8, 2013
Joseph JacksonJoseph Bret Jackson, 23, of
Yankton died May 3, 2013.In lieu of flowers, the family is
asking for memorial donations tohelp offset the cost of burial as hewill be laid to rest in Minneapolis.
A memorial fund has been setup at Wells Fargo bank to help thefamily.
Helen KollarsHelen M. Kollars, 80, of Yank-
ton, passed away Tuesday, May07, 2013 at Avera Sacred HeartHospital, Yankton.
Funeral services are pendingunder the care of the Opsahl-Kos-tel Funeral Home & Crematory,Yankton.
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IN REMEMBRANCE John A. “Jack” Brandl
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Karen GuthmillerKaren M. Guthmiller, 76, of
Yankton passed away on Sunday,May 5, 2013 at her home sur-rounded by family and friendsafter battling leukemia.
Memorial Services will be at10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 9, 2013at the First United MethodistChurch, Yankton with Rev. RonJohnson officiating. Burial ofKaren’s cremated remains will bein the Garden of Memories.
Visitations will be from 6-8p.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2013 atthe Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Homeand Crematory, Yankton. A timefor memory sharing will be at 7p.m. Visitations will resume onehour prior to the service at thechurch.
Karen Marie Garvey was bornMarch 10, 1937 to Dan and Agnes(Wakefield) Garvey in Yankton.She attended Yankton HighSchool. Karen married LloydGuthmiller on July 10, 1955 inLas Vegas. To this union fourchildren were born: Terry, SiouxFalls, Kim (Rob) Heikes, Harting-
ton, Neb, Larry(Janni), Yankton,and Gary (Gin-ger), Yankton.Karen wasblessed with 10grandchildren:Jessica, Christo-pher, Kelsey, Josh,Evan, Brittney,Tyler, Trevor,
Kaitlin, and Gage, and also 5great-grandchildren: Grady,Haleigh, Mason, Ayla, and Riley.
Karen and Lloyd raised theirfamily on a farm by Menno. Sheworked several jobs through theyears, including, TG&Y, Pamida,Mayfield Store, and the YanktonCare Center. Karen and Lloydmoved to Yankton in 1996.
Karen will be rememberedmost for her love and devotionto family, friends, and faith. Shewas always willing to help oth-ers, and be there to love and hugher grandchildren. Karen was amember of First UnitedMethodist Church of Yankton.She enjoyed going to Sundayservice and going out to lunch
with family and friends.Karen is survived by her hus-
band, Lloyd of Yankton; mother-in-law, Lea Guthmiller ofYankton; her children, grandchil-dren, and great-grandchildren;loving sister, Fran Ness of Califor-nia; sister-in-law, Shirley AnnGarvey of Florida; brother-in-lawand sister-in-law, Ray and De-lores Lowe of Colorado; many ne-ices and nephews; and herdearest friend, Julie Sherman ofSioux Falls.
Karen was preceded in deathby her parents, father-in-law,Christ, 3 brothers: Joe, Ronnie,and David, and 2 sisters, Maryand a sister that died in infancy.
Our lives are all richer be-cause of her never-ending love.
Yankton Press & Dakotan
May 8, 2013
Patti (Albrecht) WellsPatricia L. (Albrecht) Wells, of
Sioux Falls passed away on Decem-ber 23, 2012 at the Dougherty Hos-pice House after a lengthy battlewith ALS.
A Catholic Memorial Mass washeld on her birthday, January 4,2013 to celebrate her life. Patti gen-erously donated her body to sci-ence so that doctors have theopportunity to continue to work to-wards a cure.
A Catholic Memorial Mass willbe at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 13,2013 at St. Benedict CatholicChurch, Yankton, with Rev. KenLulf officiating. Burial will be in theSacred Heart Cemetery, Yankton.
Visitations will begin at 3:00p.m. Sunday, May 12, 2013 at St.Benedict Catholic Church, Yankton,with a rosary at 6:30 p.m. followedby a Scripture service at 7:00 p.m.Visitations will resume one hourprior to the service at the church.
Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home
and Crematory is incare of the arrange-ments.
Patti was bornon January 4, 1967in Fargo, N.D. andwas adopted byMary and Paul Al-brecht in April1967. She spent heryears growing up inYankton and partic-
ipated in many activities aroundthe community. Patti started danceclasses at Judi’s Dance Studio in1971 and continued throughouthigh school. She was an elegantgymnast excelling on the floor andbalance beam. She was a YanktonGazelle basketball player through-out high school. She participatedin track, school plays and band.While growing up, she was an ac-tive 4-H member who exhibited inhorticulture, sewing, cooking andcrafts. She won several purple rib-bons at State throughout the years.
Patti’s first job was at the family-owned convenience store, Paul’sKwik Stop.
She graduated from YanktonHigh School and received her Bach-elor’s Degree (with honors) andMaster’s Degree from the Univer-sity of South Dakota.
Patti was a lifelong educatorand touched the lives of many ofher students from fourth gradethrough college
As an educator, Patti receivedmuch recognition over the yearsbut it was her volunteer work thatshe was most proud of. As an Armyspouse, Patti headed the FamilyReadiness Group during two com-bat deployments in which she men-tored young wives of deployedSoldiers.
She was honored as the FortRiley, Kansas Volunteer of the Yearin 2004. Patti was the recipient ofthe Dr. Mary Walker Award, MollyPitcher Award, NISOD Award forExcellence in Teaching among her
many accolades and achievements.Patti was lucky to have two fam-
ilies that loved her very much andthat love was reciprocated. As anadopted child, she also had strongties to her biological family.
Survivors include her husband,David Wells; son, Zach Albrecht;mother, Mary Albrecht; sister,Nancy (Brad) Wenande; biologicalparents, Jack Kushman and PamHutchison; sisters: NanetteHulscher, Stacey Basher, and StephKushman; brothers: John Kushmanand Nick Hutchison.
She was preceded in death byher father, Paul Albrecht and hergrandparents.
Yankton Press & Dakotan
May 8, 2013
Orville ‘OB’ BuechlerFuneral services for Orville
“OB” Buechler, 85, of Scotland willbe held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday,May 9 at United Church of Christin Scotland with Rev. Ron Shifleyofficiating. Interment will follow inRosehill Cemetery, Scotland.
Visitation will be held onWednesday from 3-7 p.m., withthe family present from 5-7 p.m.,at the Goglin Funeral Home inScotland.
Orville passed away on Mon-day, May 6, 2013 at the GoodSamaritan Society of Scotland.
Online condolences may besent at www.goglinfh.com.
Online condolences at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com
Wells
Online condolences at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com
Guthmiller
Falk Haver
fect in 2013 and last through2015. In Volin Township’s case, a$10,000 annual opt-out for 10years was approved. In bothcases, the funds were to be usedfor road maintenance.
Strictly speaking, Olson saidthe townships hadn’t submittedall the proper paperwork to gettheir opt-out implemented. Theopt-outs were not included ontheir levy requests.
Commissioner Allen Sinclairasked if the information that hadbeen supplied to the auditor’s of-fice had, in the past, been suffi-cient to get the opt-out leviesadded.
Olson responded that it wasquite possible that, in practice, ithad been in previous years.
“(The township officials) seri-ously in their hearts felt like theyhad done everything they weresupposed to do,” he said. “I trulybelieve they did.”
Conversations may have beenheld that weren’t reflected in thedocumentation of the case, Olsonadmitted.
He pointed out that he wasnot able to talk with YanktonCounty Auditor Paula Jonesabout the matter. She has beenon medical leave since February.
It was confirmed that the opt-out levies will be included on the2013 taxes payable in 2014.
Commissioners expressedconcern about the townshipshaving the money they need todo road maintenance this year.
Ray Epp, chairman of theVolin township board, told thecommission the shortfall will puthis organization in a tough spotthis year.
Commissioner Garry Mooreasked, “If the county had enoughmoney, could it pay forward onthe opt-out and then on the finalyear keep the revenue as a re-payment on what we paid for-ward on it?”
Olson said he believes therecould be some legal problemswith that solution and added thatit would definitely be a problemfrom his standpoint as an auditor.
Taking a slightly different tact,Sinclair asked if the money couldsimply be loaned to the town-ships, who could then pay thecounty back with opt-out funds.
“There is no statutory author-
ity for counties to do that,” Olsonsaid. “Counties are not banks.”
Commission Chairman BruceJensen said Yankton CountyState’s Attorney Rob Klimischwill be consulted about whetherthe county has options to assistthe townships this year.
“They need the money,” hesaid. “If there is any way we canhelp them that is reasonable,we’ll do it. On the other hand,(the money we would have tooffer) is other taxpayers’ money,so it is a touchy situation.”
Klimisch was present forOlson’s presentation Tuesday,but he offered no thoughts on thematter.
In other business, the commis-sion opted to allow the YanktonCounty Highway Department towork four 10-hour days a weekfrom June 3 through Aug. 29.
Highway Superintendent BrianGustad had proposed the changein hours from April through Octo-ber during the commission’s lastmeeting. He said he based theidea off what other counties inthe state do.
Gustad told the commissionthe adjustment would mean lesstravel time for employees fromthe work site to the highwayshop, fuel savings, less wear andtear on equipment and an in-crease in the amount of work thatcould be done during a day.
Also, an on-call list would beimplemented so employeeswould be available for weekendemergencies.
Jensen and Sinclair still hadconcerns that no one would beavailable on Fridays if situationsarose. As a compromise, Sinclairsaid he would support thechange if a skeleton crew wereworking on Fridays to do mainte-nance duties and be available forcalls.
Gustad said he could acceptthe amendment to his proposal.
Moore put forward a motionto approve the plan as originallyproposed by Gustad, but Com-missioner Donna Freng, Jensenand Sinclair opposed it.
Sinclair’s compromise planwas then voted on and passed 4-1, with Moore opposing it. Hesaid he liked the idea of individu-als doing maintenance on theirown vehicles, as is typically donenow. Having other people workon vehicles could be a “recipe fordisaster,” Moore stated.
You can follow Nathan Johnsonon Twitter at twitter.com/AnIn-landVoyage
piano and guitar. After graduatingfrom Freeman Academy in 2003,he continued to pursue those in-terests in college, earning a de-gree from USD in musical theaterperformance and film acting witha minor in composition.
Following graduation, Graberspent a short time in New Yorkbefore moving to the Twin Cities,where he worked in musical the-ater, films and commercials. Healso finished his musical, “TheMusic Box,” which debuted lastyear.
After three years in Min-nesota, Graber moved to Los An-geles to pursue a greater varietyof work.
“I kind of capped out there. Ifelt like I couldn’t go further,” hesaid. “I actually miss Minnesota,but you have to go where thework is.”
While Graber continues tosearch for acting roles, he said heis focusing on his singer/song-writer career. He currently is writ-ing a new show, “Big Blue Bike,”and is also forming a new band.
“I’m keeping myself busy withplenty of projects out here,” hesaid. “I’m just having a lot fun.”
You can follow Derek Bartos onTwitter at twitter.com/d_bartos
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