Obituaries

Virgil Klock

Virgil Klock

Oct 25, 2025

Virgil Klock, 92 of Chancellor, passed away on October 25, 2025 at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home, Viborg. Funeral Service will be at 10:30 AM Monday, Novemvber 3, 2025 at the Chancellor Reformed Church. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Sunday, November 2, 2025 at the church. Virgil’s service will be broadcasted on his obituary page at hofmeisterjones.com. Arrangements provided...

Jason Benson

Jason Benson

Oct 24, 2025

Jason Benson, 51 of Inwood, IA, passed away unexpectedly on October 24, 2025. Memorial Service will be held at 4:00 PM Saturday, November 1, 2025 at the Calvary Reformed Church, Monroe. Arrangements provided by Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home.

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Marlene Berens

Marlene Berens

Oct 16, 2025

Marlene L. Berens, 88 died Thursday, October 16, 2025 at Good Samaritan Heartstone in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be at 10:30am Monday, October 20, 2025 at Grace Lutheran Church, Parker with burial at Rosehill Cemetery, Parker. Visitation will be from 5-7pm Sunday evening at Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home, Parker.

Marlene Leona Berens was born on August 5, 1937 in Humboldt,...

LeRoy Davis

LeRoy Davis

Oct 12, 2025

LeRoy Davis, 69 of Parker, passed away surrounded by his family on October 12, 2025 at the Sanford USD Medical Center. Memorial Service will be at 11:00 AM Friday, October 24, 2025 at the Parker First Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Thursday, October 23, 2025 at the church with a Prayer Service beginning at 7:00 PM. Arrangements...

Arlon Knock

Arlon Knock

Oct 1, 2025

Arlon Knock, 72 of Tea, passed away surrounded by his family on October 1, 2025 at Ava's House in Sioux Falls. Funeral Service will be at 10:30 Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Lennox. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Monday, October 6, 2025 at the church in the Multi-Purpose Room. Arrangements provided by Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home. In...

Rodney Peterson

Rodney Peterson

Sep 26, 2025

Rodney Dennis Peterson, 83,formerly of Viborg, passed away on Friday, September 26, at Center Point Medical Center in Independence, MO. Funeral services will be held at the Community Center in Viborg, SD, on Friday, October 3, at 10:30 a.m. Visitation with family present will be Thursday, October 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Chapel in Viborg, SD....

Verda Sherard

Verda Sherard

Sep 20, 2025

Verda Jeannine Sherard, 84, of Hurley, SD died on Sept. 20, 2025 after a brief stay at the Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls. She left surrounded by family and was greeted by her Lord and Savior and family members who went before her. Funeral Service will be at 10:30 AM Monday, September 29, 2025 at Spring Valley Lutheran Church, Viborg....

Bettie Larsen

Bettie Larsen

Sep 16, 2025

Bettie Leone Larsen, 94, formerly of Sioux Falls, SD, passed away peacefully with family at her side on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg, SD. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Monday, September 22, 2025, at Abiding Savior Free Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, SD followed by burial at Rosehill Cemetery, Parker, SD. Visitation with...

Helen Gunderson

Helen Gunderson

Sep 15, 2025

Helen Louise Gunderson, 97, died on Monday, September 15, 2025 in Omaha, NE. She was born to Henry and Adeline ‘Dolly’ (Gordon) Milbauer on March 15, 1928 west of Irene, SD on the farm that her maternal grandfather homesteaded. The family lived in Yankton County in the Mayfield and Walshtown communities until 1944 when her parents bought a farm north...

Morris L Bemelman

Morris L Bemelman

Sep 13, 2025

Morris L. Bemelman, 94 died Saturday, September 13, 2025 at the Tieszen Memorial Home in Marion.  Graveside services will be at 10:00am Thursday, September 18, 2025 at the Rosehill Cemetery in Parker with military honors.  Arrangements by Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home.  

Morris Lee Bemelman was born on March 11, 1931 near Parker, SD to Harry and Mary (Kinder) Bemelman.  He...

Alden "Bud" Otten

Alden "Bud" Otten

Sep 10, 2025

Bud was born on September 23rd, 1938 in Parker to Fred and Florence (Reiner) Otten and raised on a farm by Tea, SD. He enlisted in the US Air Force in 1956. He started his military career as a dog handler in the military police in Germany. He ended his military career as a fuel engineer instructor. After retiring from...

Alberta Kleinsasser

Alberta Kleinsasser

Sep 8, 2025

Alberta Kleinsasser, 87 of Marion/Monroe, died Monday, September 8, 2025 at her home. Funeral services will be at 10:30am Saturday, September 13, 2025 at Calvary Reformed Church in Monroe with burial in the Missionary Cemetery, rural Freeman, SD. Visitation will be from 5-7pm Friday evening at the church. Arrangements by Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home.

Alberta Ann Kleinsasser (Drost) was born January...

Charles "Chuck" Weber

Charles "Chuck" Weber

Sep 5, 2025

Charles “Chuck” Weber, 75 of Marion, passed away on September 5, 2025. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at St. Christina’s Catholic Church, Parker, with burial to follow at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Marion. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Fellowship Hall, Marion. In...

Larry Waltner

Larry Waltner

Sep 1, 2025

Larry Waltner, 88, died peacefully Monday, September 1st, 2025 at the Ava House Hospice in Sioux Falls, SD surrounded by family. Visitation with family present will be from 5:30-7:00 pm Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at the Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home in Parker, SD with a Prayer Service at 7:00pm. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 pm Thursday, September 4,...

Bruce Sunding

Bruce Sunding

Aug 31, 2025

Clarence “Bruce” Sunding, 85, of Trail, Oregon, passed away peacefully at home on August 31, 2025.

Bruce was born on July 12, 1940, in Highmore, South Dakota, to Clarence and Alvina (Voight) Sunding. He grew up on the family farm north of Highmore and graduated from Highmore High School.

On September 25, 1960, he was united in marriage to Linda Tompkins in...

Larry Hoogestraat

Larry Hoogestraat

Aug 29, 2025

Larry Hoogestraat, 77 of Chancellor, passed away on August 29, 2025 at Ava's House in Sioux Falls. Funeral Service will be at 10:30 AM Friday, September 5, 2025 at the Chancellor Reformed Church, Chancellor. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Thursday, September 4, 2025 at the church. Arrangements provided by Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home.

Larry Allen Hoogestraat passed away surrounded by loved...

Larry R. Larsen

Larry R. Larsen

Aug 28, 2025

Larry Larsen, 78 of Viborg, passed away on August 28, 2025 at the Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton. Funeral Service will be at 10:30 Saturday, September 6, 2025 at the Spring Valley Lutheran Church, Viborg. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Friday, September 5, at the church with a prayer service beginning at 7:00 PM. Arrangements provided by Hofmeister-Jones Funeral...

Rowan "Rosy" Doorn

Rowan "Rosy" Doorn

Aug 22, 2025

Rowan “Rosy” Doorn, 91 of Parker, passed away on August 22, 2025 at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg. Memorial Service will be at 10:00 AM Friday, August 29, 2025 at the Chancellor Reformed Church, Chancellor. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Thursday, August 28, 2025 at the church. Arrangements provided by Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home.

Rowan (Rosy) Doorn, 91, passed...

Mary Ann Keierleber

Mary Ann Keierleber

Aug 15, 2025

“One who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will lodge in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust!’”

Psalm 91:1-2

Born in Midland, Texas, to Raymond and Christine Greene on February 1, 1947, Mary Ann Keierleber was a faithful servant of God throughout her entire...

John Eli

John Eli

Aug 13, 2025

John Eli, 55 of Tea, passed away on August 13, 2025 at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, August 24, 2025 at the Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Chapel, Viborg. Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM. Arrangements provided by Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home.

John Eli died August 13, 2025 at the Avera McKennan Hospital...