Alice C. Clark, age 95, of Madison, died Saturday, August 17, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Society in Howard. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Friday, August 23, 2019, at West Center Baptist Church in Madison. Burial will follow at the Graceland Cemetery in Madison. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Thursday, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home. Alice Charlotte Anderson was born August 28, 1923, in Viborg, to Axel and Fern (Darrow) Anderson. As a child, she attended Big Springs Country School. In 1940,...

Janis L. Myers, age 86, of Madison, formerly of Custer, died Saturday, August 17, 2019, at the Madison Regional Health System. Per Janis’ request, no services will be held.  

Arthur L. Kirby, age 81, of Salem, died Saturday, August 10, 2019, at the Avantara Care Center in Salem. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, August 15, 2019, at the Church of Christ in Sioux Falls. Burial with Military Honors will follow at Graceland Cemetery in Madison. Arthur Lee Kirby was born March 2, 1938 at home in Anderson, Indiana at the address of 2026 Henry St. to Lawrence and Linnie B. (Girt) Kirby. He weighed approximately 2 lbs. at birth. He attended school at...

Dean Kooiker, age 80, of Madison, died, Thursday, August 8, 2019, at Madison Regional Health System. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Tuesday, August 13, 2019, at the Church of the Nazarene in Madison. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery in Madison. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Monday, at Ellsworth Funeral Home. Irwin Dean Kooiker was born January 4, 1939, at Hull, IA, to Albert L. and Margaret (DeJong) Kooiker. Dean was baptized at the First Reform Church in Hull. He then attended a...

Arlie H. Raastad, age 82, of Madison, died Friday, July 19, 2019, at his residence. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Friday, July 26, 2019, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery in Madison. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Thursday, at the funeral home. Arlie Hans Raastad was born in Vienna, SD, on July 7, 1937, to Arvid and Alice (Bossen) Raastad. He attended country school, then Vienna, before graduating from Hazel in 1955. Following graduation, he worked on...

Myrtle I. Brinkman, age 96, of Ramona, died Sunday, July 14, 2019, at the Avantara Care Center in Arlington. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Thursday, July 18, 2019, at St. John Lutheran Church at Ramona. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 PM Wednesday at the Ellsworth Funeral Home in Madison with a prayer service at 7. Myrtle Borchardt was born December 29, 1922, near Litchville, ND, to Henry and Anna (Lebahn) Borchardt. She was baptized in Litchville and...

Brenda Madison McDowell, age 61, of Wentworth, died Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in Sioux Falls. Visitation will be 4-7PM, Monday, July 15, 2019, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home in Madison and will continue after at the Madison VFW. Brenda was born on November 26, 1957, to Bill and Donna (Lewis) Madison at the Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls. She attended Jefferson Grade School until her family moved to Madison. Brenda married Scott Feistner and to this union one son Skye was born. Later...

Merrill “Dean” Haug, age 87, of Madison, died Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison. Funeral services will be 1:30 PM, Sunday, June 2, 2019, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madison. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be 2-4PM, Saturday, at Ellsworth Funeral Home. Merrill Dean Haug was born August 15, 1931 to Clarence Hjelmer Haug and Eva Belle Chapman Haug on the family farm in Collins Township Clark County, S.D. He graduated from Willow...

Carole A. Hallenbeck, age 89, of Casa Grande, AZ, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on Saturday, May 18, 2019. Funeral Services will be 11 am, Saturday, May 25, 2019, at Madison United Methodist Church with burial at Graceland Cemetery.  Visitation will be 5-7 pm Friday at Ellsworth Funeral Home. Carole Alleyne Ewing was born in Keokuk, Iowa to John and Emma (Grauf) Ewing and grew up on a farm in Carthage, Illinois.  She married Edward Hallenbeck in...

Susan Elizabeth “Betty” Hare, 100, of Wentworth, passed away May 18, at Heritage Senior Living in Madison, where she has been a resident for the past 7 years.Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at First Presbyterian Church in Wentworth. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery at Wentworth. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Tuesday, with a prayer service at 6:30 PM, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home. Betty was born in Garretson, SD. on November 11, 1918, the day...