Alma G. (Hofer) Rames, age 103, formerly of Madison, died Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society in Canton. Private family services will be held and a public celebration of life will be held at a later date at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madison. A full obituary is forthcoming.

Albert Scott Woods, age 61, of Madison, died Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at Ava’s House under hospice care, in Sioux Falls. Memorial services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church at a later date. Albert was born on July 25th 1958, to Phyllis Jean Hirtes and Albert Woods in Artesia, CA. He attended Santa Fa High School in Santa Fa Springs, CA, where he meet his wife Rachel Gonzales. The couple were married on April 29th, 1978. To this union, three children were born; Jim, Stacy, and...

Clifford Gonzales, age 59, of Madison, formerly of California, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at the Madison Regional Health System. Arrangements are pending.

Darlene J. Renner, age 94, formerly of Madison, SD, died Tuesday March 17, 2020 at Majestic Bluffs Nursing Home in Yankton, SD after a short bout with pneumonia. A celebration of life service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madison at a later date. Burial will be held at Graceland Cemetery in Madison. Due to current healthcare precautions, a private funeral service will be held for immediate family only.  Extended family and friends will be invited to a memorial service at a...

Duane (Dewey) Stanley Hyland, age 69, passed away February 18, 2020 at Madison Regional Hospital surrounded by his loved ones after a brave, 9 year battle with multiple myeloma. Funeral services will be 1:30 PM, Saturday, February 22, 2020, at Grace Lutheran Church at Nunda. Burial will follow at Prairie Queen Cemetery rural Nunda. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Friday, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7. Duane was born to Stanley Duane and Eunice (Alverson) Hyland on...

Philip D. Sonen, age 84, of Madison, died Saturday, February 1, 2020, at Madison Regional Health System, after a battle with COPD. He was surrounded by his loving family. A traditional service celebrating his life will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, February 6, 2020, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madison. Burial will follow at the Colman Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 PM, Wednesday at the Ellsworth Funeral Home in Madison. Phil was born on October 1, 1935, on the family farm in rural SD, to Philip...

Alice E. Severson (Abraham), age 94, of Sioux Falls, entered heaven on Friday, January 31, 2020, after a valiant battle with health issues at Touchmark at All Saints in Sioux Falls. Her devotion to family and belief in God supported her and finally gave her peace. Her celebration of life will be at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at the Abiding Savior Free Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. Burial will follow at Hills of Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 PM, Tuesday, with a prayer...

Holly Marie Stubbs, age 83, of Madison, and Yuma, AZ, died Saturday, January 25, 2020, at the Yuma Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 8, 2020, at the Madison United Methodist Church. Inurnment will be held at a later date at Hills of Rest Cemetery in Sioux Falls. Visitation will be 4-6 PM, Friday, February 7, 2020, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home in Madison. Holly Marie Stone was born December 5th, 1936 at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls to...

Elna Vadnais Hawkes, age 84, of Madison, died Sunday, January 19, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society in Howard. A graveside ceremony and interment will be at the Fielding Memorial Cemetery, in Idaho Falls, ID, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2019. 3:00 p.m. Out of the turbulence of the dust bowl 30’s, came Elna Lavern Vadnais, the seventh of twelve children born to Alfred and Lavern Behling Vadnais in Kilgore, ID, On Feb. 23, 1935.  A blessing of growing up on a remote cattle ranch in...

Olga Julia Abraham went to be with her beloved husband on Saturday January 18, 2020 at the Madison Regional Health System. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 25, 2020, at the United Methodist Church in Madison. Burial will be prior to services at the St. John Lutheran Cemetery rural Ramona. Visitation will be 4-6 PM, Friday, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home. Olga was born June 13, 1926 on a farm east of Madison, SD to Michael and Anna (Graese) Janke. She attended elementary...