Fredrick Milton Buehler, age 85, of Stevens Point, WI, died on Friday, November 19, 2021. He passed away at Portage County Health Care Center in Stevens Point, WI. Memorial graveside services will be held in the spring of 2022 at Graceland Cemetery in Madison. Fredrick Buehler was born on July 2, 1936, at Madison, to Milton and Clara (Klostreich) Buehler. He graduated from Madison Central High School and attended General Beadle College, now DSU. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts...

Mary Jane Todd, age 97, of Madison, passed away on Saturday, November 13, 2021, at United Living Community in Brookings. Funeral services will be 1:30 PM, Friday, November 19, 2021, at the Madison United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services on Friday. Mary Jane (Way) was born on June 21, 1924, on a farm near Wessington Springs, to Russell and Neva (Gist) Way. After she graduated from Hetland High School in 1942, she...

Ruth Bagley, age 91, of Madison, died Friday, November 5, 2021, at Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at the Church of the Nazarene in Madison. Burial will follow at Prospect Cemetery, rural Chester. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home. Ruth was born on October 13, 1930, to Tom and Ellen (Getty) Straw. On August 22, 1953, she married Marvin Bagley at the Church of the Nazarene in...

Irma Martin, age 99, of Madison, died Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison. Per her request, no funeral service will be held. Inurnment will be held at Ash Grove Cemetery. Irma was born on May 8, 1922, to Alvin and Mary (Struwe) Brooks. Irma attended Spring Lake school number 9 in Kingsbury County for her elementary school years. She attended Sinai High School for one year, and completed her high school years at Ramona, graduating in 1939 as...

Nancy VanRosendale, age 81, of Madison, died Tuesday, October 26, 2021, at Heritage Senior Living in Madison. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, October 30, 2021, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home in Madison. Burial will follow at the Graceland Cemetery in Madison. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. She was born on September 3, 1940, in Flandreau, to Gerald (Bud) and Beverly (Sayles) Nace. She graduated from Colman High School in 1958 and attended Stewart’s School of...

Else Feistner, age 102, died Sunday, October 24, 2021, at Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Redfield. Burial will follow at the Tulare Cemetery. A prayer service will be at 7 PM, Tuesday, at St. John Lutheran Church in Madison. Else Stellmacher was born in a farm house near Hitchcock, SD, on October 19, 1919, to Reinhold and Sophie (Witte) Stellmacher. She attended a one-room school near the farm...

Geraldine Leota (Young) Persoon was called home to her Heavenly Father at the age of 93 on Monday, October 4, 2021, in Sioux Falls. Suffering from dementia, her final days were spent being cared for by her family and the compassionate staff of AsceraCare Hospice. Her husband and best friend for more than 72 years provided her with his unwavering love and support. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, October 9, 2021, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home in Madison. Burial will...

Marjorie Haskins, age 95, of Madison, died Monday September 27, 2021, at the Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Friday, October 1, 2021, at the Madison United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at the Oldham Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services on Friday. Marjorie Mae Haskins was born February 9, 1926, to Foster and Ethel Haskins, Oldham. She contracted polio at age 2 and lost use of her right leg. She treasured her farm life and learned...

Della Mae Hoffman (Johnson), age 87, passed away of natural causes on September 19, 2021, at her home. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Thursday, September 23, 2021, at the Ellsworth Funeral Home. Visitation will resume from 2-3 PM on Friday. Burial will follow Friday’s visitation at Graceland Cemetery in Madison. She was born April 12, 1934, on a farm in southern Lake County to Dell and Ethel (Sherman) Johnson. Della graduated from Madison High School in 1952, and attended a one year...

Tena Estelle Boellaard, age 85, passed away peacefully Saturday, September 18, 2021, at the Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown. No services will be held. Tena will be laid to rest with her mother in their family plot at the Ramona City Cemetery. Tena may have only stood 5' but her personality was so much bigger. Tena loved all things beautiful such as flowers, outdoor walks, coloring, and anything soft such as her fuzzy socks. One of her favorite pastimes was...