Area Death Notices, Jan. 3-12, 2026

Saturday, Jan. 3 

Steven “Hambone” Hammond, 62, Canton

Sheryl Larson, 80, Sioux Falls

Colette Logan, 58, Sioux Falls

Joann McChesney, 83, Canton

David O’Banion, 85, Sioux Falls

Nathan Overgard, 32, Sioux Falls 

Rick Stoebner, 70, Brookings

Harlan Van Egdom, 79, Hawarden, Iowa

Sunday, Jan. 4

Dean Ahrendt, 75, Hartford

Saranne “Sally” Ensberg, 95, Sioux Falls

Marjorie Kadinger, 85, Sioux Falls

Julie Mathers, 67, Canistota

Susan “Sue” Salem, 86, Sioux Falls

Patricia Trosin, 76, Sioux Falls

June Wika, 95, Sioux Falls

Tom Winter, 72, Pipestone, Minn.

Monday, Jan. 5

Ariana Barajas, 19, Sioux Falls

Nina Larson, 87, Sioux Falls

Grace MacArthur, 101, Brandon

Rex Olson, 65, Pollock

Beverly Ross, 89, Brookings

Jane Schultz, 77, Brandon

Michelle Sedelmeier, 55, Viborg, formerly of Sioux Falls

Dave Quam, 77, Brookings

Lucy Wallerich, 88, Pipestone, Minn.

Dorothy Wathen, 91, Sioux Falls

Ronald “Ron” Weisenburger, 78, Sioux Falls

Tuesday, Jan. 6

James “Jim” Even, 86, Sioux Falls

Thomas Gordon, 80, Scotland

Lorna Jacobs, 96, Waco, Texas

Margene Kooima, 84, Rock Valley, Iowa

Mary Negaard, 91, Sioux Falls

Wednesday, Jan. 7

Dennis DeGroot, 81, Sioux Falls

Lloyd Goldhammer, 92, Madison

Charles “Chuck” Heesch, 87, Elkton

David “Hexy” Hexamer, 75, Sioux Falls

Janice Howd, 75, Garretson

Zoey Mendoza, 13, Baltic

Glenda Meyer, 70, Sioux Falls

Thursday, Jan. 8

Janice Fulton Howd, 75, Garretson

Debra Moe, 61, Sioux Falls

Kathy Mousel, 68, Sioux Falls

Kathleen Myre, 65, Garretson

Todd Schamp, 57, Brookings

Sister Sherrey Murphy, OSF, 83, Springfield, Ill.

Mary Jo Walter, 87, Freeman

Friday, Jan. 9

Donna Bahr, 83, Brookings 

Pauline “Pat” bauman, 91, Rock Valley, Iowa

LeAnn Bills, 68, Sioux Falls

Geraldine Dains, 93, Sioux Falls

Darlene Friesen, 88, Sioux Falls

Mildred “Millie” Hotchkiss, 94, rural Humboldt

Wiliam “Bill” Murray, 97, Sioux Falls

Kendra Paulson, 41, Madison

Linda Peters, 76, Hull, Iowa

Saturday, Jan. 10

Robert Batchelder, 62, Hawarden, Iowa

Edith Christiansen, 93, Brookings, formerly of Flandreau

Kimberly Schwenke-Cram, 59, Madison

Gilbert Hoogendoorn, 88, Rock Valley, Iowa, formerly of George, Iowa

Suzette “Sue” Sherwood, 76, Sioux Falls

Sunday, Jan. 11

Sharon Becker, 82, Sioux Falls

Dorothy Eide, 100 Sioux Falls

Lois Roelofs, 83, Sioux Falls

Leonard Weber, 104, Sioux Falls

Monday, Jan. 12

James “Jim” Connelly, 68, Sioux Falls