Randal Roger Rist, 78, of Brandon, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026 at Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls
A memorial service, followed by military honors and burial, was held Friday, Sept. 4, 2026 at the South Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Sioux Falls.
Obituaries
Donald M. Grooms, 90, of Brandon, died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026 at Bethany Home, Brandon.
David Allan Sneller, 75, of rural Valley Springs, passed away peacefully at his home following a lengthy illness on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Ramona Carol Moe, 95, Sioux Falls, formerly of Brandon, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, at Bethany Home in Sioux Falls,
Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, with a Prayer Service at 3:30 p.m. at Heartland Funeral Home. Memorial services will begin at 11 am.. Monday, Sept. 14, at Eastside Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls. Inurnment will follow at Brandon Lutheran Cemetery. This service will be livestreamed.
Richard “Dick” Nussbaum, 92, of Brandon, formerly of Garretson, passed away on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Zion Lutheran Church in Garretson. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Friday, at the Minnehaha Funeral Home in Garretson. In lieu of flowers, memorial may be directed to Zion Lutheran Church.
Beverly M. Hutt, 91, of Sioux Falls, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026 at Bethany Home in Brandon. Memorial services were held Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 at Faith Temple Church, Sioux Falls.
Bonita Allene Edwards, 77, of Rapid City, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Rapid City, from pancreatic cancer.
A memorial service was held Monday, Aug. 31 at First Congregational Church UCC, , Rapid City. Private inurnment will occur at a later date.
Maddy VanEngen, 33, of Ocheyedan, Iowa passed away, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026 at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, Minn.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026 at First Reformed Church in Sibley, Iowa. Burial was in the Ocheyedan Township Cemetery.
Richard “Dick” Nussbaum, 92, of Brandon, formerly of Garretson, passed away on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Zion Lutheran Church in Garretson. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Friday, at the Minnehaha Funeral Home in Garretson. In lieu of flowers, memorial may be directed to Zion Lutheran Church.
Richard was born on Jan. 27, 1934, to Richard and Leona (Kearney) Nussbaum in Garretson. He attended grades 1-8 in a country school and graduated from Garretson High School in 1952. He was a member of the Slip-Up 4-H Club and was chief of the Sioux Empire Fair in 1953. He married Marjorie Lee at Brandon Lutheran Church on Sept. 25, 1954.
Richard was employed at Sioux Falls Construction Company building dormitories at Augustana College. He wheeled countless wheelbarrow loads of cement. After two years he joined the U.S. Army and went to Fort Chafee in Arkansas for basic training. He served at Travis Air Force base in Fairfield, Calif., until his discharge in July 1958.
Artilda F. Haffner met Jesus face to face in the late afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, held in the arms of her two children in her home, following a recent diagnosis of cancer. She was surrounded by the same love she spent a lifetime giving away. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 5 p.m. at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls.
