All Obituaries

Fort Yates, ND-Mass of Christian Burial for Victoria B. Putnam, 80, of Ft. Yates will be 11:00 am Saturday, May 22, 2021 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Ft. Yates.   Inurnment will be June 4, 2021 in St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery.           There will be a liturgical wake service Friday at 7:00 pm with visitation from 5:00 – 7:00 pm at the church.   Victoria died May 8, 2021 at Sanford Medical Center Bismarck....

Aberdeen, SD-Funeral Service for Robert “Bob” Ranft, 92, of Aberdeen will be 11:00 am Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at Carlsen Funeral Home and Crematory. Pastor Mark Marion will officiate. Burial will be 11:00 am Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at Restlawn Memory Gardens, Huron, SD with military rites. Bob died peacefully May 7, 2021 at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital. Bob was born June 21, 1928 in Vayland, SD, the son of Walter and Dorothy (Stewart) Ranft. After graduating from high school...

Elsie (Schick) Heilman, 98, of Eureka died Thursday, May 6, 2021 at the Avera Eureka Health Care Center. Elsie was born to John A. and Christina (Beck) Schick on March 5, 1923 at the family farm home in Campbell County, SD. She graduated from Lake School in that county and from Eureka High School with the class of 1941. She attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa and Northern State College in Aberdeen, SD. Elsie taught rural school one year and the sixth grade in Eureka for two years....

Eureka, SD-Funeral Service for Jannel Louise Bentz, 54, of Eureka will be 10:30 am Saturday, May 15, 2021 at Eureka United Methodist Church.  Pastor Ken Ballard will officiate.  The service will be live streamer and available at www.Carlsenfh.com under Jannel’s obituary.   Burial will be in Artas Cemetery.   Closed casket visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the church.   Jannel died May 5, 2021 at Bowdle Nursing Home.   Jannel...

Aberdeen, SD-Memorial Service for Gina Ann Marohl, 59, of Aberdeen will be 10:30 am Thursday, May 13, 2021 at Carlsen Funeral Home and Crematory.  Pastor Mike Waldrop will officiate. Inurnment will be at 3:30 pm in Milbank City Cemetery, Milbank, SD with Rev. Devern Schwenn officiating.        Gina died Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at her home.   Gina Ann Helmbrecht, daughter of Wilbert F. and Arlys I. (Grabow) Helmbrecht was born May 16, 1961 at Milbank,...

Venturia, ND-Funeral service for Janice Kay Schumacher, 65, of Venturia will be 11:00 am Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at Zion Lutheran Church in Ashley.  Pastor Dale Burling will officiate.  The service will be live streamed and available at www.Carlsenfh.com under Janice’s obituary.       Burial will be in Ashley City Cemetery.   There will be a prayer service at 7:30 pm Monday with visitation from 5:00-7:30 pm at the funeral home.    Janice...

Eureka, SD-Funeral Service for James Albert Quenzer, 58, of Eureka will be 11:00 am Friday, April 23, 2021 at Zion American Lutheran Church in Eureka. Rev. Ryan Gage will officiate. Burial will be in Eureka City Cemetery. There will be a prayer service at 7:00 pm, Thursday with visitation from 5:00-7:00 pm at the funeral home. James died April 18, 2021 at Aberdeen Health and Rehab after a courageous battle with cancer. James Albert Quenzer was born October 2, 1962 to Albert and...

Aberdeen, SD-James Arthur Yback, 57, of Aberdeen died Saturday, April 17, 2021 at his home. Arrangements are pending with Carlsen Funeral Home and Crematory of Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, SD-Private Family Funeral Service for Lester Dais, 86, of Aberdeen will be 2:00 pm Thursday, April 15, 2021 at Carlsen Funeral Home in Eureka. Rev. Gary Compton will officiate.   Burial will be in Church of God Seventh-Day Cemetery, rural Eureka. Lester died April 13, 2021 at Avera Mother Joseph Manor in Aberdeen. There will be a Public Memorial Service held in July. Lester Leroy Dais, son of Reuben and Mary (Kalner) Dais was born September 5, 1934 on the family...

Pollock Pine, CA-William A. Puchalski, 68, of Pollock Pine, CA died Saturday, April 10, 2021 in Aberdeen, SD. Arrangements with Carlsen Funeral Home and Crematory of Aberdeen.