Richard JensenRichard Dale (Dick)

Jensen of Cherokee, Iowaformally of Irene, passedaway October 25, 2014 at theCherokee Villa NursingHome Cherokee Iowa.

Memorial services will be10:30 a.m., Saturday, Novem-ber 1, 2014, at CalvaryLutheran Church, Irene withPastor Mark Ostrem officiat-ing. Burial will follow atTurkey Valley Cemetery andHill Crest Cemetery ruralIrene.

Dick was the oldest sonof Arlo and Daisy (Andersen)Jensen. He was born on No-vember 3, 1929 on a farm inrural Clay County. Dick at-tended Wakonda Star Town-ship country school throughthe 8th grade and Irene HighSchool in Irene.

At the age of 16, he en-listed in the Marine Corp,celebrating his 17th birthdayin Peiping, China. He servedfive years as a Marine. Hethen re-enlisted in the UnitedStates Air force where heserved for the next 23 years.During his military career hewas stationed in China,

Panama,Guam,Korea, Viet-nam, alongwith numer-ous basesthroughoutthe UnitedStates. Hewasawarded nu-

merous medals and com-mendations during hiscareer, including his cher-ished Bronze Star, Meritori-ous Service medal, twocommendation Medals withOak Leaf Clusters, and theVietnam Cross of Gallantrywith Palm, along with fourCampaign Stars for Vietnamand the Air Force Outstand-ing Unit Citation. Dick honor-ably served in WWII, theKorean Conflict and the Viet-nam War.

Dick was a life member ofthe V.F.W., American Legion,DAV, Vietnam Veterans Asso-ciation, Scottish Rite, Ma-sonic Joppa 120 Lodge, andpast member for 33 years ofthe Aloha Shrine.

In 1958 Dick married Re-becca Lease in Ridgeley,West Virginia. To this union

three children were born,Daisy (Penny), Candy andRichard Jr. (Jay). Upon retir-ing from the military thefamily purchased a farmnear Freeman, Rebecca losther long battle with cancerin 1983. In 1988, Dick mar-ried Florence (Flo) ReisnerFiedler. They lived on thefarm west of Irene until 2010when they moved to Chero-kee, Iowa to be closer toFlo’s family due to Dick’s de-clining health.

Survivors include his wifeFlo of Cherokee Iowa, daugh-ters Daisy (Keith) Halvorson,Dubuque, IA., Candy (Arlen)Halvorson, Edmond City,OK., and Jay (Becky)Jensen,Irene, stepchildren Leslie(Roger) Williams, Paullina,IA., Cindy (Dean) Gravenish,Mike (Angie) Fiedler, and Jeff(Lisa) Fiedler all of Chero-kee, Ia. He is also survivedby 22 grandchildren, numer-

ous great grandchildren,nieces and nephews and hischerished friend Dick Sher-man and his wife LeAnna.

He was preceded in deathby his parents, his first wifeRebecca and brothers Keith(KB) Jensen, Douglas Jensen,and Merle in infancy.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

October 29, 2014

Warren SylliaasenWarren Sylliaasen, for-

merly of the Mission Hillarea and son of the lateJames and Alice Sylliaasenand brother of Dory Ahern ofYankton, died Saturday, Oct.25, 2014, at the Hospice of theHills, Rapid City of cancer.

Funeral services areplanned for viewing on Sun-day and service and burialMonday at the Black HillsNational Cemetery in Sturgis.

Delbert BrodersMass of Christian Burial

for Delbert S. Broders, 87, ofLindy, Nebraska, are 10:30a.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014,at St. Andrew’s CatholicChurch in Bloomfield, Ne-braska, with the ReverendMichael Schmitz as Cele-brant.

Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today(Wednesday) at St. Andrew’sCatholic Church, with a 6:30p.m. Vigil Service.

Brockhaus Funeral Homeof Bloomfield is in charge ofarrangements.

Delbert died Monday, Oct.27, 2014, at Avera SacredHeart Hospital in Yankton.

Lynette DannenbringLynette Dannenbring, 60,

died Oct. 26 at Avera SacredHeart Hospital in Yankton.

Services are at 10:30 a.m.Friday at Salem Free LutheranChurch, rural Freeman.

Visitation starts at 6:30p.m. Thursday, with a prayerservice at 7 p.m., at theViborg Funeral Home.

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ing poinsettias. Monies raised are used to assist children inneed in the Yankton County area. The price is $10.

To order, call (605) 260-9284 (you may leave a message),or you can email rfrank@iw.net.

Orders must be in by Thursday, Oct. 30. Flowers will beavailable on or about Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Democrats to Host Voter Event FridayThe Yankton Democratic Party will be hosting an infor-

mational meet-and-greet event at party headquarters at 5p.m. Friday, Oct. 31. This event will focus on the Medicaidexpansion portion of the Affordable Health Care law. JayWilliams, Democratic candidate for State House, will beleading a discussion of the Medicaid expansion focusing onthe economic impact of the rejection of the expansion bythe state government.

In an effort to inform voters about the issues and thecandidate positions on these issues, the Yankton Demo-cratic Party has been hosting a series of meetings duringthis campaign season. This is the final event of the 2014campaign, and everyone is welcome. We encourage votersto join us to ask questions and to share their views.

This event will be held outside of the Yankton Demo-cratic Party headquarters located at the corner of 3rdStreet and Capital (232 Capital Street) in Historic Down-town Yankton. There will be refreshments available and theevent is open to the public

Early voting for this election is under way, however, thedeadline for voter registration for this election has passed.Registered voters can cast their ballots by visiting theCounty Auditor’s office located on Broadway between 2ndand 3rd Street in downtown Yankton. Sample ballots andother informational materials can be found at both theCounty Auditor’s office and at the Yankton Democratic Head-quarters.

Anyone interested in information on early voting or any-one who needs assistance getting to the polling place to casttheir votes can contact the Yankton Democratic Party at(605) 260-0527.

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Gordon MettlerGordon Arnold Mettler,

age 81 of Menno, passedaway Monday evening, Oc-tober 27, 2014 at the MennoOlivet Care Center. He wassurrounded by his lovingfamily.

Funeral services will be10:30 a.m. Thursday, Octo-ber 30, 2014 at the Zion Re-formed Church, Menno withRev. Travis Grassmid offici-ating. Burial will be in theMenno Cemetery with mili-tary graveside rites by theRames-Bender American Le-gion Post #183, Menno andthe South Dakota Army Na-tional Guard Honor Guard.

Visita-tions will befrom 5 to 8p.m.Wednesday,October 29,2014 at theAisenbrey-Opsahl-Kos-tel

Memorial Chapel, Menno,and then one hour prior tothe service at the church.

Gordon Arnold Mettlerwas born February 15, 1933to Jacob F. and Magdalena(nee Mettler) Mettler on thefamily farm four miles northof Menno, SD. He was bap-tized by Reverend Huene-

mann and confirmed byReverend Korn in Zion Re-formed Church.

Gordon graduated fromMenno High School in 1951with his twin brother, Ger-ald. He attended AugustanaCollege prior to serving inthe U.S. Army from 1953until being honorable dis-charged on September 15,1955. When he returned, heattended SDSU and gradu-ated with a Bachelor of Sci-ence in 1959 with a degreein Animal Husbandry. Hemarried Patricia A. Conradon August 25, 1956 in Cali-fornia, and they started tofarm north of Menno until

he was injured in a farm ac-cident, which left him quad-riplegic. After returningfrom the hospital, he startedan insurance business. Healso taught an Adult VeteranAg Class for two years. In1969, he became the Busi-ness Manager at the MennoSchool District until his re-tirement in 1994. While inthe insurance business, healso opened a tax counsel-ing business, which he ranuntil 2009. In 1995, when theMenno Pioneer Heritage As-sociation was organized, heserved as the treasurer until2013. He was a lifelong mem-ber at Zion Reformed

Church. He sang in thechurch choir and in thecommunity Men’s chorus.

Gordon is survived byPat, his wife of 58 years;four children: Rhonda(Danny) Poole, Renee Met-tler (Terry Isaacson) anddaughters, Taryn andHanna, David (Patty) Met-tler and son, Lucas, and Tri-cia Mettler (Kevin Gray) andchildren, Zane and Kai; hisbrother, Ray Mettler; sister-in-law, Carol Mettler, andbrothers-in-law, CliffordHandel and Forrest (Barb)Conrad.

He was preceded indeath by his parents, sis-

ters: Cecilia Huenemann,Elsie (Willard) Herrboldt,Erna (Robert) Tueting,Helen Handel, brothers, Ger-ald Mettler, and Calvin Met-tler, and two siblings whopassed in childhood,Richard and Hildegard, aswell as cousins, nieces andnephews.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

October 29, 2014

Laurentia BonertzLaurentia B. Bonertz, 94,

of Yankton passed on Mon-day, October 27, 2014 at theAvera Sister James CareCenter, Yankton.

Mass of Christian Burialwill be 10:30 a.m., Thursday,October 30, 2014 at St. Bene-dict Catholic Church, Yank-ton with Rev. Ken Lulfofficiating. Burial will be inthe Sacred Heart Cemetery.

Visita-tions willbegin at 5p.m.,Wednesday,October 29,2014 at theOpsahl-Kos-tel FuneralHome and

Crematory, Yankton with a 7p.m. Wake service. Visitationswill resume one hour prior to

the service at the church.Laurentia was born Sep-

tember 30, 1920 in Con-stance, NE to Steve andMary (Lange) Keiser. Shewas baptized and confirmedin the Catholic Church. Lau-rentia was united in mar-riage to Ralph (Pete)Bonertz on June 10, 1953 inYankton. She had a love forthe outdoors and being afarm wife, especially garden-

ing. She also loved hersewing, craftwork and beinga mom.

Her memory will becherished by her children:Terry (Karen) Bonertz ofMinneapolis, MN, Keith(Rossi) Bonertz of Spokane,WA, Kevin (Jessica) Bonertzof Salt Lake, UT, Pamela(Mark) Sechser of Harris-burg, Beverly (Jerome)Mueller of St. Helena, NE,

Lynae Bonertz of Lincoln,NE, Dale (Cecilia) Bonertz ofFort Collins, CO and DianeBonertz of Sioux Falls, SD;16 grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; one sister, Sr.Elmera Keiser of Yankton,SD; sisters-in-law, LugardisBonertz of York NE andViola Suing of Hartington,NE and many nieces andnephews.

She was preceded indeath by her husband,Ralph, parents, and broth-ers and sisters: Ed Keiser,Ray Keiser, Hilda Maly andPauline Kohles.

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From P&D Staff Reports

A traffic signal at the in-tersection of Fourth St. andDouglas Ave. that has beenblinking for nearly a weeknow is not on the choppingblock.

According to City Man-ager Amy Nelson, the sig-nal is an older model thatrequires additional workand outside help to correcta malfunction.

Nelson told Monday’smeeting of the City Com-mission that the city andstate were working to fixthe problem. No timeframewas offered

Nelson said while thisdoesn’t mean the signal isgoing to be removed, thereare plans to replace it witha newer model during con-struction of FourthSt./Highway 50 next year.

Traffic Light In YanktonMalfunctioning

Possible Riverboat Days Scam WarningThe Riverboat Days Board of Directors has been notified

by some concerned citizens that a possible phone scam hasreturned to the area.

Callers are being told that they have won a trip or cruiseand they only need to provide a credit card to claim theirprize. This offer is not sponsored by Riverboat Days andshould be considered a scam. Do not provide any personal in-formation to the callers.

Contact the Yankton Police Department at 668-5210 withany information regarding this scam.

Scotland Church To Hold ExtravaganzaSCOTLAND — Zion Lutheran Church in Scotland is hosting

a Soup Extravaganza and Silent Basket Auction on Sunday,Nov. 2, running from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The public is invitedto attend this fundraising event.

SIOUX FALLS — Morethan 1,000 of SouthDakota's best high schoolvocal and instrumental mu-sicians will gather in SiouxFalls for the 62nd annualSouth Dakota All-State Cho-rus and Orchestra on Fri-day and Saturday, Oct.31-Nov. 1.

The All-State activitieswill culminate with a GrandConcert at the Sioux FallsArena beginning at 7 p.m.(CDT) on Saturday evening,Nov, 1. Concert tickets canbe purchased at www.tick-etmaster.com/, by calling 1-866-625-4586 or at the boxoffice in the Sioux FallsArena. The doors of theArena will open for the Con-cert at 5:30 on Saturdayevening.

The annual All-StateChorus & Orchestra, spon-sored by South Dakota HighSchool Activities Associa-tion, is the largest inter-scholastic high schoolmusic activity held in SouthDakota. The 2014 All-StateChorus includes 956singers representing 151

South Dakota high schools.The All-State Orchestra iscomprised of 161 musiciansfrom 25 schools.

The guest conductorsfor the 2014 All-State Cho-rus & Orchestra Concertare Dr. Andre Thomas fromFlorida State University,Tallahassee, Florida andJane Linde Capistran fromConcordia College, Moor-head, Minnesota. Dr.Thomas will conduct theAll-State Chorus while Ms.Capistran will lead the 2014All-State Orchestra.

During the All-StateGrand Concert, the SouthDakota Music Educators As-sociation will recognizeseveral high schools and in-dividuals for their contribu-tions to music in SouthDakota.

The South Dakota HighSchool Activities Associa-tion will present its“SDHSAA DistinguishedService Award” to Dr. RickRognstad, Vermillion, andFaye Stryzewski,Chamberlain.

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