Carole Bosch, 77, of Steen, Minnesota, died peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 16, at Steen Reformed Church in Steen. Burial was in the Eastside Cemetery.
Obituaries
Connie Kay Bliek, died June 8, 2026, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, surrounded by her family. Visitation was held Friday, June 12, 2026, at the George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory, Sioux Falls.
Connie was born on March 3, 1954, in Valley Springs to Willard and Darlene (Hocke) Kuhnert. She attended Brandon Valley Public Schools and graduated from Brandon Valley High School in 1972.
Norma D. Doppenberg, 91, of Brandon, passed away peacefully at her home Monday, June 8, 2026. Her funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, June 15, 2026, at Brandon Lutheran Church, Brandon. Interment will be in the Brandon Lutheran Cemetery, Brandon. Visitation will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 14, 2026, at the George Boom Funeral Home - Brandon Valley Chapel, with her family present.
In lieu of flowers, the Doppenberg family request memorials be directed to Brandon Lutheran Cemetery Memorial to maintain the cemetery grounds that were donated by Norma’s grandfather, George Christensen, in 1871.
Norma Delores Doppenberg was born in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Feb. 19, 1935 to Andrew Christensen and Palma (Johnson) Christensen. Norma grew up on the family homestead with no indoor plumbing near Brandon. She was the oldest of two children. She attended grade school in Brandon and graduated from high school at Beresford, S.D.
Roy Bornholdt Thiele, 95, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Watertown, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at Cornerstone Church in Watertown. Rev. Steve Anderson will officiate. The service will be livestreamed via the Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel website, crawfordosthus.com. Visitation will be held at the church at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 9. Burial will be at Milbank City Cemetery, Milbank, at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Vernon Bolt, 87, of Brandon, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, May 30, 2026, with his wife Ivy, beside him.
Services were held at the Cloverdale Funeral Home and Cemetery in Boise, Idaho, this wek.
David J. Bond, 79, of Renner, died Friday, June 5, 2026, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. His memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2026 at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls. Visitation with the family present will take place one hour prior to his service at the funeral home. Burial will be held at Lennox Cemetery at a later date.
Roberta Ann “Bobbie” Wilke, 92, of Janesville, Wis., was called home to eternal rest with her Savior on Friday, June 5, 2026, surrounded by her family at St. Mary’s Hospital in Janesville.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Janesville. Burial was in the Milton Lawns Memorial Park, also in Janesville.
Karen Kay Ennis (Gerry), formerly Karen Kilbourn, of Angleton, Texas, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, June 1, 2026 in her home, at the age of 67.
A Celebration of Life will be held on July 18, 2026, from 12-3 p.m. at Terrace Park West in Sioux Falls.
Marcia M. Bonte, 75
Marcia M. Bonte, 75, of Garretson, died Thursday, June 4, 2026, at Hillcrest Healthcare Center in Hawarden, Iowa. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Friday, June 12, 2026, at the Minnehaha Funeral Home, Garretson. Interment will be at the Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Garretson at a later date.
Matthew Meester, 45, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, died unexpectedly Sunday, May 24, 2026, at his residence in Rock Rapids.
A Celebration of Life was held Thursday, May 28 at the Forster Community Center of Rock Rapids.
