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Vincent Earl Zutz, age 90, of Winner, passed away on February 17, 2015 at the Winner Long Term Care Facility. Funeral service were held at 10 a.m. Monday, February 23, 2015 at the Union Baptist Church in Burke, SD. Burial followed at Graceland Cemetery.

Henry E. Miller was born on Thanksgiving Day November 26, 1936 south of Dallas, SD at his grandparent’s home to Ed and Frieda (Knittel) Miller. Henry was baptized in the Lutheran Church as an infant.

The family moved south of Colome to his present home in the spring of 1940. He attended rural school at Rosebud School. Henry was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in the Zion Lutheran Church in Colome. He graduated from Colome High School in 1954.

Henry enlisted in the Army and went to basic training in 1956. He finished his time in the service at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City with an honorable discharge. Henry then spent three more years in the SD National Guard.

After returning from the service, Henry farmed and ranched with his dad and brother. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church of Colome and served on the Church Council. Henry was on the Township Board and Weed Board. Henry liked hunting and bowling and enjoyed stockcar races.

Henry passed away peacefully at his home February 15, 2015 at the age of 78 years.

Edith Verabelle (Story) Maier, 86, of Beemer, NE was the seventh child born to Joseph Daniel and Bertha Georgia Ann (Totton) Story.

She was born October 12, 1928 at Hidden Timber, South Dakota and died February 8, 2015 at Beemer, Nebraska surrounded by her loving family.

Cecelia “Babe” Larsen, 88, of Flower Mound, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, January 20,2015, at the Rosewood Memory Care Community in Flower Mound. Babe was surrounded by her daughter, Diane Dietz, granddaughter Amber Buescher; and many Rosewood care partners and hospice angels as she moved on to her new life.

David Harold Graber, 78, of Sioux Falls, SD, passed away on February 12, 2015, at his home in Sioux Falls.

Funeral services were held Feb. 20 at Clausen Funeral Home in Burke with Pastor Mark Turner officiating. Burial was in the Graceland Cemetery in Burke.

Arthur “Bud” Kaiser, 88, of Winner, passed away Feb. 19, 2015 at the Winner Regional Long Term Care Facility in Winner. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m.  Monday, Feb. 23,  at the United Methodist Church in Winner. Burial  followed at the Winner City Cemetery.

Funeral services for Shirley J. Feltman, 83, of Chamberlain, SD were held  be 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Chamberlain. Burial was  in the Riverview Cemetery, Chamberlain.