Karen Mae (Jerred) Sorber, age 77, of
Orange City, Iowa, passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at the Happy Siesta
Health Care Center in Remsen, Iowa. Services will be held at a later date.
Arrangements are being completed by the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Karen was born on Feb. 24, 1945, in
Bassett, Neb., the daughter of James (Jay) Jerred and Evelyn (Anderson) Jerred.
She grew up on her family’s farm near the small town of Wewela, South Dakota,
and attended Keya Paha County High School in Springview, Neb., graduating in
1963.
On April 2, 1966, she married Kenneth
Howard Sorber in Winner, South Dakota. They farmed near Wewela, until 1976,
when they moved to Atlanta, Neb., and started a custom fertilizer business with
Karen working as the bookkeeper. In 1990, they relocated to Okeechobee,
Florida, where they remained until Kenny’s retirement in 1998. They then
returned to the Midwest, settling in Anthon, Iowa, where Karen worked at the
Post Office in the nearby town of Lawton, Iowa. Kenny passed away on July 18,
2005, at their home in Anthon, after more than 39 years of marriage.
Soon after Kenny’s passing, Karen spent a
few years living near her children’s families in Orange City and Exeter, New
Hampshire, before settling in Williamsburg, Iowa to be close to Lori’s family
again. In October of 2021, she relocated to Orange City along with the Trevino
family. She enjoyed solving crossword puzzles, playing board games, walking,
attending bible study, and especially attending every sports event her grandchildren
participated in, near and far. However, due to her declining health, she became
a resident of the Happy Siesta Care Center in December, 2021.
Karen was currently attending the New Hope
Evangelical Free Church in Orange City. She had previously been a member of the
Life Church in Coralville, Iowa, where she often served as a door greeter, and
of the Morningside Assembly of God in Sioux City, Iowa. She left a legacy of a
prayer warrior for her family, a true American patriot, and a strong woman of faith
through a beautiful servant’s heart — always willing to help others in any way
that she could.
Survivors include a daughter and her
husband, Lori and Roy Trevino, of Orange City, Iowa; a son and his wife, Kevin
and Anne Sorber, of Exeter, New Hampshire; six grandchildren, Gaetan, Graeson,
and Alaena Trevino, and Grant, Benjamin, and George Sorber; four sisters Nancy
Jerred; Dorothy, and her husband, David Shallcross; Jane, and her husband,
Eldon Peters; and Veda, and her husband, Harold Parlet; and a sister-in-law,
Carol Jerred.
In addition to her parents and husband, she
was preceded in death by her brother, Merton (Gene) Jerred.
Geraldine Valla, 93, of Winner, SD passed
away on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022 at the Winner Regional Long Term Care Center in
Winner, SD.
Funeral services were held on Saturday,
Aug. 27, 2022 at 10 a.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Winner, SD. Burial
followed in the Winner City Cemetery.
Geraldine Jeanne Valla was born in rural
Winner, South Dakota to Joseph and Mary (Nemec) Valla on Jan. 4, 1929. She passed into the presence of her Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ on Aug. 20, 2022.
Geri (Geraldine) attended her first year of
school in Spencer, NE and eleven years in Winner Public Schools graduating from
Winner High School in 1946. After
graduating from high school, she attended North Central Bible College in
Minneapolis for three years.
In September 1952, she began employment at
Schramm Furniture as a bookkeeper and worked there for 50 years. Upon retirement, Geri volunteered at the
local thrift store.
Geri found Jesus to be her personal Lord
and Savior at a revival meeting in
Gregory, SD at age 16.
She was one of the founding members of
Winner Assembly of God Church where she worshipped God faithfully and served in
many capacities until health dictated otherwise. Geri was a tremendous encourager and
supporter of her church and community.
She was preceded in death by her parents,
her brother Paul, her sister Lillian Flescher, and her sister Marian
Morris.
She is survived by her niece Louise Palovitch and her great-niece Deb Estes, both of Fontana, Calif.
Four
members of the Winner/Colome Pheasants baseball team have been named
to the all tournament team. The announcement was made by the South
Dakota Amateur Baseball Association.
Chosen
from the Pheasants are Dillon Lambley, Chandler Bakley, Derek
Graesser and Luke Bamberg, a pickup player from Corsica-Stickney.
Kelly
O’Bryan of the Colome Chaos was a pickup player for Kimball-White
Lake and was named to the all tourney team.
The Winner Area cross country team will open the season at the Winner Invitational on Aug. 26. The meet will be held at the Winner Country Club.
The
returning lettermen for the boys are Joseph Laprath, Chaz Blotzky,
Hayden McMurtrey
The
only letterwinner for the girls is Melanie Brozik.
Making
up the boys team will be Joseph Laprath, Hayden McMurtrey, Chaz
Blotsky, Donny De’Sersa, Matthew Calhoon and Taitin Ringing Shield.
The
two Colome runners on the team are Laprath and Ringing Shield.
Brozik
is the lone varsity runner for the girls. Middle school runners
include Avery Manke and Cameron Olson.
The
runners who graduated are Sidda Schuyler, Kade Watson and Kylar Meek.
The
boys team qualified for state last year and coach Jayd Schuyler says
they will be competitive again this year. “I look for a competitive
boys team. Our goal is to win the regional and qualify for state,”
said Schuyler.
The
coach said Brozik’s goal is to qualify for state on her own.
The
team has been holding practice twice a day running in the morning
and late afternoon.
Submitted Photo The returning letterwinners on the Colome volleyball team are in front from left Westlie Cahoy, Ashlyn Hoffine, Jordyn Ring and Landi Krumpus. In back from left are Maura Luedke, Toree Ringing Shield and Devan Dougherty.
The
Colome girls volleyball team opened the season yesterday (Aug. 23)
when they traveled to Armour to play TDA.
The
returning letterwinners are Westlie Cahoy, Ashlyn Hoffine, Jordyn
Ring, Landi Krumpus, Maura Luedke, Toree Ringing Shield and Devan
Dougherty.
Others
on the team are Sophie Hofeldt, Libbie Petersek, Emma Vandenbark,
Shayleena Kingsley, Shanna Connot, Kalene Preslicka, Aspyn McKenzie,
Raylynn Dehing, Raelynn Kingsley, Leticia DeNoyer, Emme Nelson,
Keasha Kartak, Gracie Rohde and Savanah O’Bryan.
Taylor
Hrabanek is the new head coach for the Cowgirls. She graduated from
Colome High School in 2016 and played volleyball all four years.
The
coach explained the team has been doing a lot of team building
exercises and working on communication. “Now we are starting to
work on rotation and get on the court to get playing time in,” she
said.
Hrabanek
says the girls are excited and she is excited for them. “Their
enthusiasm is pretty high and they want to go far in the region.”
There
are seven seniors and Hrabanek says they are the leaders. “I have
some juniors who are right are right up there with them,” said
Hrabanek.,
“I
am excited to see where we go.”
The
seniors are Devan Dougherty, Sophie Hofeldt, Ashlyn Hoffine, Landi
Krumpus, Libbie Petersek, Jordyn Ring, Toree Ringing Shield.
The
team only lost 2 seniors—Kasie Leighton, Katie Welker.
The
assistant coach is Casey Shippy.
The
Colome volleyball schedule includes:
Aug.
23—at Tripp, Delmont, Armour
Au
g. 25—at Burke
Aug.
30—Crow Creek, home
Sept.
1—at Platte-Geddes
Sept.
3—Gregory Tourney
Sept.
6—Lyman, home
Sept.
12—Marty, Home
Sept.
19—St. Francis, home
Sept.
22—at Avon
Sept.
24—Wessington Springs tourney
Sept.
27—at ACDC
Oct.
1—Great Plains Conference tourney at Lake Andes
Twelve lettermen will return for the Winner competitive dance team.
The
Lady Warriors will open the season Aug. 27 at the Gregory
Invitational.
The
returning letterwinners are Chloe Taggart, Amanda Edwards, Lena
DeMers, Amanda Blare, Kendyl Bachmann, Emily Sachtjen, Bailey
Fairbanks, Addi Heenan, Suchi Chaudhari Josey Kludt, Leah Wiechelman
and Trista Kierstead.
Coach
Sarah Taggart says there will be 12 girls doing hip hop and 9 pom.
There
are five seniors—Kendyl Bachmann, Josey Kludt, Trista Kierstead,
Amanda Blare, Leah Wiechelman.
The
team lost two girls who graduated—Marissa Meiners, Adrienne Lewis.
This
year the girls had a different choreographer. Summer Dance Connection
of Sioux Falls provided the training. They came to Winner this summer
for a 2.5 day camp.
Taggart
said the girls have a good start to the season. “We are looking
forward to a much higher score in pom because of the increased
difficulty of the turns the girls learned at camp,” explained the
coach.
Last
year, Winner placed third in hip hop and were only 4.5 points away
from first place.
The
team took 5th
in pom.
The
home meet for Winner will be Sept. 10. The state meet will be in
Watertown.
Taggart
said the end of January she will start a middle school dance group.
Related
to dance there will be a Warriorette dance camp for students K-5th
grade. This will be Sept. 17 from noon to 4 p.m. in the auxiliary
gym.
Then
the girls will perform at the halftime of Winner and Lead-Deadwood
football game on Sept. 17. This dance camp and football game are on a
Saturday.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Returning letterwinners for the Winner volleyball team are in from from left Lexi Klein, Aleya Miller and Cora Moss. In back from left are Keelie Kuil, Ava Craven, Karlee Brozik and Kelbi Meiners.
The Winner volleyball team is excited for the start of a new season.
The
Lady Warriors had their first match Aug. 23 when they traveled to Bon
Homme.
There
are 27 girls on the team with two seniors—Aleya Miller and Kelbi
Meiners.
There
are seven lettermen on the team. The letterwinners are Lexie Klein,
Aleya Miller, Cora Moss, Keelie Kuil, Ava Craven, Karlee Brozik and
Kelbi Meiners.
The
team’s record from last year was 18 wins, 14 losses.
Coach
Jamie Keiser says the team will be different than in past years. “For
several years we have been a power house in hitting. This year we do
not have the hitters. We have some younger girls that are getting
there. We are going to have to be more strategic and find holes,”
she said.
The
coach added the team will have to find ways to score points.
Keiser
says the Lady Warriors have options to move players around. She said
Meiners can play various positions She can play outside, right side,
back row at times when she is needed. Meiners is also a good server.
Keiser
said Ashlyn McPhee is doing a good job. Klein and Moss will be doing
the setting.
The
Lady Warriors are going to do what fits them best. They will do what
is needed to get the most kills and the most points. “It might take
some tweeking to find out where we need to be,” said Keiser.
The
Lady Warriors have a tough schedule. The will play a lot of teams
that are ranked.
Keiser
feels Belle Fourche will be a team in Class A that can do some
damage. “They are young and last year really impressed me when we
played them,” said Keiser.
The
coach said she is really looking forward to this year. She said the
girls are willing to try anything and have a good attitude. “They
hustle nonstop. It is just fun and everyone gives a lot of effort.”
Jenna
Phillips will be the assistant coach.
The
volleyball schedule includes:
Aug.
23—at Bon Homme
Aug.
25—at Miller
Aug.
30—Burke, home
Sept.
1—at Valentine
Sept.
8—Belle Fourche, home
Sept.
13—at Lyman
Sept.
15—Kimball/White Lake, home Sept. 17—Big Dakota Conference,
Stanley Co.
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