William OtterpohlWilliam Frederick Otter-
pohl, age 92 of Hartington,NE, died on Friday, May 23,2014, at the Golden LivingCenter in Hartington.
Mass of Christian Burialwill be on Tuesday, May 27,2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the HolyTrinity Catholic Church inHartington with Rev. JefferyLoseke officiating. Burial willbe in St. Michael’s Cemeteryin Hartington.
Visitation will be on Mon-day from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00p.m. with a Vigil Service at5:00 pm at the Wintz FuneralHome in Hartington. Visita-tion will continue one hourprior to services on Tuesdayat the church.
To view the video tribute,or to send online condo-lences, please visitwww.wintzrayfuneralhome.com.
Bill wasborn on April24, 1922 inLindsay, Ne-braska toJohn andMary (Ra-maekers) Ot-terpohl. In1931 he
moved with his family to Ran-dolph, Nebraska where hegrew up. He married AlexiaMargaret Gubbels on June 12,1944 at Randolph. Bill andLex, as they were known,farmed in the Randolph areafor 14 years before moving toHartington in 1958. Theybegan Bill’s Surge Service attheir home until moving thebusiness (now known asSurge Dairy Equipment) todowntown Hartington in 1967with Bill’s nephew and busi-ness partner, Edward Hosch,who at age 15 came to livewith them in 1961. They re-
tired in 1983 and Bill hasbeen a resident of the GoldenLiving Center since Septem-ber 14, 2007. Bill was a mem-ber of the Holy TrinityCatholic Church and is amember of the 4th DegreeKnights of Columbus and wasa former Grand Knight.
Bill is survived by hisnephew and “son,” EdwardHosch and his wife JoAnn ofHartington and their children,Robert Hosch and wife, Beth,and their children Addison,Colton and Lexi of Peoria, AZ;Rebecca Hosch of Omaha;sisters-in-law, Virginia Otter-pohl of Sioux City, Iowa; AlmaOtterpohl Bray of Denver, CO;Dorothy Gubbels of Colum-bus, NE; brothers-in-law, EarlLeinart of Omaha; Ken Silmanof Aurora, CO; Brother MarkGubbels FSC of Memphis, TN;Melvin Gubbels of Lena, WI;Tom Gubbels of Randolphand many nieces and
nephews.He was preceded in death
by his wife, Lexi, on Nov. 17,2005 at the age of 83, eightsiblings, Veronica and Math-ias Hosch, Dorothy and PaulLeiting, Robert Otterpohl,Grace Riley Leinart, JosephOtterpohl, Mary Silman,Thomas Otterpohl, who diedin infancy, John “Jack” Otter-pohl, sisters-in-law, AltheaGubbels, Doris Gubbels, Pa-tricia Gubbels, brothers-in-law, Isadore and his wife,Angela Gubbels and MichaelGubbels.
Yankton Press & Dakotan
May 24, 2014
Shirley EricksonFuneral services for Shirley
J. Erickson, 83, of Wagner are11 a.m. Tuesday, May 27, 2014at St. JohnLutheranChurch in Wag-ner. Burial is inthe RichlandCemetery,rural Elk Point.
Visitation isMonday at thechurch from 5to 7 with fam-ily presentfrom 6 to 7 followed by a 7p.m. Prayer Service at thechurch.
Shirley Jean Ericksonpassed away peacefully Thurs-day, May 22, 2014 at the GoodSamaritan Society in Wagner.She was born March 19, 1931in Sioux City, IA and was thenadopted by Harold and Neva(Click) Logue.
Shirley received her educa-tion in Sioux City, graduatingform Central High School. Shemarried Earl Erickson June 5,1949 in Sioux City, IA. Twodaughters were blessed totheir union. During her life inSioux City, Shirley was a librar-ian, Sunday School teacherand worked at the WoodburyCounty Courthouse, Wood-bury County Bank and NorthSioux City Bank.
Shirley and Earl moved toPickstown in 1976, where theyowned and operated Eric’sStandard Station until 1979.When Earl started drivingtruck for Payer Truck Line,Shirley decided to stay busywhile he was gone. Sheworked at Randall Hills Coun-try Club, Pizza Ranch and theVFW Club.
Shirley was a member ofSt. John Lutheran Church inWagner and later became amember of ZIon LutheranChurch in Avon. She also wasa member of the VFW Auxil-iary in Wagner.
Shirley loved to go forwalks, take car rides to theriver, visit with friends andread. Most of all, she lovedevery minute spent with hertwo grandsons.
Thankful for having shared
her life are her daughters:Cheryl Erickson and fianceCraig Campbell of Avon andStacy Greger and husbandDave of Wagner; two grand-sons: Cody Specketer and wifeJenn of Centreville, VA andTaylor Mohr of Wagner; sev-eral nieces and nephews; pastco-workers and friends.
Shirley was preceded indeath by her husband Earl onOctober 6, 1984; her parents;her in-laws; brother, Dale Wal-terman and sister, Doris Mc-Clushey.
Yankton Press & Dakotan
May 24, 2014
Ardelle NielsenArdelle Marcella Nielsen
(82) born on February 26th,1932 to Ger-hard andMartha (High-street-Fokken)passed awayfrom naturalcauses onThursday May23rd, 2014 atAvera Hospitalin the com-pany of herloving family.
On February 11th, 1950 shemarried the love of her life,Ray Nielsen. They lived in vari-ous places while Ray was inthe service and finally madetheir way home to Viborg, SDwhere they lived and created abeautiful life for many years.After devoting all her time toher children, she started work-ing at the Irene nursing homewhere she loved spending hertime with everyone shehelped.
Her interests were an-tiquing, playing pinochle,dancing with her husband andalways enjoying a good laugh.Ardelle was one beautiful ladyand if you had the pleasure ofknowing her she had a way oftouching your heart. She wasan amazing wife, sister,mother,grandmother andfriend to many and she will begreatly missed.
Her memory will be cher-ished by her husband, Ray;David & Rhonda, Adell & ToddRudd, Lori & Don, Stacy &Rick, Scott & Elise, Jay &Dawn, Roxi and Shawn &Tammy also many grandchil-dren and her sisters Arlene &Muriel.
Visitation will be from 5 to7 p.m. Monday, May 26, 2014at Hansen Funeral Home inIrene, SD with a prayer servicebeginning at 7:00 p.m.
Funeral services will be2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 27,2014 at Spring Valley LutheranChurch, Viborg, SD with Pas-tor Steven Unzicker officiating.
Burial will follow in Spring Val-ley Lutheran Cemetery.
The family wishes to ex-press a special thanks to Dr.Santella and Dr. Shah alsoAvera Mckennan Doctors andNursing Staff. They would alsolike to extend thanks to theCenterville Care and RehabCenter and Pioneer MemorialHospital staff.
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To us she was someonespecial,
Someone set apart,Her memory will live for-
ever,Engraved within our
hearts.Yankton Press & Dakotan
May 24, 2014
Doris MoyerDoris J. Moyer, 89, of Ver-
million died Friday, May 23,2014, at Sanford VermillionCare Center.
Funeral arrangements arepending with Kober FuneralHome of Vermillion.
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While you’re out barbecueing and hanging out with family and friends this Memorial Day weekend (and after), please take time to remember the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces who gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives to help make and keep the United States the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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Gene NelsonGene R. Nelson, age 85, of
Yankton passed awayWednesday, May 21, 2014 atthe Avera Sacred Heart Hos-pital, Yankton, SD.
Memorial services will be11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 27,2014 at the United Church ofChrist (Congregational),Yankton, SD with Rev. MollyCarlson officiating.
Visitations will be 6:30 to8:00 p.m. Monday, May 26,2014 at the Opsahl-Kostel Fu-neral Home & Crematory,Yankton, and then one hourprior to the service at thechurch.
Gene R. Nelson was bornAugust 6, 1928 to Lawrenceand Bernice (Brownlee) Nel-son, in Yankton, SD. He wentto school in Yankton until1940 when his father wascalled to active military duty.He lived in Salinas, Californiaand Bastrop, TX for threeyears. In 1944 he returned toYankton to finish high schoolwhere he participated in foot-
ball, basket-ball and trackfor YanktonHigh Schooland gradu-ated in 1946.Shortly aftergraduating,he joined theArmy andwas stationed
at Ft. Monmouth and Ft. Dixin New Jersey where heearned the rank of Sergeantin 1948. He returned to Yank-ton where he started collegeat Yankton College, but in1950, the 196th RegimentalCombat Team was activatedfor the Korean War.
Prior to deployment, Genemarried Barbara Robinson onAugust 19, 1950 in Pierre, SD.To this union, three sonswere born: Dana, Kirby andMark. Gene was stationed atCamp Carson, CO and at Ft.Richardson, AK until July1951, and was dischargedfrom the Army in 1952. He re-turned to Yankton College forthe next two years and re-
ceived a BA in 1954. While incollege, he participated intrack and was the Presidentof the Student Body. In 1960,he received his Master’s De-gree from USD. Gene was em-ployed as a teacher andcoach in Wessington Springs,SD for six years. In 1960, hereturned to Yankton as a his-tory teacher and assistantfootball, basketball and trackcoach. In 1965 he became theassistant principal at YanktonHigh School until his retire-ment in 1987. His dream wasto make a difference in thelives of Yankton youth. Forthe next 15 years Gene andBarbara traveled to the eastand west coast, ending up inApache Junction, Arizona atRoad Haven Resort to live thelife of a retiree, playing golfand having fun in the sun-shine during the winter andreturning to Yankton everysummer. While in RoadHaven, they met many won-derful new friends. In 2002,they returned to Yankton forhealth reasons.
Gene was a member ofUnited Church of Christ (Con-gregational), Yankton Quar-terback Club, Yankton HighSchool Booster Club and Hill-crest Golf Course.
He is survived by his wife,Barbara; sons, Dana (TanyaHarris) and Mark; sevengrandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in deathby his parents, brother,Harold Nelson and a son,Kirby Nelson.
“Once a Buck, always aBuck.” The family requestsdonations to the YanktonHigh School Track and FieldProgram, Yankton HighSchool, Activities Director,1801 Summit Street, Yankton,SD 57078.
Yankton Press & Dakotan
May 24. 2014
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Nelson
BY NATHAN [email protected]
The Yankton City Commis-sion will revive discussion ofwhere to build a new waterplant Tuesday.
“We have the three alterna-tive locations we’ve talkedabout before,” City ManagerAmy Nelson said during amedia briefing Friday. “I don’thave another option, apartfrom those locations. A new lo-cation might be brought for-ward Tuesday. If that happens,we’ll have our engineers lookat the feasibility of it.”
Commissioner David Knoffrequested to have the issueput on the agenda.
No vote was taken after apresentation of location op-tions in March, so by defaultthe City Commission’s direc-tion to staff was to continuewith plans to add on to WaterPlant No. 2 on the west end ofRiverside Park.
HDR, Inc., researched fouroptions for the location of thenew water plant.
• Option one is adjacent toWater Treatment Plant No. 2and is estimated to cost $28.7million. The water plant wouldbe constructed partially intothe side slope, and the heightof the building is anticipatedto be similar to the existing fa-cility. Not only does this siteallow the new plant to utilizeexisting infrastructure, but itwould allow interconnectionwith Plant No. 2;
• Option two is just northof Water Treatment Plant No. 2along Levee Street and east ofthe Meridian Bridge. It is esti-mated to cost just more than$29 million. Goodmanson saidthat site would be a tight fit forthe plant, and it would end upbeing so close to the MeridianBridge that people could prob-ably jump on to the roof. Addi-tionally, an environmentalinvestigation would have to bedone;
• Option three is at PaddleWheel Point in the vicinity ofwhere the city plans to con-struct a collector well. The es-timated cost of building thereis between $37.1 million and$43.2 million, depending ifdedicated raw water transmis-sion mains or a common rawwater transmission main isbuilt between the new plantand Plant No. 2; and
• Option four is the indus-trial park near the intersectionof Alumax Drive and Bill BaggsRoad. It is estimated to cost$45.7 million. The study statesthat construction of the watertreatment plant in the indus-trial park could provide com-panies with easy access tohigh-quality water.
Knoff was the most vocaladvocate for discussing al-ternatives to option one butfound little support on thecommission because of thecosts attached.
The community is stilldiscussing the location issue,according to Nelson. Designwork is proceeding on a col-lector well at Paddle WheelPoint, so questions about thewater plant need to be re-solved in order to finish thatprocess.
“I think there is value inlooking at all options,” shesaid. “The cost is going to bethe factor. Ideally, we would-n’t have any public infra-structure on the river,because it is used for recre-ation. However, it is also oursource of water.”
The meeting gets underway at 7 p.m. Tuesday in theCity of Yankton MeetingRoom, located at the Techni-cal Education Center, 1200 W.21st St.
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City To ReviveWater PlantDiscussion
Domino’s PizzaAmong Projects
Under WayBY NATHAN [email protected]
Domino’s Pizza isamong the constructionprojects getting under wayin Yankton, according tocity officials.
“Now that it’s warmedup, we’re seeing an influx ofconstruction, which isgood,” City Manager AmyNelson said. “I think it’s apositive time for our com-munity.”
Domino’s will be locatedin the former Quiznosspace in Morgen Square.
Among the other proj-ects the city building de-partment says is in thereview stages are the AveraYankton Care Center re-placement facility and hos-pice, the Farm ServicesCredit retail office on thenorth side of town, Culver’sand an addition to First As-sembly of God church.
Other projects whereconstruction continues in-clude: the Mount Marty Col-lege science complex, the59-unit Econo Lodge motel,the Groseth Crossing proj-ect (that includes Mauricesand Verizon retail stores),the comfort station on theNFAA grounds and theYankton Area ProgressiveGrowth building on AlumaxDrive.
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PIERRE — The Mead Build-ing project in Yankton isamong five historical preserva-tion projects in the state thathas received matching grantsfrom the South Dakota StateHistorical Society.
The grants are awardedthrough the State HistoricalSociety’s Deadwood Fundgrant program. Funding for theprogram is from Deadwoodgaming revenue earmarked bystate law for historic preserva-tion projects throughout thestate. The program is adminis-tered by the society’s StateHistoric Preservation Office at
the Cultural Heritage Center inPierre.
The Mead Building on thecampus of the historic HumanServices Center, built in 1909,received $15,000 to rebuild thedamaged decorative plasterand moldings in the front par-lors and grand foyer.
Deadwood Fund grants areawarded twice a year, withgrant application deadlines ofFeb. 1 and Oct. 1. Applicationsare reviewed at the spring andwinter meetings of the StateHistorical Society’s board oftrustees.
Mead Project ReceivesGrant From SDSHS
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