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Marcella Mae Biel, 91, Rapid City, was released to her heavenly home on Friday, March 27, 2020. She was born in Walworth County to Fredrick and Katherine (Rieger) Schuh on December 26, 1928. She grew up on farms near Java, attended country school and graduated from Java High School in 1946. Marcella earned her teaching certificate from Northern State Teachers College and taught in a country school for a year. Marcella married Hiram Biel on December 7, 1947 and they made their home on several...
Geraldine "Gerry" Rose Rott, 90, of Aberdeen, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Aberdeen Health and Rehab. Her memorial service was at 11:30 a.m., Monday, March 16, 2020 at Schriver's Memorial Mortuary & Crematory, Aberdeen, with Father Mark Axtmann officiating. Private family burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Aberdeen. Geraldine "Gerry" Rose Gabriel was born April 17, 1929 to Frank and Regina (Sahli) Gabriel in Trail City. This is the area where she was raised and attended grade...
Spring is in the air and the Ipswich students will share that on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. The Middle School and High School Spring Concert is Tuesday, Mar. 17 at 7 p.m. in the School Theatre....
Bonnie (Gisi) Nipp, 73, slipped peacefully away after a long illness on Feb. 19, 2020 in her home in Bakersfield, CA with her husband and daughter at her side. Bonita (Bonnie) Kay (Gisi) Nipp was born to Albert J. and Ilene (Adler) Gisi of Leola on Sept 11, 1946. She attended Leola Schools and was involved in cheerleading and school plays until her senior year when she moved to Santa Clara, Calif. to live with her aunt and uncle where she graduated high school. She continued living and working i...
The world takes on a new configuration. Oh, it still spins on it's axis; the sun still rises in the East and sets in the West; the wind still blows in South Dakota; but it does so without the direction and commentary of Linda Flaherty. Linda died at 3:19 pm, March 2, 2020, of a massive spontaneous brain hemorrhage. Visitation was March 5, 2020 at the Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel in Watertown. Private family burial. Linda Jane Zubke was born in the Peabody Memorial Hospital in Webster on October...
Dorothy Ernst, 85, Roscoe, died Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Avantara of Ipswich. Dorothy Nell Pedersen, daughter of James and Lillie (Kissner) Pedersen, was born on April 12, 1934 in Faulk County, the oldest of six children. She was brought up north of Rockham and attended rural school. By her eighth grade year of school, her family moved to a farm just southwest of Ipswich. She completed her formal education at Ipswich High School, graduating with the Class of 1952. Dorothy then became...
Pattie J. Dosch, 67, of Mina, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center. The Memorial Services was held on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Schriver's Memorial Mortuary and Crematory with Pastor Justin Brotzel officiating. Pattie J. Papke was born June 1, 1952, to Robert and Adeline (Brick) Papke in Aberdeen. She attended school in Mina and Cresbard and later graduated from Ipswich High School. Pattie then worked at the Ipswich State Bank for many years. She later moved...
Ipswich split two boys' high school basketball decisions last week. Both of them were relatively narrow two-possession non-conference outcomes. The Tiger boys initially handed Potter County a 73-67 setback there on February 20, but two days later dropped a 45-39 outcome to Waverly-South Shore in the Warner-Stratfords Lions Club Boys Classic. In that instance Ipswich senior player Jordan Richardt was awarded a Warner-Stratford Lions Club Senior Scholarship, announced during the game. First of...
Ipswich School Parent/ Teacher Conferences will be Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Middle School and High School conferences will be held Friday in the classrooms. Elementary conferences have been pre-scheduled with the parents. The Scholastic Book Fair will be held Thursday, February 20 and Friday, February 21 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Ipswich School Theatre. The books are primarily for students in Kindergarten through eighth grade....
Mass of Christian Burial for Anna Mary Heier, 97, of Ipswich, was at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Ipswich. Burial was in the church cemetery. Anna was born May 15, 1922 in Eagle Butte to Wendelin and Barbara (Marquardt) Dosch. Her early childhood was spent on the original homestead, nine miles south of Eagle Butte. When she was 10, the family moved to a location two miles southwest of Parade. She attended country school in Parade and graduated from Eagle Bu...
Ipswich received split outcomes in its pair of boys ' high school basketball appearances last week. The Tiger boys indeed gave the Sully Buttes Chargers all they wanted and then some before evetually dropping a 52-44 outcome here last Friday. But the Tigers had handed Sunshine Bible Academy a 61-44 setback at Miller a night earlier on February 13. Ipswich had led its hosts 17-15 in the opening quarter of action and added a 22-12 second-quarter scoring edge for a 39-27 advantage at intermission....
The Ipswich Area (Ipswich/Leola/Bowdle) high-school wrestling cooperative will compete in the Region 1B meet on Saturday, Feb. 22 in Sisseton, beginning at 9 a.m. The top four wrestlers in each weight class there will earn trips to the State B scheduled for Feb. 27-29 in Sioux Falls. Carter Heinz, a senior, was able to do exactly that, in last year's State B, where he was even able to earn a placement. And the entire team has shown some gradual improvement this year compared to last season. So Heinz would no doubt like to have some company in...
Members of the Ipswich High School Choir, under the direction of Charlene Blondo, had their debut jazz performance as the "Memory Makers" at the 47th annual University of Mary Jazz Festival in Bismarck, N.D. on February 1. While there, vocal jazz and jazz band ensembles from around the region had the opportunity to observe other performances, attend performance clinics with professional jazz musicians, perform for critique, and partake in a private clinic with one of the guest musicians. Blondo...
Ipswich native track and field standout Macy Heinz has traded her University of South Dakota color red and its Coyote mascot for the Kansas State color purple and is now officially a K-State Wildcat, not a Coyote. "Macy is a Junior indoors and has this year and next year left in indoor track and field. She is not red-shirting this year," says her high school coach Todd Thorson. "In outdoor track and field she will be a Sophomore this year, so she technically will have three seasons left." Thorson further explained: "Macy ran a 2:07.46 indoors 8...
Mass of Christian Burial for Melvin H. Pfaff, 75, of Ipswich, was 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Ipswich. Burial in the Holy Cross Cemetery. Melvin was born April 29, 1944 at Ipswich to Herbert and Margaret (Ertz) Pfaff. He was raised on the family farm and attended elementary school at Holy Cross Catholic School before attending and graduating from Ipswich High School. His father, Herbert, died when Melvin was just 14 years old. Melvin tried to keep the...
Ipswich got in some boys' high school basketball action last week with a 66-50 non-conference win at Miller last Friday. The Tiger boys indeed jumped out to a solid 19-13 first-quarter advantage and then fashioned a 23-14 second-quarter edge to further their lead. Miller countered with a 10-8 third-quarter edge, which would prove to be overshadowed by Ipswich's 16-13 scoring lead during the final quarter. Ipswich's largest lead in the game was 19 points late in that quarter. Miller's largest lead (early in the game) was only three points. Ipswi...
Ipswich snared a pair of girls' high-school basketball wins last week. One was a 61-22 league win at home vs. Leola/Frederick on Tuesday, Feb. 4, followed by a much closer 48-43 non-league win over Miller on Friday in Miller. The latter verdict only produced three Ipswich scorers, but when you are led by 35 points from Halle Heinz that could be enough against a lot of opponents on a given night (including Miller). Heinz included six treys. But further IHS scoring tapered off to eight points...
Ipswich split a pair of boys high school non-conference decisions recently. The Tigers traveled to Herreid/Selby Area last Friday and sustained a 58-44 setback, but regrouped for an impressive 75-43 win over Highmore-Harrold Saturday afternoon in the Tiger Den. Ipswich got the latter outcome off to a quick 7-0 start with a basket by Will Kadlec, followed by his basket plus foul shot. Josh McQuarie then chimed in with a layup before the visitors would respond with a two-point basket. But they...
The Edmunds County Conservation District along with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service invites you to their Annual Soil Health Clinic on Monday, February 3, 2020. The free meal starts at 5 p.m. at the Ipswich High School lunchroom and presentations to follow at 6 p.m. The agenda includes Centrol crop consultant, Lee Briese, of Edgely, N.D. Lee will discuss his experiences working with low producing salt-effected fields and his strategies to bring these fields back to production. Lee received his B.S. in Crop and Weed Science from...
Dr. John William "Bill" Bloemendaal, 89, orthopedist and surgeon, passed away peacefully at his home on January 13, 2020. Bill was born on February 10, 1930, in Aberdeen, to Dr. Gerrit and Gladys (Williams) Bloemendaal, parents of Dutch and Welsh descent. He was raised in Ipswich. His father was a family physician, his mother a registered nurse, and together they devoted their lives to the needs of the community, using their family home for their medical practice. Later they started the Ipswich...
Ipswich High School second nine weeks honor roll has been released. Students on the list are: SENIOR 4.0 and Higher — Grace Beyers, Tessa Kilber, Jordan Richardt, Lexi Stafford, Avery Sylte 3.70-3.99 — Mckenzie Evans, Ashlyn Geier, Kendra Osborne, Emily Thorson 3.0-3.69 — Tyrone Braun, Maxwell Geditz, Ethan Gilbert, Tucker Green, Carter Heinz, Anna Henderson, William Kadlec, Lucas Metzinger, Kelsie Olson JUNIOR 4.0 and Higher — Bridget Fuhrmann, Katelyn Geditz, Lindsey Grabowska, Halle Heinz, Matthew Hettich, Tarynn Kleffman, Ashton Loken,...
Kenneth LeRoy Holm was born at home on June 15, 1938 in Aberdeen. He graduated from Ipswich High School in 1956 and was recruited and offered a full scholarship to play football at SDSU. He graduated with a degree in Wildlife Conservation in 1960. He married Kathy Staver of Arispe, Iowa on May 27, 1963. They were married for 35 years, and had three children: Dana, Kenna, and David. Ken joined the Marine Corps in 1961 and served for 21 years including two tours in Vietnam, flying 1171 combat miss...
Records can be deceiving, especially when two traditional Lake Region Conference high school basketball rivals lock horns. That was the scenario last Thursday in Mellette, where the Ipswich Tiger girls' basketball team escaped with a 51-47 overtime victory over the home-court Wildcats. It was that close! The score was tied six times, including that all-important tie at the end of regulation and the lead also changed hands six times. And you might suspect this confrontation just might require a little more time to sort things out. Ipswich would...
The Faulkton and Ipswich basketball programs are participating in a Suits and Sneakers game to benefit cancer research during their game on Thursday, Feb. 23 in Ipswich. Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers Week is a nationwide initiative uniting basketball teams across the country for a common cause — saving lives from cancer. This season’s Suits and Sneakers Game will support childhood cancer research, services and awareness. Coaches will be dressed in a full suit and sneakers with colored laces representing a type of cancer. Help beat can...
Initiated during the 1996-97 school year, the SDHSAA Academic Achievement Team Award program is designed to recognize varsity athletic teams and fine arts groups for their academic excellence. The South Dakota High School Activities Association believes that high school students learn in two distinct ways; inside the classroom and outside the classroom – on the stage and/or athletic field. This academic program creates a positive environment for school teams to have its members excel in the classroom. The program is also meant to motivate s...