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Herschel Liebnow Herschel Liebnow, age 86, of Wolsey, died Thursday, Au- gust 22, 2013, at the SunQuest Health Care Center. His funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 27th at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Wolsey with Rev. L. Scott Spiehs, officiating. Burial will be in the Restlawn Mem- ory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at the Kuhler Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7:30 Monday evening. Visit www.kuhlerfuneral- home.com/. Herschel Erwin Liebnow was born March 1, 1927, to Herman and Caroline (Wadtke) Liebnow at the farm west of Wolsey, South Dakota. He attended Updike Rural School for two years. In 1934, at the age of seven, the family moved to a farm at Rock Springs, Minnesota. They also lived at Mayer and Montrose while they were in Minnesota. The family attended a Lutheran Church in Buffalo, Minnesota where Herschel was confirmed. He also at- tended high school at Buffalo. The family moved back to Wessington Springs, South Dakota, in 1945. They rented a farm north of Wessington Springs at Pinard’s Corner. This is when Herschel met Doris Borkowski. In 1947, Herman and Caro- line bought a farm called the Simental Farm 4 1/2 miles south of Wolsey. Herschel and Doris bought this farm from his folks in 1952. Herschel married Doris Borkowski on July 31, 1948, at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Wolsey. Doris was the daugh- ter of Rudolph and Emma Borkowski of Wessington Springs. Herschel and Doris started milking cows and selling Grade A milk in 1958 to Beadle County Milk Producers. Her- schel was a Beadle County Milk Producers board member for 20 years and secretary for 15 years. In 1967, they built a new milk house, milking par- lor, holding shed and silo. They milked 100 to 135 cows. Herschel was also a member of the NFO. His favorite past-time was hunting and bowling. During the 70’s, he sponsored the Cain Creek Farm bowling team at Huron, South Dakota. Herschel and Doris built a new house on the Cain Creek Farm in 1969 and bought an acreage one mile east of the farm in 1991. Their son, Rod- ney took over the Cain Creek Dairy Farm. Herschel bought a semi- truck in 1991 and began long distance trucking for Parkhurst Trucking of Huron. He hauled to Texas, Florida, the Carolina’s and all states in between. In 1998, Herschel started trucking for T-Bird Ex- press which is owned by his son, Ronald. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Doris on May 11, 2012; one daugh- ter, Jodi Ann Songer on Sep- tember 26, 2010; one son, Roger in infancy; and one brother, Earl Liebnow. Grateful for having shared in his life are one daughter, Joyce (Dan) Shudak of Yank- ton; two sons, Ronald (Carol) Liebnow of Huron and Rod- ney (Christy) Liebnow of Wolsey; his son-in-law, Don Songer of Huron; six grand- children, Michelle (Joe) Shu- dak-Waldner, Nick Shudak, Blaine Liebnow, Brianna Songer, Nikkita Songer and Caleb Liebnow; one foster granddaughter, Cydnee Davis; four great-grandchildren, Amanda Waldner, Joshua Waldner, Cooper Shudak and Sophia Shudak. Yankton Press & Dakotan August 24, 2013 Virginia Jepsen OKEENE, Okla. — Memo- rial service for Virginia Mae Jepsen, 85, will be Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 1:30 pm at Okeene United Methodist Church with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Okeene. www.lanmanmemori- als.com/. Virginia was born on De- cember 29, 1927 at Yankton, South Dakota to Glenn T. Clark and Dora M. Lane Clark and passed from this life on Au- gust 18, 2013 in Okeene. On March 25, 1945 she married Harvey E. Jepsen. She loved to read and go to church. She was president of the local 4 Wheelers Club in Gunnison, Colorado. She loved to go 4 wheeling in Jeeps. Vir- ginia enjoyed inviting college students over for holiday meals, when she lived in Gun- nison. She loved being a part of after-school activities and being involved in her daugh- ter’s activities. Virginia espe- cially loved all of her grandchildren. She was very active in the Comedy Club and The Kitchen Band in Apache Junction, Arizona. Survivors include her daughter, Sharon Posey; two grandchildren, Glenn Posey and Lee Posey; great grand- children, Hannah Posey, Levi Posey, Luke Posey and Beth Haag; one great-great grand- child, Kyler Haag. Those who preceded Vir- ginia in death include her hus- band, Harvey E. Jepsen; two brothers, Marvin Clark and Tom Clark; two sisters, Sally Burrus and Genavieve M. Her cremains will be brought back to Gayville, South Dakota and buried at the Danish Lutheran Cemetery sometime in the spring. Memorials may be given to Faith Hospice of Weatherford through the funeral home. Yankton Press & Dakotan August 24, 2013 Marvin Noecker Marvin George Noecker, 88 of Hartington, Neb., died Fri- day, Aug. 23, 2013, at the Golden Living Center, Hart- ington, after battling with cancer. Mass of Christian Bur- ial is at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Hartington, with the Rev. Jeffery Loseke officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery, Harting- ton, with military honors pro- vided by the Hartington VFW Post 5283. Visitation is 3-6 p.m. Sun- day, with a vigil service at 4:30 p.m., at the church. Visitation will begin one hour prior to services on Monday at the church. The Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be his grandsons: Tony Noecker, Matthew Noecker, Joshua Mar- ron, Jerod Hoesiing, Eric Noecker, Luke Frohreich, Brett Noecker and Colton Frohreich. Ted Gunnare DELMONT — Theodore “Ted” W. Gunnare, 89, died Thursday, August 22 at Avera Bormann Manor in Parkston. Funeral service will be Monday, August 26 at 10:30 a.m. at Koehn Bros. Funeral Chapel in Delmont. Visitation will be Sunday, August 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. prayer serv- ice at Koehn Bros. Funeral Chapel in Delmont. He is survived by his wife, Faith of Yankton, SD; 4 sib- lings: Anna Mae Dyce of Billings, MT; John (Lianne) Gunnare of Wagner, SD; Ruth Sharpe of Kennewick, WA; and Alice Fuerniss of Del- mont; a sister-in-law, Esther Kraemer of Scotland, SD; and many nieces and nephews. Yankton Press & Dakotan August 24, 2013 Saturday, 8.24.13 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net NEWSROOM: [email protected] PRESS DAKOTAN PAGE 3 the midwest OBITUARIES South Dakota Among Top Ag Producers ABERDEEN (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department says South Dakota again ranks in the top 10 nationally for numerous commodities. The Aberdeen News reports the state leads the nation in bison production and is second in honey, millet, sunflower and flaxseed. It’s No. 6 in corn and wheat production and No. 9 for soybeans. South Dakota also was No. 5 in cows and No. 6 in sheep and lambs. Carter Anderson with the USDA National Agriculture Statis- tics Service in Sioux Falls says that combined, South Dakota and North Dakota produced 85 percent of all sunflower seeds in the nation — 32 percent in South Dakota and 52 percent in North Dakota. Norfolk Police Capture Jail Escapee NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve captured an inmate who squeezed between cell bars and escaped the Thurston County Jail in the northeast Nebraska city of Pender. Norfolk police took 39-year-old Mark Kuehn into custody around 5 p.m. Thursday. He’d been spotted at an apartment build- ing on the southeast side of town. “He was squatting down in the stairwell with his back against the wall, trying to stay hidden,” Norfolk police Sgt. Chad Reiman told the Norfolk Daily News. Jailers discovered that Kuehn was missing from his cell around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. Thurston County Sheriff Shelly Perez said Kuehn had pulled an air conditioning unit out of his cell window. At just 5 foot 3 and 130 pounds, Kuehn was small enough to make it out between two bars in the window, Perez said. The county will narrow the space between the bars to prevent future escapes, the sheriff said. The jail is just blocks from Pender schools, so they were locked down after officials raised the alarm. Schools in nearby Wayne were locked down, too. Kuehn was being held in the Thurston County Jail for nearby Stanton County, where he’s scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 7 for theft. He’s also a sex offender who was convicted in Stanton County. Funeral Home & Crematory, Yankton Memorial Resource Center, Tyndall • Memorial Chapels, Tabor, Menno & Tyndall 665-9679 • 1-800-495-9679 • www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com Kevin P . Opsahl Funeral Director Tami Keller Funeral Director Guiding and serving families with compassion and trust. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUILD!!! Build Your New Home for as little as $1,000 down & lock in the interest rate of a lifetime! RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION & PERMANENT MORTGAGE FINANCING AVAILABLE Homestead has helped thousands of families build their new home for less. Wayne, NE www.hhoa.net 888-200-4460 Y ANKTON MONUMENT C O. Family Memorials by Gibson 325 Douglas Ave. • Yankton • 664-0980 www.gibsonmomuments.com • 1-800-658-2294 Amber Larson 610-6992 David Dennis Albers 10:30 AM, Saturday St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Fordyce IN REMEMBRANCE W INTZ & R AY FUNERAL HOME and Cremation Service, Inc. 605-665-3644 W INTZ FUNERAL HOME INC. Hartington, Coleridge, Crofton 402-254-6547 www.wintzrayfuneralhome.com The Magic Continues Terry and Joyce Carda will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, August 24. Congratulations! From Kevin and Vonnie Carda Brian and Diane Carda Brett Carda and Kim Carda Verletta Wittmeier Funeral services for Ver- letta H. Wittmeier of Lincoln, Nebraska and formerly of Tripp will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 26 at Friedens Reformed Church in Tripp with Pastors Greg Way and Daniel Lee offi- ciating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Cas- ketbearers will be Verletta’s eight grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 4 p.m. until a 7 p.m. prayer service at the Goglin Funeral Home in Tripp. Online condolences may be sent at www.goglinfh.com/. Verletta Hattie Wittmeier was born on Saturday, Octo- ber 8, 1927 on a farm south- west of Tripp. She was the second of four children born to Emil and Amelia (Hauck) Dewald and was baptized and confirmed at the Emmanuel Reformed Church near Tripp. She attended a one-room school until she went to Tripp High School. She earned her teacher’s certifi- cate from Southern State Nor- mal College and taught country school for six years prior to her marriage. She was married to John Delbert Wittmeier of Avon on Septem- ber 8, 1950 at Friedens Re- formed Church in Tripp by Rev. Walter Odenbach. After spending two years in Wash- ington state while John served in the Army, they re- turned to the Tripp area and started the family farm south- west of town. They raised four children: Michael Del- bert, Janis Rae, Richard Dean and Jean Marie. As a devoted farm wife, Verletta was busy supporting her husband, farming, gardening, canning, cooking, quilting and crochet- ing. She was an active mem- ber of Friedens Reformed Church where she taught Sunday school and served on the flower committee. She was a lifetime member of the American Legion Auxiliary and was also a member of the extension club, the quilter’s guild, and the Red Hat Soci- ety. She enjoyed playing cards and going on outings with family and friends. On November 22, 2012, Verletta moved to Lincoln, Nebraska to be cared for by her daugh- ter, Jean. She passed away comfortably at home with her daughters at her side on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, having achieved the age of 85 years, 10 months and 12 days. Verletta is survived by her four children: Michael (Greta) Wittmeier of Weiser, Idaho, Janis (Doug) Hoffman of Keizer, Oregon, Richard (Susan) Wittmeier of Ballston Lake, New York and Jean (Chuck) Holman of Lincoln Nebraska; eight grandchil- dren: Emily Hoffman, Paul Hoffman, Rachel Lee, Stuart Wittmeier, Ross Wittmeier, Sara Holman, Caitlin Holman, and Alex Holman; two great- grandchildren: Obadiah Lee and Phoebe Lee; two sisters: Luella Gaiser of Worthington, Minnesota and Violet Mulloy of Carroll, Iowa; and a brother, Arlo (Maydean) De- wald of Tripp. In addition to her parents, Emil and Amelia Dewald, she was preceded in death by her husband, John, a grandchild, Elizabeth, and a great-grand- child, Colin. Yankton Press & Dakotan August 24, 2013 Noecker BY GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Republican state Sen. Beau McCoy is planning to enter the wide- open 2014 Nebraska governor’s race, a cam- paign spokesman said Friday. McCoy, of Omaha, was meeting with sup- porters and people who have worked in his previous legislative campaigns and will file candidate paperwork in the next few days, said his new campaign spokesman, Kent Gr- isham. McCoy’s legislative office also re- leased a statement confirming his candidacy. McCoy, a home improvement contractor who runs his own business, has been active in the Republican Party since his teens. The 32-year-old was elected to the Nebraska Leg- islature in 2008 and re-elected last year. Earlier this year, McCoy introduced two bills on behalf of Gov. Dave Heineman that sought to repeal or at least reduce Ne- braska’s income tax. The idea was scrapped in favor of a statewide, leg- islative study of Ne- braska’s tax climate. McCoy also sponsored legislation this year that restricts chemicals used in synthetic drugs, which mimic the effects of illegal drugs. McCoy will face state Sens. Charlie Janssen of Fremont and Tom Carlson of Hol- drege in the GOP primary. Republican busi- nessman Pete Ricketts of Omaha, the party’s 2006 U.S. Senate nominee, has also been mentioned as a candidate. The announcement came as Republican Falls City businessman Charles Herbster confirmed he would not enter the 2014 race. Herbster had formed a candidate commit- tee, leased office space in Omaha and as- sembled a campaign staff, but had not for- mally announced that he was running. He decided within the last week that he will not run because his wife is still recuper- ating from heart surgery, and her recovery hasn’t gone as well as they had hoped, said Grisham, who had been working with Herb- ster. Herbster may be interested in seeking office in future years, Grisham said. McCoy’s entry into the race and Herb- ster’s departure come in the midst of an al- ready turbulent 2014 campaign. Two Republican hopefuls, former Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood and former Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy, declared they were running but have since pulled out of the race. State Sen. Annette Dubas, a family farm- and-ranch owner from Fullerton, and Chuck Hassebrook, the executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, are run- ning as Democrats. Nebraska McCoy To Enter Governor’s Race McCoy RAPID CITY (AP) — The mansion that served 16 South Dakota governors couldn’t draw even the minimum ask- ing price at auction. Bidding started at $600,000 Thursday near Rapid City, the Rapid City Journal reported. It fell to $375,000 before a man flashed the winning bid for $410,000, not much more than the cost to move the building from Pierre to Rapid Valley. While dozens of onlookers showed up, only a handful of bids were actually offered. Sturgis auctioneer Dave Wilson said the winning bid was below what Home Federal Bank of Sioux Falls wanted to sell it for, so the new owner had to negotiate the final price, which wasn’t disclosed. A man who identified him- self to the newspaper only as Bill confirmed after the auc- tion that he was the highest bidder. He lives in Arizona but said he’s originally from South Dakota and has ranching inter- ests in the region. “I got a big family,” he said. “We grew up here, and so we’re thinking about moving back.” The home’s former owners suffered business losses, and the house sat on the market for months before it went to auction. Old SD Governor’s Mansion Sells Below Asking Price
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Herschel Liebnow Herschel Liebnow, age 86,
of Wolsey, died Thursday, Au-gust 22, 2013, at the SunQuestHealth Care Center.
His funeral service will beat 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August27th at St. John’s LutheranChurch at Wolsey with Rev. L.Scott Spiehs, officiating. Burialwill be in the Restlawn Mem-ory Gardens Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 1-8p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at theKuhler Funeral Home with aprayer service at 7:30 Mondayevening.
Visit www.kuhlerfuneral-home.com/.
Herschel Erwin Liebnowwas born March 1, 1927, toHerman and Caroline(Wadtke) Liebnow at the farmwest of Wolsey, South Dakota.He attended Updike RuralSchool for two years. In 1934,at the age of seven, the familymoved to a farm at RockSprings, Minnesota. They alsolived at Mayer and Montrosewhile they were in Minnesota.The family attended aLutheran Church in Buffalo,Minnesota where Herschelwas confirmed. He also at-tended high school at Buffalo.The family moved back toWessington Springs, SouthDakota, in 1945. They rented afarm north of WessingtonSprings at Pinard’s Corner.This is when Herschel metDoris Borkowski.
In 1947, Herman and Caro-line bought a farm called theSimental Farm 4 1/2 milessouth of Wolsey. Herschel andDoris bought this farm fromhis folks in 1952.
Herschel married DorisBorkowski on July 31, 1948, atSt. John’s Lutheran Church atWolsey. Doris was the daugh-ter of Rudolph and EmmaBorkowski of WessingtonSprings.
Herschel and Doris startedmilking cows and sellingGrade A milk in 1958 to BeadleCounty Milk Producers. Her-schel was a Beadle CountyMilk Producers board memberfor 20 years and secretary for15 years. In 1967, they built anew milk house, milking par-lor, holding shed and silo.They milked 100 to 135 cows.Herschel was also a memberof the NFO.
His favorite past-time washunting and bowling. Duringthe 70’s, he sponsored theCain Creek Farm bowling teamat Huron, South Dakota.
Herschel and Doris built anew house on the Cain CreekFarm in 1969 and bought anacreage one mile east of thefarm in 1991. Their son, Rod-ney took over the Cain Creek
Dairy Farm.Herschel bought a semi-
truck in 1991 and began longdistance trucking forParkhurst Trucking of Huron.He hauled to Texas, Florida,the Carolina’s and all statesin between. In 1998, Herschelstarted trucking for T-Bird Ex-press which is owned by hisson, Ronald.
He was preceded in deathby his parents; his wife, Dorison May 11, 2012; one daugh-ter, Jodi Ann Songer on Sep-tember 26, 2010; one son,Roger in infancy; and onebrother, Earl Liebnow.
Grateful for having sharedin his life are one daughter,Joyce (Dan) Shudak of Yank-ton; two sons, Ronald (Carol)Liebnow of Huron and Rod-ney (Christy) Liebnow ofWolsey; his son-in-law, DonSonger of Huron; six grand-children, Michelle (Joe) Shu-dak-Waldner, Nick Shudak,Blaine Liebnow, BriannaSonger, Nikkita Songer andCaleb Liebnow; one fostergranddaughter, Cydnee Davis;four great-grandchildren,Amanda Waldner, JoshuaWaldner, Cooper Shudak andSophia Shudak.
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August 24, 2013
Virginia JepsenOKEENE, Okla. — Memo-
rial service for Virginia MaeJepsen, 85, will be Saturday,August 24, 2013 at 1:30 pm atOkeene United MethodistChurch with arrangements byLanman Funeral Home, Inc. ofOkeene. www.lanmanmemori-als.com/.
Virginia was born on De-cember 29, 1927 at Yankton,South Dakota to Glenn T. Clark
and Dora M. Lane Clark andpassed from this life on Au-gust 18, 2013 in Okeene. OnMarch 25, 1945 she marriedHarvey E. Jepsen.
She loved to read and go tochurch. She was president ofthe local 4 Wheelers Club inGunnison, Colorado. She lovedto go 4 wheeling in Jeeps. Vir-ginia enjoyed inviting collegestudents over for holidaymeals, when she lived in Gun-nison. She loved being a partof after-school activities andbeing involved in her daugh-ter’s activities. Virginia espe-cially loved all of hergrandchildren. She was veryactive in the Comedy Club andThe Kitchen Band in ApacheJunction, Arizona.
Survivors include herdaughter, Sharon Posey; twograndchildren, Glenn Poseyand Lee Posey; great grand-children, Hannah Posey, LeviPosey, Luke Posey and BethHaag; one great-great grand-child, Kyler Haag.
Those who preceded Vir-ginia in death include her hus-band, Harvey E. Jepsen; twobrothers, Marvin Clark andTom Clark; two sisters, SallyBurrus and Genavieve M.
Her cremains will bebrought back to Gayville,South Dakota and buried atthe Danish Lutheran Cemeterysometime in the spring.
Memorials may be given toFaith Hospice of Weatherfordthrough the funeral home.
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August 24, 2013
Marvin NoeckerMarvin George Noecker, 88
of Hartington, Neb., died Fri-day, Aug. 23, 2013, at theGolden LivingCenter, Hart-ington, afterbattling withcancer.
Mass ofChristian Bur-ial is at 10:30a.m. Monday,Aug. 26, atHoly TrinityCatholic Church, Hartington,with the Rev. Jeffery Losekeofficiating. Burial will be in St.Michael's Cemetery, Harting-ton, with military honors pro-vided by the Hartington VFWPost 5283.
Visitation is 3-6 p.m. Sun-day, with a vigil service at 4:30p.m., at the church. Visitationwill begin one hour prior toservices on Monday at thechurch.
The Wintz Funeral Home inHartington is in charge ofarrangements.
Pallbearers will be hisgrandsons: Tony Noecker,
Matthew Noecker, Joshua Mar-ron, Jerod Hoesiing, EricNoecker, Luke Frohreich, BrettNoecker and Colton Frohreich.
Ted Gunnare DELMONT — Theodore
“Ted” W. Gunnare, 89, diedThursday, August 22 at AveraBormann Manor in Parkston.
Funeral service will beMonday, August 26 at 10:30a.m. at Koehn Bros. FuneralChapel in Delmont.
Visitation will be Sunday,
August 25 from 5 to 7 p.m.with a 7:00 p.m. prayer serv-ice at Koehn Bros. FuneralChapel in Delmont.
He is survived by his wife, Faith of Yankton, SD; 4 sib-
lings: Anna Mae Dyce ofBillings, MT; John (Lianne)Gunnare of Wagner, SD; RuthSharpe of Kennewick, WA;and Alice Fuerniss of Del-mont; a sister-in-law, EstherKraemer of Scotland, SD; andmany nieces and nephews.
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South Dakota Among Top Ag ProducersABERDEEN (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department says
South Dakota again ranks in the top 10 nationally for numerouscommodities.
The Aberdeen News reports the state leads the nation in bisonproduction and is second in honey, millet, sunflower and flaxseed.It’s No. 6 in corn and wheat production and No. 9 for soybeans.
South Dakota also was No. 5 in cows and No. 6 in sheepand lambs.
Carter Anderson with the USDA National Agriculture Statis-tics Service in Sioux Falls says that combined, South Dakotaand North Dakota produced 85 percent of all sunflower seedsin the nation — 32 percent in South Dakota and 52 percent inNorth Dakota.
Norfolk Police Capture Jail EscapeeNORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve captured an
inmate who squeezed between cell bars and escaped theThurston County Jail in the northeast Nebraska city of Pender.
Norfolk police took 39-year-old Mark Kuehn into custodyaround 5 p.m. Thursday. He’d been spotted at an apartment build-ing on the southeast side of town.
“He was squatting down in the stairwell with his back againstthe wall, trying to stay hidden,” Norfolk police Sgt. Chad Reimantold the Norfolk Daily News.
Jailers discovered that Kuehn was missing from his cellaround 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Thurston County Sheriff Shelly Perez said Kuehn had pulledan air conditioning unit out of his cell window. At just 5 foot 3 and130 pounds, Kuehn was small enough to make it out between twobars in the window, Perez said.
The county will narrow the space between the bars to preventfuture escapes, the sheriff said.
The jail is just blocks from Pender schools, so they werelocked down after officials raised the alarm. Schools in nearbyWayne were locked down, too.
Kuehn was being held in the Thurston County Jail for nearbyStanton County, where he’s scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 7for theft. He’s also a sex offender who was convicted in StantonCounty.
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Brett Carda and Kim Carda
Verletta WittmeierFuneral services for Ver-
letta H. Wittmeier of Lincoln,Nebraska and formerly ofTripp will be held at 10:00a.m. on Monday, August 26at Friedens ReformedChurch in Tripp with PastorsGreg Way and Daniel Lee offi-ciating. Interment will followin the church cemetery. Cas-ketbearers will be Verletta’seight grandchildren.
Visitation will be held onSunday from 4 p.m. until a 7p.m. prayer service at theGoglin Funeral Home inTripp.
Online condolences maybe sent atwww.goglinfh.com/.
Verletta Hattie Wittmeierwas born on Saturday, Octo-
ber 8, 1927 on a farm south-west of Tripp. She was thesecond of four children bornto Emil and Amelia (Hauck)Dewald and was baptized andconfirmed at the EmmanuelReformed Church near Tripp.She attended a one-roomschool until she went toTripp High School. Sheearned her teacher’s certifi-cate from Southern State Nor-mal College and taughtcountry school for six yearsprior to her marriage. Shewas married to John DelbertWittmeier of Avon on Septem-ber 8, 1950 at Friedens Re-formed Church in Tripp byRev. Walter Odenbach. Afterspending two years in Wash-ington state while Johnserved in the Army, they re-turned to the Tripp area andstarted the family farm south-
west of town. They raisedfour children: Michael Del-bert, Janis Rae, Richard Deanand Jean Marie. As a devotedfarm wife, Verletta was busysupporting her husband,farming, gardening, canning,cooking, quilting and crochet-ing. She was an active mem-ber of Friedens ReformedChurch where she taughtSunday school and served onthe flower committee. Shewas a lifetime member of theAmerican Legion Auxiliaryand was also a member of theextension club, the quilter’sguild, and the Red Hat Soci-ety. She enjoyed playingcards and going on outingswith family and friends. OnNovember 22, 2012, Verlettamoved to Lincoln, Nebraskato be cared for by her daugh-ter, Jean. She passed away
comfortably at home with herdaughters at her side onTuesday, August 20, 2013,having achieved the age of 85years, 10 months and 12days.
Verletta is survived by herfour children: Michael (Greta)Wittmeier of Weiser, Idaho,Janis (Doug) Hoffman ofKeizer, Oregon, Richard(Susan) Wittmeier of BallstonLake, New York and Jean(Chuck) Holman of LincolnNebraska; eight grandchil-dren: Emily Hoffman, PaulHoffman, Rachel Lee, StuartWittmeier, Ross Wittmeier,Sara Holman, Caitlin Holman,and Alex Holman; two great-grandchildren: Obadiah Leeand Phoebe Lee; two sisters:Luella Gaiser of Worthington,Minnesota and Violet Mulloyof Carroll, Iowa; and a
brother, Arlo (Maydean) De-wald of Tripp.
In addition to her parents,Emil and Amelia Dewald, shewas preceded in death by herhusband, John, a grandchild,Elizabeth, and a great-grand-child, Colin.
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BY GRANT SCHULTEAssociated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. — Republican state Sen.Beau McCoy is planning to enter the wide-open 2014 Nebraska governor’s race, a cam-paign spokesman said Friday.
McCoy, of Omaha, was meeting with sup-porters and people who have worked in hisprevious legislative campaigns and will filecandidate paperwork in the next few days,said his new campaign spokesman, Kent Gr-isham. McCoy’s legislative office also re-leased a statement confirming hiscandidacy.
McCoy, a home improvement contractorwho runs his own business, has been activein the Republican Party since his teens. The32-year-old was elected to the Nebraska Leg-islature in 2008 and re-elected last year.
Earlier this year, McCoy introducedtwo bills on behalf of Gov. Dave Heineman
that sought to repeal orat least reduce Ne-braska’s income tax. Theidea was scrapped infavor of a statewide, leg-islative study of Ne-braska’s tax climate.McCoy also sponsoredlegislation this year thatrestricts chemicals usedin synthetic drugs, which
mimic the effects of illegal drugs.McCoy will face state Sens. Charlie
Janssen of Fremont and Tom Carlson of Hol-drege in the GOP primary. Republican busi-nessman Pete Ricketts of Omaha, theparty’s 2006 U.S. Senate nominee, has alsobeen mentioned as a candidate.
The announcement came as RepublicanFalls City businessman Charles Herbsterconfirmed he would not enter the 2014 race.Herbster had formed a candidate commit-
tee, leased office space in Omaha and as-sembled a campaign staff, but had not for-mally announced that he was running.
He decided within the last week that hewill not run because his wife is still recuper-ating from heart surgery, and her recoveryhasn’t gone as well as they had hoped, saidGrisham, who had been working with Herb-ster. Herbster may be interested in seekingoffice in future years, Grisham said.
McCoy’s entry into the race and Herb-ster’s departure come in the midst of an al-ready turbulent 2014 campaign. TwoRepublican hopefuls, former Speaker of theLegislature Mike Flood and former Lt. Gov.Rick Sheehy, declared they were running buthave since pulled out of the race.
State Sen. Annette Dubas, a family farm-and-ranch owner from Fullerton, and ChuckHassebrook, the executive director of theCenter for Rural Affairs in Lyons, are run-ning as Democrats.
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RAPID CITY (AP) — Themansion that served 16 SouthDakota governors couldn’tdraw even the minimum ask-ing price at auction.
Bidding started at $600,000Thursday near Rapid City, theRapid City Journal reported. Itfell to $375,000 before a manflashed the winning bid for
$410,000, not much more thanthe cost to move the buildingfrom Pierre to Rapid Valley.
While dozens of onlookersshowed up, only a handful ofbids were actually offered.
Sturgis auctioneer DaveWilson said the winning bidwas below what Home FederalBank of Sioux Falls wanted to
sell it for, so the new ownerhad to negotiate the finalprice, which wasn’t disclosed.
A man who identified him-self to the newspaper only asBill confirmed after the auc-tion that he was the highestbidder. He lives in Arizona butsaid he’s originally from SouthDakota and has ranching inter-
ests in the region.“I got a big family,” he said.
“We grew up here, and sowe’re thinking about movingback.”
The home’s former ownerssuffered business losses, andthe house sat on the marketfor months before it went toauction.
Old SD Governor’s Mansion Sells Below Asking Price
