Brigette FisherBrigette Maree Fisher, 27, passed

away February 9th, 2013, at MercyMedical Center in Sioux City, Iowa,after suffering a massive heart attack.

A visitation willbe held from 5-6p.m. with a prayerservice beginning at6:00 p.m. onWednesday, Febru-ary 13, 2013, atKober Funeral Homeof Vermillion, SouthDakota.

A memorial serv-ice will be held at 1p.m. on Thursday, February 14, 2013,at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vermil-lion, South Dakota, with Rev. WilliamJohnson officiating.

Brigette’s memory will live onlong after her passing as she choseto give the ultimate gift of organ do-nation to people in need.

Brigette was born to Kavin Fisherand Cindy (Larson) Carrington. Shewent to her Savior on February 9,2013. Brigette attended VermillionHigh School. She was involved indance classes and especially loved totap dance. Once of her other pas-sions was as a soccer player in heryounger years. She always had asmile on her face and a good-naturedattitude, which helped as she soldgirl-scout cookies. It also helped herlater in life as she worked as an oper-ator for Ansir-4-U.

Brigette lived for her three beauti-ful girls. They were her rock in life.She did a wonderful job with hergirls. She will be dearly missed byher entire family.

Brigette is survived by her chil-dren, Destiny, Arianna, and Navaya;her mother, Cynthia (Larson) Car-rington; her step-father, John WayneCarrington; her father, Kavin Fisher;her step-mother, Julie Berry; herbrother, Justin Fisher; her sister, Ali-cia Fisher; her nieces and nephews,Aribella, Alena, Shelby, Layne, andRyker; her fiancé, Brian Kimball andhis children; her special grandpar-ents, Darrel and Barb Larson; heraunts, Joan Downey, and Gail Feidler;her uncle, Tim (Marie) Larson; andher first cousins, Mandy, Meggan,Shelly, Elisa, and Shannon.

She was preceded in death by hergrandparents, Henrietta and JoeFisher; and her aunt, Linda Buckner.

Services have been entrusted toKober Funeral Home of Vermillion,South Dakota.

Condolences may be posted on-

line at www.koberfuneralhome.com.Yankton Press & Dakotan

February 12, 2013

Daryl BernardDaryl C. Bernard, 89, of Yankton

died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at theAvera Sister James Care Center, Yank-ton.

Mass of Christian Burial is at10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at Sa-cred Heart Catholic Church, Yankton,with the Rev. Mark Lichter officiating.Burial will be in the Sacred HeartCemetery with military gravesiderites by the Ernest-Bowyer VFW Post#791 and the SDARNG Honor Guard.

Visitations begin at 4 p.m. FridayMarch 1, at the Opsahl-Kostel Fu-neral Home & Crematory, Yankton,with a rosary at 7 p.m. followed by aScripture service at 7:30 p.m. Visita-tions will resume one hour prior tothe service at the church.

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PIERRE (AP) — Officials say the South Dakota Retirement System is ingood financial shape after earning 12.4 percent on investments through thefirst seven months of the financial year.

State Investment Officer Matt Clark says the system now holds assetsof more than $8.5 billion, up from $7.8 billion at the start of the financialyear last July.

Rob Wylie, executive director of the Retirement System, says the sys-tem is about 98 percent funded, in much better shape than most otherpublic pension plans in the nation. That means its assets are about 98 per-cent of the value of all potential future benefits to be paid to retirees instate and local agencies.

USDA Predicts Demand For Crops To GrowOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts that

demand for crops and livestock will continue to grow as global populationincreases over the next decade, and producers should be able to meet thedemand.

The USDA said Monday American farmers will have to find ways toboost what they harvest out of each acre, and farmers overseas will haveto expand production.

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Palmer FossPalmer Ordell Foss age 90, of

Menno and formerly of Lester-ville, SD passed away Saturday,February 9, 2013 at the Menno-Olivet Care Center, Menno, SD.

Memorial services will be 11a.m. Wednesday, February 13,2013 at the Salem ReformedChurch, Menno, with Rev.Michael Hecht officiating andthe SDARNG Honor Guard pre-senting the colors. Visitationswill begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb-ruary 12, 2013 at the Salem Re-formed Church, Menno, with aprayer service at 7 p.m.

Visitations will resume onehour prior to the service at thechurch.

The Aisenbrey-Opsahl-KostelMemorial Chapel, Menno, is as-sisting with the service details.

Palmer Foss was born Janu-ary 27, 1923 in Freeman, SD toInga (Jorstad) and Jarle Foss. In1926 their family moved to thefarm near the Jim River east ofScotland, SD where he made hishome for 86 years. Palmer wasraised in a Christian home, wasbaptized and confirmed his faithin Christ as his Savior as ayoung man. He was a member ofOur Savior’s Lutheran Church,rural Menno and later years atZion Lutheran Church in Scot-land, SD.

He attended Oslo District’sone room school house for 8years and then Menno HighSchool where he graduated in1941. In 1945 he entered theNavy and served in the SouthPacific until discharged at theend of World War II in 1946. OnMay 4, 1948, he married EirleenJohnson of Viborg, SD, whichPalmer referred to often as the“best thing that ever happenedto me”. Their love and dedica-tion have been obvious to thisday. Palmer claimed having twochildren (Karen and Jerry), astheir biggest accomplishmentand greatly enjoyed spendingtime with his 6 grandchildrenand 9 great grandchildren. He al-ways made it a point to tell themhow blessed he was to havethem and referred to them asprecious cargo when instructingtheir parents to drive themhome safely.

In November 2011 Palmer leftthe farm and moved into the

Menno-OlivetCare Centerwhere he resideduntil the time ofhis death, Febru-ary 9, 2013.

Palmer is per-haps best knownfor his sense ofhumor and loveof animals; traitswhich are recog-

nized to have been passed on tohis grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Going to visitPalmer’s farm was much like vis-iting an exotic animal park,where he had his favorites…dogs, horses and miniature don-keys, but also had yak, buffalo,peacocks, coyotes, raccoonsand just about any animal will-ing to hang around for a freemeal. Similarly Palmer is recog-nized by those who knew him asa kind person who never choseto take advantage of anyone andoften went the extra mile tomake sure the other person wastreated fairly.

Palmer is survived by Eir-leen, his wife of nearly 65 years;daughter, Karen Baker of Yank-ton, SD; son, Jerry (Carol) of Vic-toria, MN; grandchildren: Krista(Travis) Becker of Yankton, SD;Tim Baker of Yankton, SD; Jason(Catherine) Foss of Forest Lake,MN; Jonathan Foss of Shakopee,MN; and his fiancée Jenna Kot-larz of Shakopee, MN; Kimberly(Tyler) Hansen of Jordan, MN;Kyle Foss of Melbourne, Aus-tralia; great-grandchildren: Ashli,Chloe, Tori, and Zachary Becker,all of Yankton, SD; Cristian andMykaela Foss of Forest Lake,MN; Paxton, Maddex and ElyzaHansen all of Jordan, MN; andbrother, Wilbur (Elizabeth) Fossof Scotland, SD.

He was preceded in death byhis parents Inga and Jarle Foss.

Memorials can be directed toMenno-Olivet Care Center, P. O.Box 487, Menno, South Dakota57045.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

February 12, 2013

Lugene TheelLugene Fae Theel, age 53, of

rural Lesterville, SD passedaway Saturday, February 9, 2013at the Sanford USD Medical Cen-ter, Sioux Falls, SD surroundedby her family and friends.

Memorial services will be10:30 a.m. Wednesday, February13, 2013 at the Zion AmericanLutheran Church, Scotland, SDwith Pastor Jonathan Vehar offi-ciating. Burial of her crematedremains will be approximately 1p.m. Wednesday afternoon atthe Menno Cemetery, Menno,SD.

Visitations will begin at 5

p.m. Tuesday, atthe Aisenbrey-Op-sahl-Kostel Memo-rial Chapel,Menno, SD with aprayer serviceand memory shar-ing at 7 p.m. Visi-tations willresume one hourprior to the serv-

ice at the church.Lugene was born February

15, 1959 in Sioux Falls, SD thedaughter of the late Avis andFlavain Wayne Theel. She wasone of six siblings. She gradu-ated from Southeast TechnicalInstitute and worked as a Surgi-

cal Technician. She worked forAvera McKennan Hospital inSioux Falls for a number ofyears, and then in Freeman,Scotland, and Yankton, SD. Forthe last several years, she hasenjoyed her role as a motherand homemaker. One of hergreatest joys was volunteeringfor school and band activitiesand events.

Grateful for having sharedher life are her significant other,DuWayne Herrboldt and sonAustin Herrboldt of Lesterville,SD; sisters and brother, Donna(Chuck) Kappenman of Canton,SD, Marge (Larry) Dreesman ofSioux Falls, SD, Janet Lovaas of

Sioux Falls, SD, Rhonda (Denny)Gallop of Jasper, MN, and Wayne(Julie) Theel of Platte, SD; andnumerous nieces, nephews, andfriends.

Lugene was preceded indeath by her parents and daugh-ter, Ashley Julian.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

February 13, 2013

Norman GuentherNorman A. Guenther, age 78 of

Crofton, Nebraska, died on Satur-day, February 9, 2013 at theAvera Heart Hospital in SiouxFalls, SD.

Mass of Christian Burial willbe on Thursday, February 14,2013 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Rose ofLima Catholic Church in Crofton,NE with the Rev. MichaelSchmitz. Burial will be at the St.Rose cemetery in Crofton withmilitary rites by the CroftonAmerican Legion Post #128.

Visitation will be on Wednes-day from 4-9 p.m. with a VigilService at 7 p.m. all at the WintzFuneral Home in Crofton. Visita-tion will continue on Thursday atchurch one hour prior to serv-ices.

Pallbearers will be Jerry Guen-ther, Brian Guenther, Kelly Guen-ther, Laverne Guenther, MikeNelson, Jodi Nelson, and CasperGuenther.

Honorary pallbearers will beNorbert and Karen Guenther,Jerry and Georgie Thunker, Joeand Geri Schumacher, Jake andNorma Van Heek, MarleneBoecker, Knights of Columbus,and the Crofton American LegionPost 128.

Norman Albert Guenther wasborn on February 4, 1935 inCrofton, NE to Casper and Anna(Hendricks) Guenther. He at-tended St. Rose Catholic Schoolin Crofton. He served in the U.S.Army from 1954-1956. He re-turned home after being dis-charged and began farming. Hemarried Donna Rae Langfermanon August 18, 1959 in Hartington,NE. They lived joys and sorrowsof life together for 53 years. Nor-man enjoyed his family, friendsand neighbors. Over the years hewas a dairy farmer for 40 years.His hobbies were golfing and

playing cards. Hewas an activemember of theKnights of Colum-bus, CatholicOrder ofForesters,Crofton AmericanLegion Post 128and past com-mander, ErnestBowyer VFW #791

of Yankton, SD. He was Past offi-cer of the Nebraska Dairy Board,Cattleman Beef Board of KnoxCounty, ADA/DC Board, CroftonPublic School Board, and past of-ficer of the Production CreditBoard.

Norman is survived by hiswife, Donna of Crofton; four chil-dren and spouses Carleen andRuss Dendinger of Crofton; KevinGuenther of Raleigh, NC, DaleGuenther of Crofton, Gary Guen-ther of Crofton; nine grandchil-dren; twin brother Norbert andwife Karen Guenther of Crofton;three sisters and spouses Eileenand Danny Crespo of Stockton,CA, Betty Lou Helms of Portland,OR, Carol and Ken Prebay ofBridgeport, MI; sister-in-law Hed-wig Guenther of Reesville, WI.

He was preceded in death byhis parents, two infant children;brothers Elmer, Art, Earl,Lawrence, infant brother RichardGuenther; two sisters MildredSchmid and JoAnn Nelson.

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BY KRISTI EATONAssociated Press

GARRETSON — Local dignitaries joinedspace enthusiasts Monday to watch the launchof an Earth-observing satellite whose imageswill be bounced back to a South Dakota labora-tory where scientists study the planet’s chang-ing landscape.

City mayors, scientists and others gatheredat the Earth Resources Observation Systems inGarretson to watch the televised launch of therocket carrying the Landsat 8. EROS, part of theU.S. Geological Survey, is the main repositoryfor images from Landsat satellites, which havebeen continuously snapping photos of theglobe for 40 years.

But this newest satellite is more powerful —able to spin around the planet 14 times a day,

snapping hundreds of pictures — than its pred-ecessors, which makes scientists like RogerAuch especially giddy.

“I’m excited to look at the imagery becauseit’s going to be sharper than we dealt with be-fore. I tend to look at things visually, so itshould be looking like Hi-Def TV,” said Auch, ofSioux Falls.

Auch said Landsat 7, which went into orbitin 1999, has some data gaps, making his jobmore difficult at times. He expects to be able tostart working with Landsat 8 images in about100 days.

“The continuation of Landsat allows me tokeep telling stories of all the major land types ofchanges,” he said. “From answering some basicquestions — what happened, where did it hap-pen and when did it happen — I try to find outwhy did it happen, because that’s one thing you

can’t tell from just looking at the satellites. Youhave to do additional research,” he said.

The rocket carrying the Landsat 8 launchedfrom the Vandenberg Air Force Base along Cali-fornia’s central coast. But officials at EROSthought it fitting to have a watch party wherethe satellites images are studied.

Three screens were set up inside a theaterso scientists, their family and local leaderscould watch the launch from California.

“There are people in this room that havespent a better part of a decade to watch thislaunch,” EROS director Frank Kelly said mo-ments before the official launch that took placeat 12:02 p.m. local time. Kelly also was joined bySioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether, as well as may-ors of nearby Harrisburg and Dell Rapids, andrepresentatives from the offices of U.S. Sens.Tim Johnson and John Thune.

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