Ellen Nieslanik Remembering Ellen Strang Nieslanik It is with great love and heartbreak that we announce the death of Ellen Strang Nieslanik. After a 25+ year battle with Scleroderma and other autoimmune conditions, Ellen passed away peacefully on April 24, 2023 at her home in Waldport, OR, surrounded by family. She was 61. Ellen Lathrop Strang was born in Glenwood Springs, CO on December 10th, 1962, the second of four daughters to Mary and Bart Strang. She grew up on registered Hereford ranches near Carbondale, CO before her family relocated to their long-time ranch in Meeker, CO in 1973. Ellen’s childhood was colored vividly by Hereford cattle, Junior Hereford Associations, bull sales in Kremmling, Colorado and the carload show at the National Western Stockshow. She

Teresa Endres Funeral services for Teresa Eleanor Endres, age 90, of Watertown will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 13th, 2023 at the Immaculate Conception Church with Father John Lantsberger officiating. Music will be provided by the I.C. Choir. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery, and then lunch and fellowship in the church parish hall. Teresa passed away on April 8, 2023 at Jenkins Living Center. Visitation will be at the Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, April 12 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. There will be a prayer service at 7:00 followed by a Time of Sharing. Pallbearers will be nephews Mark Elder, David Schlenker, Gary Schlenker, Ron Schlenker, Steve Venner and Marty Venner. Honorary pallbearer is Kent Clausen of

Jimmy Carter Jimmy E. Carter, 85, of Rock Lake, ND, passed away Monday, March 20, 2023 at the Towner County Medical Center in Cando, ND.  Arrangements are pending. To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Jimmy E. Carter, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.

Leonard Lodoen Leonard Leroy Lodoen, 85, a lifetime resident of Westhope, ND, died peacefully with his wife and family at his side on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at the Baptist Health and Rehab Center in Bismarck, ND. He was born in Westhope on March 17, 1937, the son of Clarence and Hazel Lodoen and the eldest of four children. He attended Westhope High School and was a key member of the basketball team which won the North Dakota Class “C” tournament in 1954. Upon graduation, he began a lifetime of farming and ranching north of Westhope, living on the same farm since1960. He refereed the basketball games of, and later married, Bette Henry on October 22, 1959. They were married for 46 years until her

Gene Leddy Gene Arlin Leddy, 85, of Twin Brooks, SD passed away on February 13th at Avera Milbank (SD) Hospital after a courageous fight against cancer. He was a devoted farmer and rancher, proud Irishman, and above all a loving father, grandpa, and great-grandpa. A visitation and prayer service celebrating his life will take place at Mundwiler Funeral Home, on Friday, February 17, 2023, with visitation at 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm and prayer service at 7:00 pm.  A funeral service will take place at Parkview United Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday February 18th in Milbank, SD. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery. The service will be livestreamed and recorded and viewable at www.mundwilerfuneralhome.net. Gene was born on January 29, 1938,

Philip George Philip Woodbury George, beloved husband, dad, papa & great grand-papa, as well as respected stockman & proud WW II veteran, passed away peacefully & ascended into eternal life, while in the presence of family, on Sunday morning, February 12, 2023, at the age of 101. He was welcomed at the Gates of Heaven, by his parents & three siblings, as well as many cousins, extended family & friends. Philip was born on September, 14, 1921, in the family home where he grew up, on Sunbyrne Farm, located along the county line road between Osage & Coffey Counties, east of Lebo. He was the second eldest of four children born to Frank Jackson George & Harriet Edith George (nee Woodbury), which included older brother,

Jack Vanier John K. “Jack” Vanier August 6, 1928 – February 10, 2023 To call Jack Vanier a founding father of a bygone rural Kansas culture would be three things at once. An understatement, a compliment, and a chance for Jack to respond in his characteristic unassuming nature – accompanied by that brilliant smile – that he was just doing what came naturally. In his self-effacing, low-key way, it would also offer a golden opportunity for Jack to take issue with the “bygone” sentiment. Soft-spoken and successful. Kind and productive. Reliable and generous. If someone were to ask, “What does it mean to be called ‘the salt of the Earth?” One would only need to spend a few minutes talking about Jack Vanier to get