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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.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

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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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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August 24, 2013

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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