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From State Magazine Fall 2025 - View Full Issue >

Births

• Allison (Wagner) '16/DNP '22 and Steven Hatcher, a girl, McKenna, born Jan. 31, 2025. They reside in Canton.
• Andrew '12/M.S. '14 and Briana (Troske) '12/M.Ed. '14 Litz, a boy, Arlo, born April 5, 2025. They reside in Duluth, Minnesota.
• Anthony '18 and McKayla (Moe) '18 Buechler, a boy, Wilder, born July 4, 2025. They reside in Alexandria.
• Brady '18 and Kamber (Hossle) '17 Brockel, a boy, Bergen, born June 22, 2025. They reside in Sioux Falls.
• Brandi (Deno)'11/M.S. '13 and David Hofer, a girl, Spencer, born March 19, 2025. They reside in Osseo, Wisconsin.
• Brendan '17 and Rachel (King) '19 Sage, a girl, Addy, born May 10, 2025. They reside in St. Michael, Minnesota.
• Brian '19 and McKayla (Wachlin) '21 Prchal, a boy, Myles, born May 7, 2025. They reside in Sioux Falls.
• David Monnens '14 and Exania Moraga, a girl, Amaya, born May 19, 2025. They reside in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Devon '13/M.S. '20 and Kendra (Hauck) '09 Russell, a girl, Lyla, born Sept. 30, 2024. They reside in Mitchell.
• Gabrielle (Gervais) '20 and Maverick Maynard '20, a boy, Max, born Jan. 3, 2025. They reside in Sioux Falls.
• Hannah (Surat) '21 and Kendall Veenstra, a girl, Paisley, born Jan. 23, 2025. They reside in New Holland.
• Holden '17 and Michaela (Zeinstra) '16 Surat, a girl, Haven, born June 6, 2025. They reside in Holland, Minnesota.
• James '14 and Stephanie (Lukesh) '16 Coffee, a boy, Lucas, born Nov. 22, 2024. They reside in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
• Keshaun ’20 and Amy (Nastase) ’21 Britt, a girl, Sutton, born June 11, 2025. They reside in Omaha, Nebraska.
• Levi ’15/Pharm.D. ’17 and Katherine (Kaufman) ’14/Pharm.D. ’16 Hattervig, a girl, Violet, born Nov. 25, 2024. They reside in Sioux Falls.
• Lori (White) ’08 and Jason Wentzel, a boy, Wesley, born Dec. 4, 2024. They reside in Lake Wilson, Minnesota.
• MaQuelah (Schueler) ’20 and Alexander Miner, a girl, Lola, born March 18, 2025. They reside in DeGraff, Minnesota.
• Maria (Pearson) ’17 and Nick Picek, a boy, Bruin, born Jan. 25, 2025. They reside in Brookings.
• Michael ’14 and Whitney (Cox) ’21 Pittmann, a girl, London, born Dec. 19, 2024. They reside in Bethel, Minnesota.
• Nick ’14 and Lara (Cafruny) ’15 Uphoff, a girl, Vivian, born March 5, 2025. They reside in Glenwood, Iowa.
• Rebecca (Peick) ’19 and Aden Homard ’21, a boy, Arthur, born June 26, 2025. They reside in St. Paul, Minnesota.
• Regen ’22 and Anna (Schwader) ’22 Wiederrich, a girl, Winnie, born July 6, 2024. They reside in Sioux Falls.
• Sandra Lyn (Casilang) ’20 and Keith Gruenig, a girl, Esther, born Nov. 18, 2023. They reside in Rapid City.
• Sarah (Dunaway) M.S. ’19 and Taylor Zvolanek, a boy, Rowan, born May. 7, 2025. They reside in Sioux Falls.
• Theresa (Esser) ’10 and Donnie Bowden, a girl, Magdalynn, born July 1, 2025. They reside in Aberdeen.
• William ’19 and Tessa (Anderson) ’20 Chauncey, a girl, Rhen, born May 15, 2025. They reside in Sioux Falls.

Deaths

• 1947 Eleanor M. (Thomas) Toyne of Tyndall, May 20, 2025.
• 1949 Elizabeth A. (Fuller) Wilson of Lemmon, May 8, 2025.
• 1950 Art A. Rezac of Pierre, May 19, 2025.
• 1951 Lyndell H. Petersen of Hermosa, June 10, 2025.
• 1952 Douglas B. Eggers of Laurel, Maryland, June 3, 2025.
• 1952 Jack M. Wandstedt of Belle Fourche, May 4, 2025.
• 1954 Barbara G. (Donnelly) Telkamp of Brookings, June 19, 2025.
• 1954 Marian (Bishop) Gustafson of Sioux Falls, July 4, 2025.
• 1954 Marianne (Bruce) Miller of Hill City, April 20, 2025.
• 1955 Charles Backlund of Pierre, May 8, 2025.
• 1955 Richard J. Anderson of Sun City West, Arizona, April 8, 2025.
• 1956 Barbara M. (Johnson) Schmidt of Watertown, May 27, 2025.
• 1956 Gretchen I. (Foster) Hatfield of Glendale, Arizona, May 19, 2025.
• 1956 Robert Schlueter of Clark, June 11, 2025.
• 1957 Charles J. Hendricks of Lakewood, Colorado, May 30, 2025.
• 1957 Dean R. Hurlbut of St. Joseph, Missouri, June 29, 2025.
• 1957 Esther "Mirth" (Sloat) Westburg of Fairfax, Virginia, May 18, 2025.
• 1958 Dennis C. Stanga of Deephaven, Minnesota, May 14, 2025.
• 1958 Marlyn Buss of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, July 11, 2025.
• 1959 Ann L. (Tisher) Hesley of Oronoco, Minnesota, June 23, 2025.
• 1959 Benjamin Masselink of Sioux Falls, April 23, 2025.
• 1959 Orval A. Knodel of Topeka, Kansas, June 28, 2025.
• 1960 Delbert P. Klas of Musekgo, Wisconsin, May 16, 2025.
• 1960 Marvin Wieman of Crooks, May 9, 2025.
• 1960 Philip Ko of Sunnyvale, California, June 21, 2025.
• 1960/M.S. ’61 Duane F. Ommen of Walker, Minnesota, April 11, 2025.
• 1961 Dale J. Sittig of Overland Park, Kansas, May 31, 2025.
• 1961 Wayne Noble of Colome, June 21, 2025.
• 1961/M.S. ’67 John M. Herreid of Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, June 4, 2025.
• 1962 Bruce J. Burrell of Brookings, June 21, 2025.
• 1962 Marie L. (Straub) McMahon of Bellevue, Washington, June 5, 2025.
• 1963 Dennis E. Bunde of Lincoln, Nebraska, May 5, 2025.
• 1963 Floyd "Buzz" Stiles of Phoenix, Arizona, June 8, 2025.
• 1963 Leland Baldwin of Pierre, May 21, 2025.
• 1964 Ramona (Peterson) Huppert of Amery, Wisconsin, April 13, 2025.
• 1964/M.S. ’71 Jeremiah Kranz of Spokane Valley, Washington, April 13, 2025.
• 1965 David V. Halvorson of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, April 18, 2025.
• 1965 Glen R. Wollman of Freeman, June 6, 2025.
• 1965 Joan M. Gratz of Omaha, Nebraska, May 5, 2025.
• 1965 Melvin J. Henrichsen of Rapid City, May 15, 2025.
• 1965 Thomas W. Moshier of Surprise, Arizona, Nov. 21, 2024.
• 1966 James Kerl of McAlester, Oklahoma, May 23, 2025.
• 1966 Roger D. Christensen of Gravois Mills, Missouri, May 1, 2025.
• 1966 Rose Marie E. (Martens) White of Arlington, Tennessee on April 10, 2025.
• 1967 (M.S.) Raymond R. Kooistra of Yankton, June 20, 2025.
• 1967 Douglas C. Herman of Iowa City, Iowa, May 23, 2025.
• 1967 James R. Messerli of Nampa, Idaho, May 24, 2025.
• 1967 MaryAnn (Heimbuch) Kerl of McAlester, Oklahoma, July 9, 2025.
• 1967 Norman L. Johnson of Spirit Lake, Iowa, May 13, 2025.
• 1967 Ron Hurlbut of Browns Valley, Minnesota, July 8, 2025.
• 1967 Wayne Woodraska of Kimball, June 24, 2025.
• 1969 Dwayne C. Vig of Mud Butte, April 28, 2025.
• 1969 Harley Buyert of Palm Desert, California, December 15, 2024.
• 1970 David A. Jacobson of Centerville, June 27, 2025.
• 1970 David L. Howe of Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 31, 2025.
• 1970 Larry Wasland of Watertown, May 17, 2025.
• 1970 Lois I. Hanson of Sioux Falls, July 6, 2025.
• 1970 Robert Mabee of Sioux Falls, May 20, 2025.
• 1970/ M.S. ’75 Roger Christianson of Papillion, Nebraska, April 26, 2025.
• 1970/M.S. ’71 Betty (Lengkeek) Bottum of Sioux Falls, April 29, 2025.
• 1971 (M.Ed.) Willis G. Hoff of Sioux Falls, July 12, 2025.
• 1971 (M.S.) Phillip Dobbs of Clermont, Florida, May 11, 2025.
• 1971 James L. Herman of Menno, May 19, 2025.
• 1971 Robert Murtha of Lonoke, Arkansas, May 28, 2025.
• 1972 (M.Ed.) Justin E. Loucks of Sun City West, Arizona, Jan. 14, 2025.
• 1972 (Ph.D.) Robert Young of Battle Lake, Minnesota, July 9, 2025.
• 1972 Darrell D. Anderson of West Lafayette, Indiana, June 13, 2025.
• 1972 David D. Brakke of Presho, March 14, 2025.
• 1972 Patricia L. (Meyer) Reichert of Sioux Falls, May 18, 2025.
• 1972/M.S. '79 Gary Wheeler of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, June 12, 2025.
• 1973 Judith G. Johnson of Rapid City, April 14, 2025.
• 1974 (M.Ed.) Denny Gaspar of Sioux Falls, April 29, 2025.
• 1974 (M.S.) Michael R. Boldrick of Santa Maria, California, April 18, 2025.
• 1974 Charlotte (Blackstad) Miller of Burnsville, Minnesota, July 3, 2025.
• 1974 Doug Rowley of Keystone, April 23, 2025.
• 1974 Greogry Hentges of Castlewood, June 29, 2025.
• 1974 Shirley A. (MacArthur) Hales of Ephraim, Utah, May 4, 2025.
• 1975 Daniel B. Schulz of Waubay, June 16, 2025.
• 1975 Neil A. Hoogestraat of Sioux Falls, June 27, 2025.
• 1977 Douglas K. Ramsell of Huron, June 6, 2025.
• 1978 Kevin Tveidt of Pierre, May 13, 2025.
• 1979 Naomi L. (Engelbrecht) Boone of Brookings, May 4, 2025.
• 1980 (M.Ed.) Dan Griffith of Sioux Falls, April 14, 2025.
• 1980 Karla J. (Schaaf) Kuipers of Platte, May 30, 2025.
• 1981 Jeffrey A. Tennyson of Custer, June 19, 2025.
• 1982 Jeff Clark of Wall, April 14, 2025.
• 1984 Janine E. (Koch) Albers of Sioux Falls, June 21, 2025.
• 1984 Kevin Rolle of Brookings, May 14, 2025.
• 1985 Deneil D. Lutter of Chamberlain, May 1, 2025.
• 1985 Kenneth J. Ahartz of Brookings, May 3, 2025.
• 1986 Robert D. Grey of Madison Lake, Minnesota, June 12, 2025.
• 1987 (M.Ed.) Claudia (Flye) Fletcher of Lynchburg, Virginia, March 26, 2025.
• 1987 (M.Ed.) Richard C. Lehman of Sioux Falls, May 20, 2025.
• 1988 William Christensen of Sioux Falls, June 8, 2025.
• 1990 Lisa A. (Poppen) Findley of Lake City, Iowa, June 17, 2025.
• 1992 (M.S.) Kathleen "KC" (Smit) Wehde of Madison, June 14, 2025.
• 1994 Mark A. Browning of Mina, April 26, 2025.
• 1994 Wanda L. (Dahme) Dahms of Bowling Green, Kentucky, June 19, 2025.
• 1995 Richard R. Aman of Jarrell, Texas, June 3, 2025.
• 1996 Marty Williams of Wall, June 28, 2025.
• 1997 (M.Ed.) Catherine A. (Wetzbarger) Griffith of Sioux Falls, July 15, 2025.
• 1999 Tina K. (Schaffer) Dangel of Lake Andes, June 7, 2025.
• 2005 Amanda M. Olson-Menning of Baltic, June 24, 2025.
• 2006 Jaime L. (Berkner) Borchert of Sioux Falls, May 12, 2025.
• 2006 Tracy J. Lundquist of Lisbon, North Dakota, May 27, 2025.
• 2013/’17 Zacharia B. Bowers of Topeka, Kansas, April 18, 2025.
• 2014 Sarah L. (Knobloch) Hoiland of Sioux Falls, June 3, 2025.
• 2015 Ethan Quade of Jeffers, Minnesota, June 28, 2025.

General

1972 Donald (George) Dorman was awarded first place in the Iowa Broadcast News Association's 2024 Large Market news contest in the In-Depth Series category for his daily "Clean Up Your Act" environmental feature. Dorman has been the news and operations director at KCCK-FM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for 39 years. He resides in Cedar Rapids. 

1975 Mark E. Kraner retired in May 2021 as an assistant vice president for university services at George Mason University. He resides in Haslett, Michigan. 

1977 Janeen Trevillyan received the 2023 Sharlot Hall Award in recognition of her unwavering dedication to preserving Arizona history. Trevillyan volunteered at the Sedona Heritage Museum for over 25 years, serving as president of the board, historian and executive director. She resides in Sedona, Arizona. 

1989/M.S. '93 Bo A. Beck was selected as the 2024-2025 South Dakota Middle School Principal of the Year. Beck is the principal at Holgate Middle School in the Aberdeen School District and resides in Aberdeen. 

2003 Lori (Cowan) Conroy was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers during the college's 2025 spring meeting in Maui, Hawaii. The American College of Trial Lawyers comprises the best of the trial bar from the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Conroy is an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of North Dakota and has been a prosecutor for 13 years. She resides in Fargo, North Dakota. 

1998 Ryan Howlett was nationally awarded the 2025 C. Scott Elliott Development Professional of the Year award by the Public Broadcasting Service in May 2025. He received the award for his work in the South Dakota Legislature to restore funding for South Dakota Public Broadcasting and his work leading the team at Friends of SDPB. He resides in Brookings.