Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held with the Sanborn County Commissioners acting as the Board of Adjustment at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 16, 2021. The meeting will be held in the Commissioner’s Room on the second floor of the Sanborn County Courthouse in Woonsocket, S.D. In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be held at the next regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting.

Meeting is to discuss a Variance at E215.4’ of lot 4; Blk 3 Westbrooks Addition, Woonsocket, S.D., for a west side yard of eight (8) feet. Section #815 states there shall be two side yards, each shall not be less than ten (10) feet.

All interested parties are encouraged to attend this hearing.

Should you have any questions, please call the office at 605-796-4514.

Penny Farris

Zoning Administrator

Sanborn County

Bradley Joseph McGillvrey, 40, of Wolsey, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, as the result of a car accident.

His funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, at the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Wolsey with burial at the Wolsey Cemetery. Visitation, with the family present, will be from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4, with a prayer service to begin at 7 p.m. at the Welter Funeral Home in Huron and one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. 

Bradley Joseph McGillvrey, the son of James (Caroline) McGillvrey and Karma (Doug) Schiltz, was born May 26, 1981, in Huron.  He attended school and graduated from Wolsey High School.  Bradley made his home in Wolsey and worked as a service technician for CHS, McGillvrey Oil, and Pullman Drilling in Wolsey.

Brad loved to spend time with his nieces and nephews and was always known as the “fun uncle.”  He was smart, talented and could fix anything. Brad had a great sense of humor.  He loved watching movies.

Grateful for having shared in Brad’s life are his father, James (Caroline) McGillvrey of Wolsey; his mother, Karma (Doug) Schiltz of Wolsey; two brothers, Adam (Christine) McGillvrey of Huron and Douglas (Erika) McGillvrey of Concord, Calif.; sister, Kelli (Tucker) Snedeker of Woonsocket; grandmother, Donna McGillvrey-Gogolin of Huron;  three stepbrothers, David (Karen) Jensen of Wolsey, Daniel Jensen of St. Lawrence and Logan Schiltz of Wessington; three stepsisters, Theresa (Cody) Marzahn of Frankfurt, Katie (Eric) Decker of Hitchcock and Erin (Brandon) Kruse of Hanover, Kan.; and many nieces and nephews.

Brad was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Dean McGillvrey and Mike Gogolin; and grandparents, Jack and Mavis Price and Doc and Maxine Boyd.

Robert DeBoer, 81, of Mitchell, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, at Firesteel Healthcare Center in Mitchell. 

A Celebration of Life was held Saturday, Oct. 30, at Bittner Funeral Chapel.

Robert “Bob” DeBoer was born in Springfield on Oct. 4, 1940, to Martin and Esther (Dahlenburg) DeBoer. He attended local country schools. In 1967, he earned his GED.

Bob was married to Sheila VanLaecken in Letcher on April 28, 1962.

Bob worked for several local businesses and began his employment at UPS in 1973. At this same time, they purchased their first farm ground and continued to farm and raise cattle.

In his younger days, Bob loved water skiing. He spent the fall and winter snowmobiling, hunting, feeding cattle, and visiting sale barns. Bob loved traveling to Las Vegas. 

Bob was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and Moose Lodge. He was also a past member of the Mitchell Trap League.

Bob is survived by his wife of 59 years, Sheila; son, Don; daughters, Susie (David) Hagerty and Michelle Erickson; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; sisters, Marjorie Bjerke of Jamestown, N.D., and Lila Letcher of Medford, Ore.; brother-in-law, Jack Wieblehaus of Mitchell; sister-in-law, Linda DeBoer of Woonsocket; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Marlene Wieblehaus; brother, Harlan; brothers-in-law, Ernest Bjerke, James Letcher, and Barry VanLaecken.