Margaret A. “Marge” Lentz, 86, of Huron, passed away Dec. 25, Christmas, due to complications from surgery at the Avas House in Sioux Falls.
The family will have a private inurnment ceremony at a later time. Friends may send condolences to Margaret Lentz: c/o Kim Van Asperen, 201 Main St. W., Carthage, SD 57323.
Basham Funeral Service, Woonsocket is in charge.
Geraldine Louise Moran, 71, died on Dec. 25, 2020 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.
A private family service will be held Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021 at St. Wilfrid Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m., and livestreamed on Fr. Kevin Doyle’s YouTube. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Geraldine was born Jan. 17, 1949, as the youngest of twelve children born to Bertha (Ritter) and Francis “Red” Moran of Woonsocket. Geraldine was educated in Woonsocket at St. Joseph’s Catholic School and Woonsocket High School where she graduated in 1967. She received her LPN training and certification at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell and received her B.S. degree in Nursing at South Dakota State University. Geraldine worked as a charge nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Mitchell where she had begun her nursing career as a nurse’s aid, an LPN, and then an RN.
After her career in nursing, Geraldine became an insurance agent for Dakota Farmer Insurance, earning master salesman several times in her district. She also owned and operated The Furniture Palace, a furniture store in Mitchell.
Geraldine was a woman of faith and was a member of St. Wilfrid Church where she was baptized. Two years ago, she and her sister, Lynn, returned to Woonsocket to the homeplace where the Morans lived since the 1940s. While in Mitchell, she was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, the Davison County Democrats, and was the finance director of the SD Democratic Party in Sioux Falls. She volunteered as a teacher for religious education and was also the president of the Woonsocket Alumni Association.
Geraldine was known for her sense of humor and enjoyed going to her nieces’ and nephews’ sports activities and school programs.
Geraldine is survived by her Godfather brother, Jim Moran of Woonsocket; sisters, Pat (Larry) Borgerding of Rolla, Mo., Mary (Denny) Gere of Pierre, and Lynn Moran of Woonsocket; two sisters-in-law, Nathlee Moran of Huron, and Trudy Moran of Madison.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Bertha and Red Moran; her brothers, Matthew, Dan, and Larry (Beverly) Moran; an infant brother, Thomas; her sisters, Cecelia (Leon) Williams, Rose Marie Moran, Margaret (Carney) Nelson, and Lea Jane Moran; sister-in-law, Donna Moran; and niece, Karen Shore.
Angeline “Angie” Helen Nelson, 78, of Woonsocket, died Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, at the Prairie View Care Center in Woonsocket.
Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday, Dec. 22, at St. Wilfrid Catholic Church in Woonsocket. Burial was in Restlawn Memory Garden Cemetery at Huron. Visitation was Monday, Dec. 21, at the church, with a Rosary service. The service was live streamed on Fr. Kevin Doyle’s Youtube.
Angie was born June 11, 1942, in Avon, to Emil Sr. and Hattie (Schneider) Misar. Her family moved to a farm near Wessington Springs when she was in fifth grade. She loved school, especially English and spelling, and formed a life-long friendship with her teacher Kate Gunderson. Angie graduated from Wessington Springs High School in 1960 and attended Northwest College of Commerce (Huron Business College), after which she worked as a bookkeeper at Jerauld County Farmers Union Feed Store.
Angie married Harold Nelson on Oct. 24, 1970. They made their home on a farm east of Alpena. Angie loved the country and life on the farm. She enjoyed watching Wheel of Fortune, the Price is Right, the Young and the Restless and the news. She often worked on search-a-word puzzles. Angie lived on the farm until she moved to Alpena with two of her sons in 2007. Angie volunteered for the cancer society.
Angie loved being with her family, especially at holidays. After moving to Prairie View Care Center in 2015, Angie enjoyed playing Bingo and visiting with friends, family and other residents who stopped by to see her as well as staying out of trouble with her longtime roommate, Margaret Cummins.
Angie is survived by sons, Curtis (Molly) of Lenexa, Kan., Randy Nelson and Ryan Nelson of Alpena; one granddaughter; siblings, Emil Misar Jr. of Volga, Francis (Lillian) Misar of Estelline, Joann Pommerer of Raytown, Mo.; and numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Nelson; parents, Emil Sr. and Hattie (Schneider) Misar; brother, Lawrence Misar; sister, Shirley (Misar) Nelson; brothers-in-law, Roy Nelson and Don Pommerer; sister-in-law, Wanda (Harstad) Misar; and nephew, Darrell Misar.
