Jacqi Blakey Memorial Services for

Jacqi Blakey, 55, of Geddeswill be 2 p.m. Thursday,March 5, 2015, at the AllTribes Fellowship Church atNorth Main in Wagner.

Crosby-Jaeger FuneralHome in Wagner is in charge

of arrangements. Jacqi Gay Blakey passed

away Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015,at her home in Geddes.

Theresa PeitzTheresa Peitz entered the

arms of her heavenly Fatheron Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, from

her residency at Avera SisterJames Care Center.

Mass of Christian Burialwill be held at Sacred HeartCatholic Church, Yankton, at11 a.m. Wednesday, March 4,with Fr. Tim Lange officiat-ing. Burial will be in SacredHeart Cemetery.

Visitation will be Tues-day, March 3, at Opsahl Kos-tel Funeral Home andCrematory, Yankton, from 5-7p.m. with rosary and Scrip-ture service at 7 p.m. Visita-tion will resume one hourbefore mass at the church.

Harriet HuberHarriet Cokens Huber, 85,

of Freeman passed awaySunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at theOakview Terrace NursingHome, Freeman.

Funeral services will be11 a.m. Saturday, March 7,2015, at the MissionaryChurch, Freeman, with SteveRousso officiating. Burial willbe in the Tripp Cemetery,Tripp, at approximately 1:45p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Visitations will be 5-8

p.m. Friday evening at theMissionary Church, Free-man.

The Aisenbrey-Opsahl-Kostel Memorial Chapel,Menno, is assisting with theservice details. Send an on-line condolence at www.op-sahlkostelfuneralhome.com/

Errol Bartunek Sr. Errol L. Bartunek Sr., 70,

of Yankton passed away onFriday, Feb. 27, 2015, atAvera Sacred Heart Hospital,Yankton.

No formal services will beheld; per his wishes, a pri-vate family time and crema-tion has taken place.

Memorials may be sent tothe family at PO Box 891,Yankton, SD 57078.

Arrangements are in thecare of the Opsahl-Kostel Fu-neral Home and Crematory,Yankton.

Edwin BoylesEdwin Wallace Boyles, 87,

of Yankton passed away un-expectedly Sunday, March 1,

2015, at Avera Sacred HeartHospital, Yankton.

Arrangements are pend-ing under the care of the Op-sahl-Kostel Funeral Homeand Crematory, Yankton.

James Abbott Sr. James Abbott Sr., 90, of

Yankton passed away Satur-day, Feb. 28, 2015, at theAvera Sister James Care Cen-ter, Yankton.

Funeral services will be1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5,at the Opsahl-Kostel FuneralChapel, Yankton. Privatefamily burial will be in theYankton Cemetery with mili-tary graveside rites by theErnest-Bowyer VFW Post No.791 Honor Guard, Yankton.

Visitations will be from5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday,March 4, at the Opsahl-Kos-tel Funeral Home and Crema-tory, Yankton. Visitations willresume one hour prior to theservice at the funeral home.

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Max ZeebFuneral services for Max

Zeeb, 60, will be held at theSalem Reformed Church inMenno at 10:30 a.m. Tues-day, March 3, 2015 with Rev-erend Michael Hechtofficiating. Burial will be inthe Menno Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 5p.m. Monday evening at theSalem Reformed Churchwith a prayer service to fol-low at 7 p.m. Visitation willresume one hour prior tothe funeral service at thechurch.

The Aisenbrey-Opsahl-

Kostel Me-morialChapel,Menno, isassistingwith serv-ice details.

MaxFred Zeebwas born

on April 12, 1954 to Marvinand Wilma (Auch) Zeeb inScotland, SD. He grew up ona rural farm near Lestervilleand graduated from Scot-land High School in 1972. Hethen continued his educa-tion and graduated fromUSD/Springfield with an as-

sociate’s degree in autobody in the spring of 1974.

He moved to Menno, re-siding there most of his lifeand followed his dream byopening his own shop, ZeebAuto Body, on July 1, 1974.After establishing his busi-ness, Max purchased farmground and livestock inrural Lesterville. He had apassion for cars, animals,hunting, and fishing. Max al-ways enjoyed company andSaturday mornings werespent sipping coffee at theshop, catching up with oldfriends.

Max was baptized at the

Salem Reformed Church onJanuary 13, 1954, where heremained a member andwas confirmed on April 7,1968. Christ took him intohis arms on February 27,2015 having reached the ageof 60 years, 10 months and15 days.

Max is survived by hisson, Justin Zeeb with spe-cial friend, Jessica Renner(Brianna, Jayden and Ava)of Menno and daughter, Sa-vanah DeBelts (Jason) ofHarrisburg; four brothersand one sister: Larry(Marge) Zeeb of Menno,Curtis (Elaine) Zeeb of

Lesterville, Milo Zeeb ofPhillip, Renay (Virgil)Souhrada of Tabor, Scott(Mindy) Zeeb of O’Neill, NEand many nieces, nephewsand friends.

He was preceded indeath by his twin brother,Mark, and his Mother andFather, Marvin and WilmaZeeb.

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Laraye AndersenMemorial services for

Laraye E. Andersen, 79, ofYankton, South Dakota willbe held at 10:30 a.m. onWednesday, March 4, 2015at Trinity Lutheran Churchin Yankton.

Visitation will be heldfrom 4:00 p.m. until 7:00p.m. on Tuesday, March 3at Legacy Burial & Crema-tion Solutions, 1014 W 8thAve., Yankton as well asone hour prior to the serv-ice at the church onWednesday.

Laraye passed away onSunday, March 1, 2015 atAvera-Sacred Heart Hospi-

tal in Yankton. Funeral arrangements

are being handled byLegacy Burial & CremationSolutions of Yankton, abranch of Goglin FuneralHome. Online condolencesmay be sent atwww.goglinfh.com.

Vesta BlachnikFuneral services for

Vesta Blachnik, 97, of SiouxFalls, South Dakota and for-merly of Scotland are cur-rently pending.

Vesta passed away onSaturday, February 28, 2015at the Good Samaritan Soci-ety of Sioux Falls.

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this year and he supportsamendments to expand theproposal.

TRANSPORTATIONThe House State Affairs Com-

mittee could take up a proposalthis week to raise revenue forroad and bridge funding in SouthDakota. The Senate approved itsversion of the plan, which iswhat the House will take up,Gosch said.

The House has already dis-patched a separate version ofthe plan to focus on the Senateproposal. Gosch said he expectsamendments to restrict the rev-enue raised in the measure,which will set up negotiationsfor what is likely the most seri-ous issue lawmakers considerthis session.

ATHLETICS POLICY ONTRANSGENDER STUDENTSA proposal that would void a

South Dakota High School Activi-ties Association policy on trans-gender students is set to beconsidered in the Senate Educa-tion Committee on Tuesday. Thepolicy requires the associationto review requests by transgen-der students or their guardiansto decide on which team the stu-dent can participate.

Republican Rep. Jim Bolin, ofCanton, is sponsoring the meas-ure on the House side. He hassaid the policy changes the char-acter of high school athletics.

The bill has passed throughthe House.

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Legislature, in December.Roberts spent her profes-

sional career working in stategovernment and participated tovarious extents at different timesin the background of state-levelRepublican politics.

She served at senior levelsfor Republican governors BillJanklow, George S. Mickelson,Walter Dale Miller, Mike Roundsand Daugaard.

Her husband is Clay Roberts,a rancher. His father is formerU.S. Rep. Clint Roberts of Presho.

Former state Rep. CharlieHoffman of Eureka delivered theformal nomination of her candi-dacy for chairwoman Saturdayat the Republicans’ state centralcommittee meeting.

“Pam Roberts is the kind ofperson who brings everyone into the table,” Hoffman said.

Bob Riter of Fort Pierre gavethe seconding remarks. Ritersaid she put forward policiessuccessfully during her time instate government and praised“her willingness to be inclusive.”

“Certainly she’ll be well ableto lead the party,” Riter said.“She has the ability to bring peo-ple together.”

Roberts acknowledged shedidn’t know much about thechairman’s duties when Dau-gaard approached her.

“A lot of people in the roomdon’t know me, don’t know muchabout me,” she said.

She promised to listen andtake advice, emphasize stronglocal organizations and be “openand transparent” as chairwoman.

“No secrets. There’s room atthe table,” she said.

Roberts said the initial prior-ity would be to review the organi-zation’s budget, stress efficiencyand spend the next 10 monthsraising “a lot of money” for 2016.

Lawrence, Daugaard andRoberts talked about the oppor-tunity to elect a Republican tothe White House in the 2016 elec-tion.

“I know this is a big job,”Roberts said about her newrole.

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REACHING OUTThiesse’s resume is

breathtaking in the wide vari-ety of individuals and causesshe has benefited. However,she has shown a special pas-sion for helping cancer vic-tims, particularly youngpeople.

One project hit very closeto home for Thiesse. Herfriend and classmate, AdamWalter, was diagnosed twicewith Hodgkin’s lymphoma.She founded “Walter’s War-riors” to raise awareness andmoney. The initiative, whichincluded T-shirt sales, hasraised more than $7,500 so far.

“Adam is one of my goodfriends,” she said. “I thought(this project) would go far,but not as much as it did. Itjust exploded. We sold T-shirts to people as far away asTexas, and I think to everyone of (Walter’s fellow) base-ball teams in the state (ofSouth Dakota). I also designedand still operate the Walter’sWarriors Facebook page

which currently has over1,000 likes.”

Thiesse took the show ofsupport one step further.

“I planned a Red Out nightduring the baseball seasonand had everyone wear theirshirts to support my friend,”she said. In addition, a localbusiness donated cupcakeswith Walter’s uniform numberfor the fans and players.

Thiesse has also designedT-shirts and operated theFacebook page benefitingQuinn Pesicka of Sioux Fallsand her battle with brain can-cer. Thiesse has sent shirtsacross the country and hasexpanded it to sweatshirts.The effort has raised morethan $10,000 for the Pesickafamily to use for medical treat-ment.

“I helped put together anorder for the Texas A&M soc-cer team and shipped theshirts to them. The soccerplayers wore them for Quinnwhen her family went down(to Texas) for a game,”Thiesse said. “(I) also put to-gether an order for Quinn’sentire school as a surprisewhen she returned to school.”

In addition, Thiesse hasdesigned T-shirts and set up aFacebook page for Tom

Rokahr, who is battlingleukemia. She also spear-headed a collection of Legosto keep him busy while he re-mains hospitalized.

In addition, she has writ-ten letters and packed backpacks for children who hadcancer._She has also partici-pated several years in Alex’sLemonade Stand and Relayfor Life, both national cancerprograms.

She has also worked withRelay for Life in Yankton.

“(I) also put together a tal-ent portion to perform late-night entertainment,” shesaid. “I also helped our group— the youngest group they’veever had participate — makelanterns in memory of familymembers. Our group raisedover $3,000 for cancer re-search.”

TAKING ON OTHER CAUSESNot limiting herself to

local issues, Thiesse has per-formed outreach through amission trip to Puerto Rico.She hopes to pursue anothermission trip while attendingcollege.

She has also raisedawareness on social issuessuch as bullying, the imagesof women and girls in the

media and a Girl’s Night Outto promote self-confidence ingirls. Last summer, she tooka class at the University ofSouth Dakota called Women,Power and Leadership.

In one project, sheshowed the negative imagesand stereotypes for femalesfound in the media.

“I took multiple maga-zines and changed the adswith post-it (notes) and per-manent markers,” she said.“The ads I changed (had)sexually objectified women.By shutting down these ads,it helped bring awareness toyoung girls and magazinecompanies.”

She has also fought bully-ing at the local and nationallevel.

“(I) attended a PTA-spon-sored anti-bullying nationalcampaign in Cincinnati,” shesaid. “We did research andpresented our ideas on pre-venting bullying in highschool. (I) participated in anational commercial andpresented ideas to (YHSprincipal Jennifer) Johnke.

On another front, Thiessehas reached out to others inneed because of misfortuneor disaster.

* She collected more than

60 pounds of art suppliesand superhero capes, alongwith speaking in her churchto increase awareness, tohelp children affected by thetrauma of Oklahoma torna-does.

* She made thank-youcards for local firefightersfor their service includingtheir battling a neighbor’shouse fire. She also madecards for the families of Ari-zona firefighters who died ina 2013 wildfire.

* She collected hygieneproducts and clothes for theneighbors when their houseburned down. She raisedmore than $300 worth of do-nations for the family.

In addition, she gradu-ated from the South DakotaHighway Patrol YouthTrooper Academy where shespent a week observingtroopers in action.

She has served as aHOBY ambassador, attendedGirls State and served as aYouth PTA South Dakota can-didate for the national con-ference in Cincinnati.

Her volunteer work havebenefited children in need ofshoes, the hungry, house firevictims, the elderly, SpecialOlympics, tutoring, a blood

drive and a food drive. She has helped raise

funds for her high schoolmarching band and volun-teered at a car wash to helpclassmates attend the Na-tional History Day confer-ence in Washington.

Her efforts aren’t limitedto her fellow human beings.She has undertaken effortsto benefit pets at the localHumane Society and otheranimals through wildlife or-ganizations.

Looking ahead, Thiesseloves teaching and antici-pates a career in the class-room, possibly as atranslator with her Spanishskills or even taking moremission trips.

“I feel that life is a learn-ing process, and I try to bean example for others byfirst leading and hoping tohave them follow me in myvolunteering,” she said.

“I sense people learn bet-ter by seeing the direct re-sults of time, patience andhard work.”

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