Bettie PudwillAVON — Funeral services for

Bettie Jean Pudwill, 80, of Avon,who died May 9, 2010 as the resultof an automobileaccident nearTabor, will beThursday, May 13,2010 at 10:00 a.m.,at First BaptistChurch in Avon,with burial in thechurch cemetery,rural Avon.

Visitation willbe at Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Avon from3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with thefamily present from 6 to 8.

Bettie was born Feb. 24, 1930,to Harold and Maude (McClaine)Hayward on a farm near Avon. Shespent her entire life living in theAvon area, attending grade schoolat Avon Public School and gradu-ating from Avon High School in1949. After graduation, Bettieworked many years for BillHollman at the drugstore in Avon.

On Feb. 14, 1956, she was unitedin marriage to James Pudwill ofAvon. Six children were born totheir union. Bettie worked on theirfarm north of Avon, helping raisetheir family and also worked vari-ous jobs outside the home, includ-ing cooking at the C-store restau-rant, sewing at Avon Enterprises,and Mensch Greenhouses, whereshe was employed at the presenttime. She was an active member ofFirst Baptist Church in Avon, whereshe taught Sunday School for manyyears.

Bettie left a legacy of love, devo-tion and sacrifice to her family andfriends. Her hobbies includedsewing, gardening and baking.During the years her children weregrowing up, Bettie spent manyhours sewing their clothes. Herhome was always filled with thesmells of fresh baked goods thatwere enjoyed by both family andthe entire Avon community. Sheloved laboring over her flowersand was planning to plant anothergarden this spring. Her children,grandchildren, and great-grandchil-dren were her pride and joy, andshe spent many hours attendingtheir activities.

Grateful for having shared herlife are her children: Cindy (Gary)Stenstrom of Yankton and theirdaughters, Hannah and Britta;Pastor Greg (Wendy) Pudwill ofHiawatha, KS, and their sons Paul(Darcie) Pudwill , Chris Pudwill,Jim Sobkowiak, all of Sioux Falls;Kathy Pudwill of Huron and hersons, Matt and Josh Denke ofChamberlain; Bev (Jeff) Dunn ofHuron and children Ryan (Kellie)Olson, Jill (Mike) Ristaw, RobertLindsay (Cassie Lange), DennisOlson, all of Yankton, and MirandaOlson of Huron; Dennis (Vicky)Pudwill of Marshall, TX, and chil-dren Mike Cowart and Rebecca(Michael) Weir; Kim King and BradSchrempp, and children Hailey,Molly, and Christian King, ofYankton; her great-granchildren:Jessica Cowart, Abbygayl andLogan Weir, Lilliana and HoldenPudwill, Logan and ElizabethRistaw, and Jack Olson. Also sur-viving her are brothers and sisters:Shirley (Bryce) Miller of Menno,Peggy Leise of American Falls, ID,Aaron (Marie) Hayward ofColorado Springs, CO, Charlene(Richard) Nelson of Sioux Falls, andDennis (Mary) Hayward of RapidCity; a host of nieces and nephews,family and friends.

She was preceded in death by

her husband, James, in 1987, herparents Harold and MaudeHayward, brothers and sisters:James, June Hancock, Clarence,Donald, Opal Radack, MaryGrimme, Patsy Neu and Elva Jones.

Bettie devoted her life to doing“what was right in the eyes of theLord and walked in the way oftruth, not turning aside to the rightor to the left.” 2 Kings 22:2.

Yankton Press & DakotanMay 11, 2010

Frances ‘Vera’ LayneSCOTLAND — Frances “Vera”

Layne, 77, of Scotland diedMonday (May 10, 2010) at AveraSacred Heart Hospital, Yankton.

Arrangements are pendingwith Wintz & Ray Funeral Homeand Cremation Service, Yankton.

Alma WollmanMENNO — Alma Wollman, 88,

of Menno died Sunday (May 9,2010) at her residence.

Funeral services are pendingunder the care of Aisenbrey-Opsahl-Kostel Memorial Chapel,Menno.

Thea PulkrabekThea Lanae (Hollman)

Pulkrabek, died unexpectedly,May 5, 2010, in her home at BlackHawk, SouthDakota.

She was bornMarch 27, 1955, inScotland, SouthDakota to Robertand Darlene(Oorlog) Hollman.She married MikePulkrabek shortlyafter graduatingfrom Yankton HighSchool in 1973. Thea started her36-year career in medical tran-scription at the Yankton StateHospital.

Mike and Thea moved toCalifornia where she ran her ownbusiness for 13 years. Son Colewas born to them in 1985.

The family moved back toSouth Dakota in 1996 to be closerto friends and family. Thea workedfor Rapid City Regional until herdeath.

She was preceded in death byher father and mother.

She is survived by husband,Mike, and son, Cole, brother Barry

(Louise) Hollman, grandmother,Lydia White.

She will always be missed byfamily and friends, especially hermother-in-law, Betts Pulkrabek,sisters-in-law Gail and Carol,brothers-in-law Todd and Jack.

Memorial Service will be heldat Riverview Reformed Church,708 E. 19th, in Yankton. Servicewill be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May15, 2010.

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Phyllis PortilloPhyllis Portillo, 85 of Yankton

passed away early Sunday, Feb. 7,2010 at the Pioneer MemorialNursing Home in Viborg after alengthy battle with Alzheimer’sdisease.

Memorial services are at 1 p.m.Thursday, May 13, 2010, at FirstUnited Methodist Church,Yankton, with the Rev. Dean Trappofficiating. Burial of her crematedremains will be in the Garden ofMemories.

Visitation will be one hourprior to the service at the church.

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Ruth LangMENNO — Ruth Lang, age 88,

of Menno, passed away Sunday,May 9, 2010 at Oak View TerraceNursing Home, Freeman, SD.

Funeral services will be 10:30a.m. Thursday, May 13, 2010 atZion Reformed Church, Menno,with Rev. Scott Henry officiating.Burial will be in the MennoCemetery.

Visitations will be 6:30 to 8:00p.m. Wednesday, at ZionReformed Church with a prayerservice at 7:30 p.m. Visitationswill resume one hour prior to theservice at the church withA i s e n b r e y - O p s a h l - K o s t e lMemorial Chapel in charge ofarrangements.

Ruth (Auch) Lang was born onOct. 28, 1921, to Emanuel andSalamina (Schoppert) Auch. Shewas baptized at JohannestahlReformed Church and confirmedthere on June 28, 1936, and was amember of the JohannestahlChurch of rural Freeman untilmerging with Kassel Reformedwhich became the Zion ReformedChurch of Menno, South Dakota.Ruth remained a life-long memberthere until her death.

Ruth was united in marriage toPhillip Lang, her life-long sweetheart who always stood up forher, on August 31, 1941; this cere-mony was conducted by Rev.William Korn. Ruth worked along-side Phillip on the Lang familyfarm located north of Mennowhere she helped with the farm-ing, milked cows, raised and soldchickens, gardened vegetablesand flowers, and canned. Shecooked daily for a large familywho enjoyed her authenticGerman meals the most. Ruthloved the color purple, andenjoyed reading, canvas crafts,and her embroidery “fancy work”which she learned at the age of

fourteen by thelight of a lantern.Most of all, Ruthloved spendingtime with her fam-ily. She latermoved to Mennoafter Phillip’sdeath. Ruth wascalled to be withher HeavenlyFather on Sunday,

May 9, 2010, at Oakview Terracein Freeman, South Dakota.

Grateful for having shared herlife are seven children and theirspouses: Lana (Jack) Morton,Omaha, TX; Phyllis Golder,Bridgewater, SD; Linda (Ron)Bertsch, Sioux Falls, SD; Ruby(Rick) Castardo, Sioux Falls, SD;Connie (Galen) Schaeffer,Freeman, SD; Gary (Marla) Lang,Sioux Falls, SD; Glenn (Kelley)Lang, Sioux Falls, SD; one daugh-ter-in-law: Ida Mae (Lang) Plate,Freeman, SD; nineteen grandchil-dren; and twenty-five great-grand-children. Ruth is also survived byone sister Esther Jensen; twobrothers Bobby Auch and EddieAuch; and three sisters-in-lawAletha Peterson, Adella Auch, andLuElla Auch.

Ruth was preceded in deathby her husband Phillip, parents,son Gene Lang, son-in-law GaryGolder, grandson Wade Lang,great-granddaughter ChristinaMunkvold; brothers: Ervin,Harold, Richard, Eugene; sister:Ella; sister-in-law Olinda; andbrother-in-law George Jensen.

Yankton Press & DakotanMay 11, 2010

Lyle MagorienLyle W. Magorien, age 69, of

Yankton died Saturday, May 8, 2010at St. Michael’s Hospital, Tyndall,SD.

Memorial Mass of ChristianBurial will be 10:30 a.m.Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at St.Benedict Catholic Church withRev. Bob Lacey officiating. Burial ofthe cremated remains will be 1:15p.m. at the Mission Hill Cemetery,Mission Hill, SD.

Visitations will be 5 to 8 p.m.Tuesday, at St. Benedict CatholicChurch, Yankton, with a rosary at7:00 p.m. followed by a Scriptureservice at 7:30 p.m. His video trib-ute will be shown throughout.

Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home &Crematory, Yankton, is in charge ofarrangements.

Pallbearers are Corey Freidel,Jeff Dressen, Chad Hovorka, MarcHovorka, Travis Locker, JasonLoecker, Don Vandertuig.

Honorary pallbearers areGerald Koster, Dick Lane, MerlynSchmuck, Duke Boyd, Craig

Kennedy, DonLepp, David Fiedler.

Lyle W.Magorien, Sr. wasborn February 14,1941 in Yankton toRaymond andMarie (Westlund)Magorien. He grewup on the familyfarm along theJames River,

attending country school and latergraduating from Yankton HighSchool in 1959. He moved toMitchell where he worked as aJourneyman’s apprentice, latermoving to Tripp, SD where heworked in sales for 3 years andthen moved to Yankton. Lyleworked as a Security Guard at theHuman Services Center whileattending USD. He later earned hisJourneyman Plumber’s license andworked as a Journeyman Plumberfor Johnson Control for manyyears. He later co-owned MidwestControls for ten years and laterstarted Lyle’s Heating and Coolingwhere he worked on pneumatic

controls until his retirement.Lyle was a member of St.

Benedict Catholic Church inYankton where he was confirmedinto the church on March 22, 2008.He served as an usher/greeter andenjoyed volunteering for variouschurch activities.

Lyle loved to garden, hunt, fish,play cards and spend time withfamily and friends. He was an avidfan of the Tabor Bluebird Baseballteam and the USD Coyotes, espe-cially the football team. Lyle madea gift of sight through the LionsEye Bank of Sioux Falls, SD. He wasa member of the Czech HeritageSociety of Tabor.

He is survived by his life part-ner, Cheryl Hovorka, Yankton, hisson Lyle Jr. (Lisa), Pierre, twogranddaughters, DanielleMagorien, Madison, ShelbyMagorien, Pierre and one great-granddaughter Peyton MarieMagorien, Pierre. 5 sisters JoanneDressen, San Antonio, TX; JanetShuff (Ross), Yankton, MargaretMagorien, Columbus, NE, LindaLuken, Dakota Dunes, Lois Hogate,

Dakota Dunes, numerous niecesand nephews, his St. Benedictchurch family and his yellow lab,Goldie.

Lyle was preceded in death byhis son, James R. Magorien, hisparents, sisters Ilene Hamburg andMary Magorien, brother-in-law RonDressen and his black labGeraldine.

Memorials may be directed to:One Heart, One Mind, One

Spirit in Christ Catholic Campaign,509 Capitol, Yankton, SD;Benedictine Health Foundation,1000 West 4th Street, Yankton, SD;Senior Companions, 1000 N. WestAvenue, Suite 260, Sioux Falls, SD57104.

Yankton Press & DakotanMay 11, 2010

Louise PughLouise Eleanor Hanna Pugh,

beloved wife, mother, grandmoth-er and sister, passed away at theage of 84 on Wednesday, May 5,2010 in Sioux Falls, SD.

She was born Louise EleanorHanna in Boston, Massachusetts,August 7, 1925. The 3rd child in afamily of 10 siblings, and the firstgirl, she was spoiled by her broth-ers and grew up to the loving nur-turer that we knew and loved.During WWII, she proudly servedher country building radio tubesat Raytheon. She always wantedto marry a cowboy and met EdwinPugh, the love of her life, 64 yearsago while he was on leave fromthe Navy in the South Pacific. Sheand Ed were married on March 30,1946, and she soon moved westand began her adventure as arancher’s wife.

The life was not easy. She wentfrom having running water andflushing toilets to having to haulthe water and hope she would getto be the first to bathe in the washtub. She persevered through duststorms, famine and an outbreak ofpolio. But she never complained,rather looked at it as a new adven-ture. Though petite and quiet, theBostonian bred princess did havea fiery temper! Don’t cross herfamily or the pots and pans wouldbe flying! And don’t make dis-paraging remarks about the

Denver Broncos oryou might end upon your bottom!She was incrediblystrong: She nursedher husband backto health from apolio attack. Later,she took care ofher daughter,Sandy, as shestruggled with the

devastating effects of Lupus in1987. Family meant everything toher. Holidays were always a hugeevent at Mom and Dad’s. Everybirthday was celebrated with acake homemade by Mom.

Aside from her family, Louiseloved the Colorado mountains,playing the piano, listening tomusic, visiting with her adult chil-dren, spending time with hergrandchildren and early road tripsin the bus Ed converted to acamper — even if it did breakdown every time! She loved tellingchildren about Jesus, she spent60-plus years teaching SundaySchool and Vacation Bible School.She and her husband went onmany missionary trips buildingchurches and teaching VBS acrossthe country. She really enjoyedthe Women’s Bible Studies andtreasured the friendships shemade at Calvary Baptist Church.

She will be greatly missed byher cowboy Eddie; children

Robert of Boston, MA; Leslie(Sandy) of Salida, CO; Jerry of SanDiego, CA; Annette of Salida, CO,and DeeDee (Gary Wood) ofYankton, SD; grandchildren, Elijah,Rachel, Jody, Michelle, Annette,Leslie, Christopher and Vanessa;great-grandchildren; and brothersand sisters Herbie, Phyllis, Alice,Ruth, Betty, Leslie and Jimmy.

She was preceded in death bydaughters Sandra Jean andJuanita Louise; grandson, Robert;and brothers Harold and Buddy.

She was a giving and lovingChristian woman who dedicatedher life to her husband, family,and church. She knew Jesus lovedher very much; He called herhome to the mansion and feast Hehad prepared for her. And we willcelebrate.

Viewing will be 5 p.m.-8 p.m.Monday, May 10, 2010 at Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home andCrematory. Services will be held10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, 2010at Calvary Baptist Church inYankton, SD.

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While the judge barred attor-

neys from introducing all ofMechels’ work history as evi-dence, he said he would decidelater whether information abouttwo unspecified acts in LakeCounty and the defense’s claimthat Mechels violated departmentpolicy at Johns’ home could beused.

Johns was arrested severalhours after the shooting when hewalked into the Sioux Falls policestation.

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